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i think we need to get the big fire going for some members here...
I've just polished off a 300g pack of bourbons, just because they were sitting in front of me, they also enounted hot tea, and not one accidental sloppy discharge was encountered...
I treat all biscuits equally, yom yom yom.
Also, I'm a big fan of Tesco Rhubarb & Custard Creams.
Re dunking - I think it very much depends on the biscuit. I would never, for example, dunk a chocolate digestive. For a start it’s often too big, and ends up leaving a messy smear on the side of the mug. Rich Tea on the other hand, well the clue is in the name, and in my opinion a drink is simply too wet without one.
I am still traumatised by the sight of a frenchman dunking a fresh crumbly croissant into a mug of black coffee. What followed was a flakey explosion like a leper had dived into the cup.
Distressing to put it mildly. This is how your biscuit dunking will end.
and not one accidental sloppy discharge was encountered…
Everyone gets lucky once 🙂
Bite the ends off a Twix and drink your tea through it like a straw. Messy but good.
Very popular in Australia I believe. They do it with diagonally opposite corners of Tim-Tams (essentially a Penguin).
Though, sucking tea through a Penguin might get the authorities called.
Alex
Full Member
I am still traumatised by the sight of a frenchman dunking a fresh crumbly croissant into a mug of black coffee. What followed was a flakey explosion like a leper had dived into the cup.Distressing to put it mildly. This is how your biscuit dunking will end.
err, this is a continental thing, my missus folks (Italian) do some weird shiz, coffee in cornflakes, breadsticks in coffee - weirdos..
Also some of the biscuits will have been made in diffent factories at diffent times and poorly transported to where the tins are put together… Don’t think that helps either.
And this is also very true - and they don't get stored in laminate wrapped packs either - but great big , easy to stack plastic boxes. So humidity isn't a friend.
Just to add fuel to the fire - bourbons are rubbish - and a lot of rework goes into them. I have a fondness for custard cremes - but they have been cheapened so much that they are pale imitation of what they were.
BTW Mince Pies and Christmas Puddings are made about 6-9 months before you buy them. In the case of Xmas pudding it it likely much longer ...
Tea drunk through a Tunnocks caramel wafer with the ends bitten off kicks the but of similar with a twix, or a kitkat! Eating the hot soggy tea soaked caramel wafer is amazing.
Tea drunk through a Tunnocks caramel wafer with the ends bitten off kicks the but of similar with a twix, or a kitkat! Eating the hot soggy tea soaked caramel wafer is amazing.
Do not google "soggy biscuit"
but they have been cheapened so much that they are pale imitation of what they were.
I've never thought much of them TBH, same as Nice (however you pronounce it) and Rich Tea both of which are clearly a piss poor effort, (the sickly pale children of the biscuit family) but the damning thing about custard creams is that they lure you in with the promise of a tasty filling, when in realty, nothing...merely a schmear of...well, faux-custard. It's bad and wrong.
^ and it would be a piece of piss to make them taste nice , not really affect the cost - and they would sell loads more!
Fair comment about Rich Tea - they are for people who smell musty and of piss. Unless that the the ginger nut eaters ?
I used to be a food technologist working in the biscuit industry ….
Biscuit scientist. Only on STW
Hello from an ex-food technologist who worked in the cheese industry. I used to dream about the high-flying life a biscuit scientist must lead. And I used to smell of cheese, as well.
Pffffht you both probably like Rich Teas
I do actually. And ginger nuts. And Nice biscuits. And Garibaldis. And Fig Rolls.
Is it a biscuit if it's German - but dunking a Schoko Leibniz in a good strong cuppa is pretty bloody good
Hello from an ex-food technologist who worked in the cheese industry. I used to dream about the high-flying life a biscuit scientist must lead. And I used to smell of cheese, as well.
Just to rub salt into the wound, I used to design / commission cakes for Mr Kipling!
Cheese plants do have a certain aroma to them ...
Bite the ends off a Twix and drink your tea through it like a straw.
Don't do this - instead, drink hot chocolate through a Twirl.
Nice biscuits are nice. It says it on the packet and it even says it on every single biscuit. How can you ignore this?
Oh, and with rich teas - it should be illegal to sell them without chocolate on one side. Chocolate rich teas are fantastic.
Is it just me that will eat a whole packet of biscuits without drawing breath?
You’re not alone.
I once told some colleagues at an old job that I used to be a biscuit designer. They believed I was responsible for some of the sports biscuits designs. Gullible fools!
I love a good cheap biscuit. Those unbranded packs of various creams (custard, orange etc) are gone in one sitting. Love a Jammy dodger too.
Cheese plants do have a certain aroma to them …
I used to feel sorry for the cheese graders. As much as they loved cheese it can't have been the most pleasant job in the world. And their breath stank of cheese as well as their clothes. 😀
coffee in cornflakes
Mindbleach has been ordered.
I just asked my (20 year old) daughter about biscuit dunking. From her answer, I am considering putting her up for adoption.
I used to be a food technologist working in the biscuit industry ….
.... when I met you
I picked you out,
I shook you up
And turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Don't, don't you dunk me...
Nice biscuits are nice. It says it on the packet and it even says it on every single biscuit. How can you ignore this?
They're "flavoured" with coconut. I don't think I need say any more really.
Oh, and apparently it's Nice (like the city in France) so you've been saying it wrong all this time...
Don’t, don’t you dunk me…
This one here, that's your coat isn't it?
susepic
Free Member
Is it a biscuit if it’s German – but dunking a Schoko Leibniz
good bloomin call that - they iz wunderbar
Seems like people are blinkered biscuitically too.
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Best biscuit out there - Tesco Chocolate Oaties
But I have seen you can get French LU biscuits now, they're pretty good
Oh, and apparently it’s Nice (like the city in France) so you’ve been saying it wrong all this time…
I've been there, it's nice.
the ginger nut eaters ?
Is that some sort of venereal disease?
Anyway. You're all doing it wrong.
Anyway. You’re all doing it wrong.
Says the person using some sort of weird, non-matching mug/saucer combo. In fact, that may not be a saucer, it could be a small plate..
#threadoftheyear
After years of looking, the best custard creams, (so far) are Waitrose essential Custard creams, 30p a pack..
I can see this might be contentious but I miss coconut creams, wtf happened to them?
Oh on topic, don’t see the point of biscuit selection boxes, just buy a couple of packets of the ones you like instead
A biscuit thread that doesn’t crown choccy Hob Nobs the king of bikkies just shows how out of touch all the custard cream worriers are.
Anyway. You’re all doing it wrong.
wait, my drink needs a hat now? When did that become a thing?
sirromj
Full Member
I treat all biscuits equally, yom yom yom.Also, I’m a big fan of Tesco Rhubarb & Custard Creams.
Never seen those before. Will have to go to Tesco!
Are sports biscuits still around? And was there a chocolate version with a jagged edge?
They’re “flavoured” with coconut. I don’t think I need say any more really.
That's why they are good.
Are sports biscuits still around? And was there a chocolate version with a jagged edge
They were just MaltedMilks with pictures of sports on for vegans …
That’s why they are good.
You monster
Custard creme is the king of biscuits
100%
only one use for bourbons though
https://flic.kr/p/7kcwCv
We've done the research as an office team. We concurred with Houns' findings.
We have discovered a selection pack which, although wrongly named, does taste just like the separate packs and confirms our office as a bastion of middle class Guardian readers.
maccruiskeen
Full Member
I used to be a food technologist working in the biscuit industry ….…. when I met you
I picked you out,
I shook you up
And turned you around
Turned you into someone new
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IHN
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Don’t, don’t you dunk me…
It was worth trawling through the thread for that moment of genius!
If the Tesco Express opposite the village hall does not have Rhunarb and Custard creams when I go to walk LittleMissMC back from Rangers, there may be a riot
Them Borders up there. "Sharing Pack". Yeah, right.
For what it's worth I'm a total tramp when it comes to biscuits. Anywhere, anytime and what ever I can get me mitts on. I'll even eat pink wafers.
Oh, and digestives dunked in orange squash is fab.
They were just MaltedMilks with pictures of sports on for vegans …
Does anyone else try to eat around the stick men or cows? Those background cows are a right bastard. You have to use the bottom edge of your incisors to get the legs right. I’ve had many a stressful moment as I get close to snapping off the hindquarters.
What’s the worst biscuit? My vote is a three way tie between Rich Tea, Digestive or those god awful loaf shaped things. All three were invented by someone who hated fun and had their taste buds destroyed as a child. Colourless, tasteless atrocities. I often think party rings were launched as a desperate measure to counteract the beige biscuit invasion.
Pink wafers are strange. I reckon you could be locked in a room with a never ending supply of them and still perish of starvation. They are the void of biscuitdom.