HobNob
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HobNobs are oat biscuits manufactured by UK company McVitie's. Their main ingredient is rolled oats. The biscuit is particularly suitable for dunking in tea, as it does not easily lose its shape.
McVitie's introduced the brand in 1985. A milk chocolate-covered version was made available in 1987, and the biscuit is currently available in many varieties, including dark chocolate, chocolate orange, and HobNob bars. Other HobNob-branded snacks include a HobNob flapjack. [1]
The original tagline of the HobNob was "one nibble and you're nobbled", although it has been removed from the Chocolate Orange varieties.
[edit] Etymology
The name comes from an earlier phrase, to hob or nob, meaning "to drink together, taking turns toasting one another," probably from Middle English habbe "to have" and nabbe, a contraction of ne + habbe, "to have not," hence, "to have and have not, to give and take." [2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.unitedbiscuits.com/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcTSTT5EPGEC
- ^ hobnob. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. (accessed: September 24, 2006).
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