What the hell is nougat?

[WilliamPitt]

My bartender wants to know.

[Deja Q]

1. It's that eerie brown sticky substance that's squished into every Snickers

WHat it's made out of is beyond me, but it sure sounds gross...

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. What ta hell does nougat have to do with a drink?

http://flakmag.com/misc/nougat.html

[johnnie]

3. Found this

A combination of sugar, corn syrup, egg whites, butter and nuts.

[WilliamPitt]

11. My bartender is disappointed

He was hoping there was a nougat tree somewhere, or a Planet Nougat, or something. The mystery is gone from his life now.

[yvr girl]

12. At least he has easy access to liquor

He can drown his sorrows and dream of a rainbow filled world full of nougat trees.

[nickgutierrez]

14. Well, who's to say there isn't?

:)

[proud patriot]

4. I found this

:D

If "nougat" was not a funny word, would it show up in such a key position? The whole sentence is straight-faced and serious, reading like an elegant but workaday building block of a scholarly biography. What gives it comedic punch? Nougat! It's a funny word.

David Letterman seems to agree. Note the following lists, a small sampling of that turned up by a Google search:

Top Ten Ways the Army is Trying to Boost Recruiting
4. Make it so every hand grenade has a creamy nougat center.

Things That Sound Creepy When Said by John Malkovich
5. "Nougat!"

Cool Things About Being the Richest Man in the World
5. Your yearly budget includes $15 million for nougat

Signs You'd Make a Bad CIA Director
5. The last piece of "intelligence" you acquired was that nougat is chewy.

In summation: eat nougat at every meal. Say "nougat" at the end of every sentence. On your knees, you undeserving bastards, and thank God for every blessed breath you take! And: the chewy taste of nougat

http://flakmag.com/misc/nougat.html

[meisje]

5. Usually refereed to as "Creamy Nougat"

I'm not ingesting anything "Creamy" unless I know what it is!

[yvr girl]

6. This will cost you a drink but...

According to Webster: a confection of nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste

Beige, sweet stuff found in many chocolates or chocolate bars.

Two definitions - make it a double.

[Skittles]

7. nobody really knows

honest; I suspect it is the "hot dog" of the candy world. :O

[shraby]

8. When I was a kid they had nougats for

2 for a penny or maybe a penny each. They were a square caramel type of candy with little pieces of nut in them. I miss them, haven't seen any for years.

[Pithlet]

10. LOL

:)

[matt819]

9. A bandleader? (NT)

[Lex]

13. Not sure, but here's a picture

[progressoid]

15. Isn't that what the Nazi offered Mel Brooks in 'To Be or Not To Be'?

Wow, some kind of symapse short-circut to bring out that dusty memory.

[tavalon]

16. I don't know

but I do know that drinking makes my bowling game better. The fact that I had nowhere to go but up may be a contributing factor. The fact that I can spell contributing right now is doubly amazing. ;)

[radfringe]

17. related to Yogat

but it's the New-version..

[Radio_free_america]

18. Nougat

A french speciality of city of "Montélimar".
Honey, sugar, vanilla, egg (white only), pistachio and almond.
Nowaydays there is ice cream and chocolate bar perfum nougat.

But drink ? I wonder

more there :
http://www.nougat-gerbe-d-or.fr/anglaishistorique.htm