Walnut Whip
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A Walnut Whip is a whirl-shaped cone of milk chocolate with a whipped vanilla fondant filling, topped with a half-walnut.
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[edit] Origin
Launched in 1910 by Duncan's of Edinburgh,[1] Walnut Whip is Nestlé Rowntree's oldest current brand. Over one million walnuts, most of them imported from China and India, are used every week in the manufacture of Walnut Whips at Halifax, West Yorkshire. Nestlé claim that a Walnut Whip is eaten almost every two seconds in the UK.[2]
[edit] Variations
There have been a number of flavours of Walnut Whip over the years, including coffee and maple flavours, but currently only vanilla is widely available. The original Walnut Whip contained a half-walnut placed inside the cone on the thick chocolate base, rather than on top. It was later marketed with an extra walnut on top, and subsequently the walnut inside was removed to leave one walnut outside. The chocolate cone itself and the vanilla fondant filling have altered in recent years; the cone had a more pronounced tightly knit rough surface and the fondant was more dense. [3]
[edit] In popular culture
Ken Livingstone famously said the London 2012 Summer Olympics will cost Londoners the price of one Walnut Whip each (38p).[4]
'Walnut Whip' is rhyming slang for 'kip' (sleep), 'the snip' (vasectomy)[5] or 'trip' (acid / ecstasy).[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/ProductRange/Confectionery/MoreConfectioneryBrands/MoreConfectioneryBrands.htm
- ^ Although the Walnut Whip's main purpose is for human consumption as a delicious snack many out going people have found a use for the treat in the anti-social drinking game known as 'Kings'. Here in the game Kings once a 10 is turned over boozed up party goers are subjected a walnut whipping, wherefore the person must stand up against a tree from 10 yards away and the other players have the opportunity to hurl walnut whips at the player. This game is a family game to be enjoyed by all.http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/AboutOurBrands/ConfectioneryAndCakes/Other+Chocolate+Bars.htm nestle.co.uk
- ^ http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/ProductRange/Confectionery/MoreConfectioneryBrands/MoreConfectioneryBrands.htm
- ^ Mayor says no tax rise for Games BBC News, 15 March 2007
- ^ The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z By Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor
- ^ http://www.londonolympicsguide.net/cockney-and-cockney-slang
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