A Dorset knob is a dry, savoury, biscuit that has been made by Moores for more than 150 years and was reportedly a favourite snack of Thomas Hardy. They are made from leftover bread dough ...

A ‘knob festival’ in Dorset has been cancelled – because the event has become too much to handle. The Dorset Knob Throwing event, which takes place alongside The Frome Valley Food Festival ...

The annual tradition of tossing knobs in a field has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Dorset Knob Throwing and Frome Valley Food Festival includes a competition to fling the ...

An annual 'knob-throwing' competition has been cancelled as organisers move to make the event every second year in the hope to give it 'more oomph'. The Dorset knob-throwing competition ...

For over a decade, the Dorset Knob Throwing and Frome Valley Food Fest has been a small event where locals take "knobs" and catapult them as far as they can. A knob is a baked treat made of ...

Competitors are given three knobs which have to be thrown underarm More than 700 biscuit athletes have entered a throwing competition in Dorset. The Dorset Knob Throwing contest in Cattistock ...

The savoury biscuits must be thrown underarm and the competitor must keep one foot on the ground Thousands of people attended a "knob-throwing" competition in Dorset but did not see the world ...

Dorset knobs are hard savoury biscuits Credit: . Thousands are attending the annual "knob throwing" competition in Dorset. The Dorset Knob Throwing and Food Festival event in Cattistock involves ...

There's a hard biscuit in the U.K. called a Dorset knob, and people compete throwing biscuits across a field. The last contest in 2019 attracted 8,000 people — too much for the village to handle.

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The bakery behind the famous Dorset knob biscuit has announced it is closing its shop in the village where it was established more than a century ago. Moores Biscuits said sales at its ...