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Sweet treats and British confectionery
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Compared with smooth fudge, Scottish tablet is especially known for which texture?
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- 1. Compared with smooth fudge, Scottish tablet is especially known for which texture?
- A. Stretchy and elastic
- B. Crumbly and grainy (answer)
- C. Clear and glassy
- D. Light and foamy
Tablet has a firmer, more crumbly texture than smooth fudge. - 2. Fisherman's Friend originated in which Lancashire coastal town?
- A. Southport
- B. Lytham
- C. Fleetwood (answer)
- D. Morecambe
Pharmacist James Lofthouse created the original preparation in Fleetwood in 1865. - 3. Before becoming lozenges, Fisherman's Friend was originally supplied in which form?
- A. A chewing gum
- B. A powdered drink
- C. A liquid preparation (answer)
- D. A boiled sweet
The original liquorice, eucalyptus and menthol mixture was sold in small bottles. - 4. Which confectionery brand is particularly associated with bubbles inside its chocolate?
- A. Rolo
- B. Aero (answer)
- C. Milkybar
- D. Yorkie
Aero's defining feature is its aerated, bubbly chocolate structure. - 5. Which company originally launched Rolo in 1937?
- A. Fry's
- B. Mackintosh's (answer)
- C. Cadbury
- D. Terry's
Mackintosh's created Rolo as a milk-chocolate cup with a soft toffee centre. - 6. The advertising question 'Do you love anyone enough to give them your last ...?' promoted which chocolate?
- A. Malteser
- B. Smartie
- C. Minstrel
- D. Rolo (answer)
The memorable Rolo campaign turned sharing the final chocolate into a test of affection. - 7. Which fruit is traditionally layered with cream, oats and whisky in cranachan?
- A. Blackcurrant
- B. Plum
- C. Raspberry (answer)
- D. Gooseberry
Cranachan traditionally combines raspberries with cream, toasted oats and whisky. - 8. Which three ingredients form the traditional core of Scottish shortbread?
- A. Oats, honey and eggs
- B. Butter, almonds and eggs
- C. Flour, cream and yeast
- D. Butter, flour and sugar (answer)
Traditional shortbread is based on butter, flour and sugar. - 9. Which city is associated with the Rowntree family's historic cocoa and confectionery business?
- A. Bath
- B. Chester
- C. Durham
- D. York (answer)
Rowntree's cocoa business and later confectionery manufacturing developed in York. - 10. Which Rowntree's sweet was introduced in 1881?
- A. Fruit Pastilles (answer)
- B. Jelly Tots
- C. Fruit Gums
- D. Randoms
Rowntree's dates the introduction of Fruit Pastilles to 1881. - 11. Which familiar British chocolate brand specialises in white chocolate?
- A. Yorkie
- B. Toffee Crisp
- C. Milkybar (answer)
- D. Lion
Milkybar is a long-established white-chocolate brand. - 12. Which manufacturer makes both Caramel Wafer biscuits and chocolate-covered Teacakes?
- A. Fox's
- B. Burton's
- C. Tunnock's (answer)
- D. McVitie's
Both products are signature items in the Tunnock's range.
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