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Re: deep frying chocolate & beer (Oz Style)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:21:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Simon Bennett writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Simon Bennett writes:
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> > > Perhaps to make things clearer I should mention that in the US a Mars is a
> > > Topic. A US Mars is a Milky Way whereas a Milky Way in the UK is a Three
> > > Musketeers (US).
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> > Yes, thanks loads for that. Ever so clear
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> > Let me just add, in the same spirit:
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> > Rowley's invented KitKat. But KitKat is sold by Nestle everywhere in the
> > world (since they bought Rowley's) except the US (where Rowley's had
> > licensed KitKat to Hersheys before Nestle bought them, and where Hershey
> > said to Nestle "gee, I think we'll keep the license, thanks just the same")
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> I think you mean Rowntree's (Rowntree Mackintosh), Larry. :)
Right you are. Except I thought Cadbury bought Rowntree?? I heard the story
at a major food client I was at 2 weeks ago and didn't write the names down.
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| (...) I'm pretty sure Rowntree Mackintosh was bought by Nestlé. It think it was ~1990 - I was boycotting Nestlé products at the time. I am pretty sure Kit-Kat fingers used to have "Rowntree Mackintosh" written on them? Is this correct? What do the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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