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Pastimes : Got A Great Recipe To Share????
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To: sandintoes who wrote (20517)11/20/2007 7:55:37 PM
From: Lynn  Read Replies (1) of 25073
 
I have seen recipes that suggest walnuts as an alternative to hazelnuts (filberts). No idea about Swedish cookies, but I know 100% hazelnuts are used in English cookies.

My all time favorite cookies (biscuits) are McVitie's Chocolate and Whole Hazelnut Boasters. They are not available in the U.S., although other McVitie's sweet biscuits (cookies) are.

The two English tea shops I go to quite frequently that also sell food products from the U.K. were unable to get them for me, even though I offered to purchase a case. Mc Vitie just does not export them.

Our commercially available hazelnuts are larger than the ones in those delicious Boasters. After giving up trying to duplicate a gag-down recipe, I wrote to Pepperidge Farm with a suggestion to make them, since the texture is similar to their chocolate chip cookies (Chesapeake comes to mind). I even offered to send them a pack so them could taste what I meant. They wrote a nice letter back with a WAD of coupons and a negative reply.

Alas, I now suppose hazelnuts are not as common as I had thought--my family always had them around to nibble on when I was a child. This lack of Boasters in the U.S. forces me to load up every time I come back from the U.K. The Boasters and a few other delicate food items fill up my carry on bag. Every time I get to U.S. Customs, however, I feel like crawling under the table when the customs person s-c-r-e-a-m-s out, "AGRICULTURE," before I can get past the, "Yes... I," when asked if I have and agricultural products or foods.

Lynn
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