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What do you find in a Nanaimo bar?
Barstools and drinks! --Note, clean punchline used instead of common one. HighInBC 14:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Other answer: Rednecks and retirees.
I don't think I want to eat any of Catherine O'Hara's Nanaimo bars:
because Nanaimo bars aren't baked...(see recipe link). Skookum1 08:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Has Starbucks really popularized the term 'Nanaimo bar'? Or is it more of a local usage? The article states that the term is used in New York, L.A., etc., but does anyone know how prevalent it is? 207.81.77.182 21:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Immediate answers to immediate questions. Off to the kitchen. O Canada! I would love wikipedia more if I had those nanaimo bars on a plate in front of me right now...03:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the reference to Mrs Kowbel providing the recipe vandalism? No source is cited. I note that this paragraph and its information is gone:
There is an official recipe for the bar. In 1985, Mayor [[Graeme Roberts]] initiated a contest to find the ultimate Nanaimo bar recipe. The recipe submitted by Joyce Hardcastle, a resident of Nanaimo, was unanimously selected by a judging panel to be the official recipe.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.buccaneerinn.com/nanaimo_bars.htm|title = Nanaimo Bars|publisher = The Buccaneer Inn|accessdate = 2007-10-03}}</ref> The bars' influence on the culture of Nanaimo is so strong that the city of Nanaimo's mascot is known as Nanaimo Barney and has the shape of a giant Nanaimo bar.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.robinhood.ca/product.details.asp?pid=102&prodcid=12|title = Original Nanaimo Bar Mix|publisher = Robin Hood|accessdate = 2007-10-03}}</ref> The popularity of the bar in Nanaimo lead to local residents mobilising to have it elected "Canada's Favourite Confection" in a [[National Post]] reader survey.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=c84dc36d-ade6-4595-931b-62faf0773bb0|title = Democracy never tasted so delicious|publisher = National Post|date = [[June 30]] [[2006]]|accessdate = 2007-10-03}}</ref>
This does seem to have a source although it does not claim to be where the original recipe came from. Without some cite for the Kowbel reference it should removed. -- KenWalker | Talk 15:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I took out the word "soft". No doubt some people make Nanaimo bars with a soft chocolate topping, but that is not a "defining" characteristic.
In fact the reference given at the end of that sentence ( http://www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html) talks about the chocolate layer having a "wonderful snap".
CBHA ( talk) 17:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
In the Canadian context, Nanaimo bars are an institution.
Why low importance? CBHA ( talk) 14:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I slightly amended the description, as it is misleading (and inaccurate) to call the middle layer of a nanaimo bar "custard", as the custard powder is only used as a flavouring, rather than it being a full ordinary custard (which has a much more gelatinous or runny consistency). It is more accurately an icing.
69.172.93.171 ( talk) 01:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
It seems that someone reverted this change. The middle layer is referred to as a "custard layer" in some online sources, but in others it's referred to as a "custard buttercream". Most accurately, it's a buttercream frosting made with custard powder, which adds vanilla flavouring and stiffness. None of the recipes I can find require making a custard or using eggs. I've edited it to say it's a "custard icing". I think there may be better wording for this, but calling it a custard layer alone is not accurate or descriptive.
Onlysayitonce ( talk) 04:48, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I agree Onlysayitonce, the middle isn’t custard at all. I was surprised to see that term used on the page. Indeed it is much closer to icing than anything. It is basically just butter and icing sugar, like icing; but perhaps with vanilla and custard flavouring. AlfalfaMail ( talk) 03:37, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
(You can find recipies for nanaimo bars on www.nanaimobarrecipies.com)
This part of the page sounds a lot like advertisement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.2.20.120 ( talk) 00:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
The nationalpost.com has a news story dated Mar. 23, 2011 on the "fiercely contested origin story" "Mrs. E. MacDougall’s recipe for “chocolate slices” was first published in The Woman’s Auxiliary to the Nanaimo Hospital Cook Book, and reprinted in the Vancouver Sun in 1952."
Here is the direct link to the story http://www.nationalpost.com/life/Exotic+Canada+great+Canadian+dessert+none/4491721/story.html
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I've heard this bar pronounced several different ways, and its name is spoken in at least two languages in common usage. Does anyone have a RS for how it's actually pronounced? Tduk ( talk) 19:35, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
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What do you find in a Nanaimo bar?
Barstools and drinks! --Note, clean punchline used instead of common one. HighInBC 14:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Other answer: Rednecks and retirees.
I don't think I want to eat any of Catherine O'Hara's Nanaimo bars:
because Nanaimo bars aren't baked...(see recipe link). Skookum1 08:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Has Starbucks really popularized the term 'Nanaimo bar'? Or is it more of a local usage? The article states that the term is used in New York, L.A., etc., but does anyone know how prevalent it is? 207.81.77.182 21:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Immediate answers to immediate questions. Off to the kitchen. O Canada! I would love wikipedia more if I had those nanaimo bars on a plate in front of me right now...03:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the reference to Mrs Kowbel providing the recipe vandalism? No source is cited. I note that this paragraph and its information is gone:
There is an official recipe for the bar. In 1985, Mayor [[Graeme Roberts]] initiated a contest to find the ultimate Nanaimo bar recipe. The recipe submitted by Joyce Hardcastle, a resident of Nanaimo, was unanimously selected by a judging panel to be the official recipe.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.buccaneerinn.com/nanaimo_bars.htm|title = Nanaimo Bars|publisher = The Buccaneer Inn|accessdate = 2007-10-03}}</ref> The bars' influence on the culture of Nanaimo is so strong that the city of Nanaimo's mascot is known as Nanaimo Barney and has the shape of a giant Nanaimo bar.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.robinhood.ca/product.details.asp?pid=102&prodcid=12|title = Original Nanaimo Bar Mix|publisher = Robin Hood|accessdate = 2007-10-03}}</ref> The popularity of the bar in Nanaimo lead to local residents mobilising to have it elected "Canada's Favourite Confection" in a [[National Post]] reader survey.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=c84dc36d-ade6-4595-931b-62faf0773bb0|title = Democracy never tasted so delicious|publisher = National Post|date = [[June 30]] [[2006]]|accessdate = 2007-10-03}}</ref>
This does seem to have a source although it does not claim to be where the original recipe came from. Without some cite for the Kowbel reference it should removed. -- KenWalker | Talk 15:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I took out the word "soft". No doubt some people make Nanaimo bars with a soft chocolate topping, but that is not a "defining" characteristic.
In fact the reference given at the end of that sentence ( http://www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html) talks about the chocolate layer having a "wonderful snap".
CBHA ( talk) 17:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
In the Canadian context, Nanaimo bars are an institution.
Why low importance? CBHA ( talk) 14:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I slightly amended the description, as it is misleading (and inaccurate) to call the middle layer of a nanaimo bar "custard", as the custard powder is only used as a flavouring, rather than it being a full ordinary custard (which has a much more gelatinous or runny consistency). It is more accurately an icing.
69.172.93.171 ( talk) 01:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
It seems that someone reverted this change. The middle layer is referred to as a "custard layer" in some online sources, but in others it's referred to as a "custard buttercream". Most accurately, it's a buttercream frosting made with custard powder, which adds vanilla flavouring and stiffness. None of the recipes I can find require making a custard or using eggs. I've edited it to say it's a "custard icing". I think there may be better wording for this, but calling it a custard layer alone is not accurate or descriptive.
Onlysayitonce ( talk) 04:48, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I agree Onlysayitonce, the middle isn’t custard at all. I was surprised to see that term used on the page. Indeed it is much closer to icing than anything. It is basically just butter and icing sugar, like icing; but perhaps with vanilla and custard flavouring. AlfalfaMail ( talk) 03:37, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
(You can find recipies for nanaimo bars on www.nanaimobarrecipies.com)
This part of the page sounds a lot like advertisement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.2.20.120 ( talk) 00:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
The nationalpost.com has a news story dated Mar. 23, 2011 on the "fiercely contested origin story" "Mrs. E. MacDougall’s recipe for “chocolate slices” was first published in The Woman’s Auxiliary to the Nanaimo Hospital Cook Book, and reprinted in the Vancouver Sun in 1952."
Here is the direct link to the story http://www.nationalpost.com/life/Exotic+Canada+great+Canadian+dessert+none/4491721/story.html
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I've heard this bar pronounced several different ways, and its name is spoken in at least two languages in common usage. Does anyone have a RS for how it's actually pronounced? Tduk ( talk) 19:35, 29 December 2023 (UTC)