Chocolate Olivers - Dark Choc Biscuits in Gift Tin by Huntley & Palmers

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And only the confused eat cheese naked – that is to say without bread or biscuits. And today, with so many varieties out there, the Bath Oliver provides clarity in the fog of “biscuits for cheese”. Is it possible that Bath Olivers can be cancelled without warning? Isn’t there legislation to prevent national tragedies like this. It’s as if Big Ben had toppled over and no one spotted it. Except of course, we have. I have. Men have witnessed the dinner ceremony on flagships, where the steward still called it ‘claret’ and a Bath Oliver appeared with the cheese.” They have been sorely missed and were the favourite nibble of many, including ex-Beatle John Lennon, who once famously refused to accept his fee for an appearance on BBC music show The Old Grey Whistle Test in cash, insisting instead he should be rewarded with Chocolate Bath Olivers. Princess Anne paved the way for the Duchess of Cambridge as they prepare for joint royal engagement

Veronica on Working hard on the cottage We are still happily settled in our little house in France, but have taken to spending a few months in Spain in the winter. At first we tried differen… So he put in a call to their makers, United Biscuits, and was told the irredeemably bad news: that production of Bath Olivers – the making of which has lasted some 250 years – has ceased.

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Wheat flour, butter oil, vegetable oil, salt, whole milk powder, malt extract, raising agent (ammonium bicarbonate), yeast, hops.’ In the UK 1970s sitcom Porridge episode, The harder they fall. Genial Harry Grout asks Norman Stanley Fletcher "if he wants a bath oliver?" To which Fletcher replies "you got a bath in here an all". Mr McCrea told the Evening Post that Huntley & Palmers now had negotiated the rights to make the biscuits and had the recipe and the all-important chocolate formula. The Bath Oliver has appeared in countless stories and period dramas. Perhaps most famously, poet Ezra Pound speaks in Hugh Kenner’s The Pound Era thusly: Mr McCrea was marketing manager for Huntley & Palmers from 1984 to 1993 and he bought up the brand with his partner John Sandom.In Hamlet, Revenge! (1937), part III, chapter one, mystery writer Michael Innes places Bath Olivers among the standard amenities of a country house bedroom in the 1930s. As the house steward explains to Inspector Appleby, "Two Bath Olivers, two Richtea, and two digestive in every room. Replenished daily and changed three times a week. The Bath Olivers go to Mr Bagot [the butler]—he has a Partiality for Them—and the others to the servants' hall." Making the dough • Add the yeast to the warm butter and milk with about ½ cup of the flour and mix together until smooth. Cover with a plate and set aside for 10 minutes. According to MyLondon, the Queen has previously been described her as a chocoholic and her great-grandchildren, including Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George, would be sure to love her morning treat. The popularity of Oliver’s, as they were known, outlived the good doctor himself: as a rare yeasted biscuit, they found a new audience in the 19th century, when they were held to be “good for invalids suffering from acidity of the stomach, for which yeast is a corrective”. By 1907 many versions were produced in Bath, but only the Green Street bakery set up by Oliver’s former coachman could claim to use his original recipe.

This unconscionable decision was executed by Jacob’s and their parent company United Biscuits. On October 7th The Daily Telegraph broke this sad news in a letter by Mr. Peter Sitch. This was soon reiterated by the BBC Today radio program at 7:44 AM GMT. Mr McCrea was determined to regain Huntley & Palmers right to make the superior biccies which had not been produced for at least five years. We know dear reader, how baffaling this must be to you. But indeed, we have verified it ourselves with United Biscuits. Initially, the impression Mr. Sitch received was that the stalwart Bath Oliver was being discontinued. In later correspondence with us, the representative of Pladis/United Biscuit indicated to us that the line had been “de-prioritized” due to COVID-19, leaving us with the impression that it could return when normal life resumes. United Biscuit and its subsidiary appears to be toying with this staple food, and needlessly leaving our biscuit’s future hanging in the balance. You would be forgiven for thinking this was the end of the story, but it was not. Unbelievably, Pinoccio-thin posh boy Jacob Rees-Mogg led a campaign for the return of Bath Olivers, and by mid January the bakery conveyers were running again, and Bath Olivers were falling into tins for UK-wide distribution. Supply to the EU would depend on whether anyone had the foresight to fill out the byzantine paperwork.Steve Kendall on Working hard on the cottage My heart sank when I read the words "put the cottage on the market", felt very sad for you. Our cottage too will become my wife's pension after I've g…