A controversial inclusion into the biscuit Hall of Fame there - is it a biscuit, or is it a cake? From what I remember, the defining characteristics of each are that biscuit will go soft when stale, whereas a cake will go hard. And for the life of me, I can't remember which way the debate was solved!Originally Posted by Galant
Oh, and on the subject of childhood names for biscuits...Garibaldi biscuits were always known as 'dead fly biscuits' in our house...for reasons that probably don't require any further explanation!
Far too sickly sweet. The sugar has clearly gone to your head.you need mental help... the Fox's Ginger Crunch Cream is a thing of awesome!
Ironically the Fox's variety, whilst actually called Moo, failed at being proper moo-cow biscuits imo by having a cartoon face and not proper cows on them. It seems they and the mini Moo are no more: "The launch of Mini Moos Choc Chip will be supported by in-store price promotions and PR activity to build awareness of the product which has been created to build upon the success of Mini Moos Malted Milk." Not so much success as all that, apparently. https://www.thedrum.com/news/2010/07...ini-moos-rangeThese were my favourite biscuits as a child. We used to call them 'Moo-cow' biscuits because of the picture of a cow on the front. It's funny, I probably haven't thought of that in about 40 years! Thanks for making me feel both happy with nostalgia, and at the same time sad at being so old!
Sorry to point out the holes in your system, but you're going to either need a tier 8 or a Tier 2.1
I regret to say that the Happy Face was renamed in my family owing to the resemblance of one of them to a cross-eyed neighbour because of the config of jam in the eyeballs. They have also been consigned to history it seems, sadly (as has the neighbour). Quite a few of those faces were more sinister than happy actually..
Aliorum vitia turbaverunt me
MrJim (09-01-2020)
Lebkuchen I'd honestly forgotten. Too few and far between to register as nostalgia, at least for me. Maybe tier 3?
If you're putting out two plates, one with slices of cakes and one with a selection of biscuits where are you putting the jaffas?
Sorted.
That's hilarious! So our family nomenclature was actually quite accurate in retrospect
i think we have forgotten an essential.
a key corner stone to utter quality.
one of the finest, consistently awesome biscuits of all time,
Choco Leibniz
on a whole 'nother plane of existence.
if you have never... then I suggest you do... soon
Fixed.Sorry to point out the holes in your system, but you're going to either need a tier 8 or a Tier 2.1
Cheers.
sammyc (09-01-2020)
It isn't a Chocolate Hobnob though, is it. The true king of biscuits (and sadly calories, though perhaps the two are related).
I'm sat here with a cup of coffee though, and feel that a plain digestive biscuit (or three) is missing. Context can be key
Well, they're still in business and still marketed as Jaffa Cakes.... Also, Trading Standards officers have been informed that they are most definitely cakes.
TBH, I think they're more gingerbread, which is kinda more like cake than biscuit...
Either way, get yerself some nice South African rusks, aka Beskuit or concrete - You won't ever go back to normal, boring biscuits!
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Nice rework
Aliorum vitia turbaverunt me
What about butter biscuits!
Jon
Dare I forward an alternative to Leibniz biscuits, which imho actually improves upon the same formula...
It's a French supermarket 'own-brand' biscuit, which is very similar to Leibniz but with one important difference...a much thicker slab of chocolate, resulting in a much higher chocolate to biscuit ratio. If you're ever travelling through France, they're definitely worth trying out for yourself!
Zak33 (09-01-2020)
Nailed it!
turns out I worded it wrongyou need mental help
"If there's nothing else" Tier
Fox's Crunch Creams
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