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Almost there. Penguin vs Tim Tam
Oct 28, 2012,18:52 PM
From the wikipedia entry about Tim Tams...
Tim Tam is a brand of chocolate biscuit currently manufactured by Arnott's in Australia. A Tim Tam is composed of two layers of chocolate malted biscuit, separated by a light chocolate cream filling, and coated in a thin layer of textured chocolate.
The biscuit was created by Ian Norris, who was the director of food technology at Arnott's. During 1958, he took a world trip looking for inspiration for new products. While in Britain, he found the Penguin biscuit and decided to "make a better one". Tim Tams went onto the market in 1964. They were named by Ross Arnott, who attended the 1958 Kentucky Derby and decided that the name of the winning horse Tim Tam was perfect for a planned new line of biscuits.
There's a picture of a pack of Tim Tams in ED209's recent post on timeout about special treats. And strangely, if you search the forum for "tim tams" you'll find many many entries about it.
Regards,
Richard.