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Re: Patrick from Spain You remember the blue boxes! I've been looking for a picture of blue box Twiglets without success. My uncle was the first to import them to Sweden in the 60s and we had a large 'sample' stash during, ooh let's say 66-67. My brother and I were immediately hooked for life and the tradition has passed down to our respective kids. Yes they were better then I'm sure - but weren't we all!
Comment on Twiglets posted 2008-03-06 by Anders from Sweden
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Any celebration in my family (in Belgium) for three generations would not have been one without Twiglets - the best snack of history, to accompany our champagne. In the old blue boxes they were longer but also nicer, a bit oilier. Living in Spain for 15 years, I had to bring them back from my trips to Belgium, whereas now I cannot find them anymore. Occasionally I get some from the UK, but can somebody inform me where to mail order them at normal prices?
Comment on Twiglets posted 2008-03-03 by Patrick from Spain
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Laurent Rondolin was also rumoured to have designed the queen's wedding cake. Steve, if you read this, I belive that my step-father Pete and your father Anthony are brothers. Please get in touch...
Comment on Twiglets posted 2008-02-11 by Dina Sharland (nee Sheppard) from Bath
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Growing up in Sweden in the 1970's, Twiglets were a cocktail party staple with my parents (they had to chase us away from the bowls pre-party, lest they were all gone before the guests arrived). And yes, I do remember the longer, boxed version -- much more fun to eat! Now, living in states, I eat them rarely and when I manage to get Twiglets, I dole them out as if they were made of gold. Cheers to the best crunchy snack in the world!!
Comment on Twiglets posted 2007-09-03 by Simone Key from Kensington, Maryland, USA
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Laurent Rondolin (my great grandfather) worked for Peak Freans from 1909 until his retirement in the late 1940s. In addition to Twiglets, he is rumoured to have invented bourbons and garibaldi biscuits. He also invented the machines which made these products, and the Rondolino machine is still being manufactured today! Oh, and he was Italian, from Biella, Piemonte, Italy. Best wishes Steve Sheppard
Comment on Twiglets posted 2007-08-24 by Steve Sheppard from SE London
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I'm not sure where the marmite comes in? I always thought that they tasted hot because they had pepper in them. That's what it says on the packet anyhow. I am addicted though and eat 1 or 2 packs a day and have done for over 50 years. Long may they reign!
Comment on Twiglets posted 2007-08-17 by Dale from essex
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I'll always prefered twiglets as they were, longer than they are now and presented in a box. Does anyone else recall these long lost luxuries? Cheers, Russ (russbarn61@yahoo.co.uk)
Comment on Twiglets posted 2007-07-16 by Russ Barnard from brighton
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Twiglets are definitely an English icon. Whether you like them or not, they have become part of our mainstream culture. This in itself offers an iconic status to such a lowly marmite snack, and its hold on the nation cannot be denied.
Comment on Twiglets posted 2007-06-29 by JD from Aylesbury, Bucks
Twiglets shortage ?
Since I was a young boy, I am eating Twiglets, here in Belgium. But since a couple of years, they don't sell them anymore over here. So I miss them terribly ! I remember when they were sold in small blue carton boxes... Fortunately we still have Marmite.
Comment on Twiglets posted 2006-07-10 by Michel Raj from Belgium
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Twiglets are a vile concoction of the devil! They, together with a few glasses of that other filthy muck, Advocat, once ruined an entire Christmas for me! I shall never, ever partake in either again!
Comment on Twiglets posted 2008-08-14 by Johnathan Oswin from Northumberland