Kendal mint cake
noun [ U ] UK (also Kendal Mint Cake) uk/ˌken.dəl ˈmɪnt ˌkeɪk/ us/ˌken.dəl ˈmɪnt ˌkeɪk/
（传统上深受英国远足者和登山者喜爱的）肯德尔薄荷硬糖
a type of hard sweet, flavoured with peppermint, sold in a rectangular block, and traditionally popular with UK walkers and climbers as a means of providing energy
You need a rucksack, stout boots, and a lot of Kendal mint cake. 你需要一个背包、结实的靴子，还有很多肯德尔薄荷硬糖。
Nothing comes close to Kendal Mint Cake for that sheer sugar energy rush. 要享受那种纯粹的糖分能量，没有什么能比得上肯德尔薄荷硬糖。
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- We all had our own energy snacks - everything from dextrose to Kendal mint cake - and these little luxuries counted for a great deal when we were exhausted at the start of a hill.
- Kendal Mint Cake's finest moment came when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set off to climb Everest in 1953, with four tea chests packed full of the stuff.
- She packed him his anorak and gloves, some sandwiches, a flask of coffee and, de rigueur for mountain men, Kendal mint cake.