Tiffin

My co-worker made some and OMG...it is sooo good and decadent.

Have any of you tried it?

What is it?   

It is made with chocolate, butter, digestives, nuts, desicated coconut, dried fruit and a bunch of other yummy things and then put in the freezer. It is sooo good!

Sounds amazing!

In Canada, we have a version of Tiffin but we put a custard icing layer on top and then chocolate on top of that (three layers).  they're called Nanaimo Bars.  When I made them for my English friends, they all said "This is just like Tiffin!" 

In Canada, I make the bottom layer with Graham Crackers.  Here, digestives.

In Canada, we have a version of Tiffin but we put a custard icing layer on top and then chocolate on top of that (three layers).  they're called Nanaimo Bars.  When I made them for my English friends, they all said "This is just like Tiffin!" 

That sounds amazing with the custard layer! I don't even like chocolate that much, but I just looove tiffin.

I thought this thread was going to be about (East) Indian lunchboxes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffin

In Canada, we have a version of Tiffin but we put a custard icing layer on top and then chocolate on top of that (three layers).  they're called Nanaimo Bars.  When I made them for my English friends, they all said "This is just like Tiffin!" 

In Canada, I make the bottom layer with Graham Crackers.  Here, digestives.

I love Nanaimo Bars!!! 

I saw a recipe for these in a magazine here last year -- it was Martin Clunes's recipe and they were called Dog Bars or something like that. The clipping is buried deep somewhere in my cookbook cabinet, so I can't check. But it definitely had Dog in the title.

I thought this thread was going to be about (East) Indian lunchboxes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffin

The only definition of 'tiffin' that I've ever heard is a sort of light afternoon tea-type meal -- from the days of British India. I thought that was pretty commonly used. Guess not!

I love Nanaimo Bars!!! 

I saw a recipe for these in a magazine here last year -- it was Martin Clunes's recipe and they were called Dog Bars or something like that. The clipping is buried deep somewhere in my cookbook cabinet, so I can't check. But it definitely had Dog in the title.

i can post the recipe.  The sad thing is, is that I carted a can of custard powder from Canada to the US when i lived there just so I could make those bars!!  Custard powder was very hard to find in the US. 

Custard powder was very hard to find in the US. 

They used to sell Bird's in our supermarket in RI!

i can post the recipe.

I would love the recipe. Please post it. 

I thought this thread was going to be about (East) Indian lunchboxes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffin

That's what I thought as well. Well tiffin 'boxes' in Burma. They call them boxes yet they are round.

But this tiffin sounds ace!

But this tiffin sounds ace!

It all sounds ace - both the desserty thing & the tiered lunchboxes with rice, dal & curry, etc. Making me hungry (again). 

I have to say it:  It's just impossible to read this without seeing a picture of Sid James.

"Don't interrupt us -  We're going to have a spot of tiffin!"