Malted milk biscuits ftw

[Galant]

Adding a new tier for all these Leibnitz/Casino foreign variations on a theme...

Heavenly Tier -
Scottish Shortbread

Ecstatic Tier -
Garibaldi
Malted Milk
Home-made Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Brandy Snaps
Ginger Nuts

Excited Tier -
Hobnob
Chocolate Hobnob
Jaffa Cakes**
Chocolate Digestives
Lebkuchen

'Ooh Go Then' Tier -
Fruit Shortcake
Custard Creams
Bourbons
Nice
Jammie Dodgers
Chocolate Fingers

'Ta Very Much' Tier
Rich Tea*
Digestives*
Butter Biscuits

'What's that?' Tier - ***
Leibnitz
Casino

'If there's nothing else' Tier
Fox's Crunch Creams

'If I Have To' Tier
Stale biscuits

'I would do anything for love...' Tier -
Pink Wafers

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*Rich Tea and Digestives move up a tier if I'm having a cuppa at the same time.

**Anyone that suggests Jaffas are a cake and not a biscuit needs to have a word with themselves.

***What's that?' Tier = Cheap substitutes that are neither exotic enough to stand out nor so good that they can't be ignored. As in:

"Here, have a Leibnitz..."
"What's that?"
"A plain biscuit with chocolate on it?"
"Have you not got any chocolate digestives?"
"No."
"How about a chocolate hobnob?"
"No."
"What are you trying to be, posh or something?"
"You don't want my biscuits?"
"Have you not got anything else?"
"No."
"How about a Kit-Kat?... Blue Riband?... Alright, go on then."

-- In fairness to Zak33 and Jim I'll have to try those specific brands because maybe they're legitimately good (I mean, who am I to ignore Zak and Mr. Jim?) however, I've had biscuits that look similar and wasn't impressed.

[Ttaskmaster]

**Anyone that suggests Jaffas are a cake and not a biscuit needs to have a word with themselves.

It is official - The court has decreed that they're cakes: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-man...food/vfood6260

[SeriousSam]

You either eat Abernethy biscuits or you're wrong...

[sammyc]

Um https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Zak33]

**Anyone that suggests Jaffas are a cake and not a biscuit needs to have a word with themselves.

"Here, have a Leibnitz..."
"What's that?"
"A plain biscuit with chocolate on it?"
"Have you not got any chocolate digestives?"
"No."
"How about a chocolate hobnob?"
"No."
"What are you trying to be posh are something?"
"You don't want my biscuits?"
"Have you not got anything else?"
"No."
"How about a Kit-Kat?... Blue Riband?... Alright go then."

-- In fairness to Zak33 and Jim I'll have to try those specific brands because maybe they're legitimately good (I mean, who am I to ignore Zak and Mr. Jim?) however, I've had biscuits that look similar and wasn't impressed.

i did laugh... I did

[Ttaskmaster]

You either eat Abernethy biscuits or you're wrong...

You're not a London-dwelling graduate by any chance are you...?

[Spreadie]

heavenly tier - ginger nuts

iftfy

[MrJim]

Um https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hmm...why have a tea that tastes like malty biscuits, when you could just have tea WITH a malty biscuit?

[SeriousSam]

You're not a London-dwelling graduate by any chance are you...?

Quite the opposite, both literally and metaphorically... (up north and I have actual experience of the subject matter, i.e my job involves biscuits)

[[GSV]Trig]

Custard Creams, that is all.

[DanceswithUnix]

Custard Creams, that is all.

It does surprise me that some shops only do small packets of custard creams. If you are going to get such a "sample" size packet, then get one of those combined custard cream/nice/malted milk combo packets.

No-one want s small packet (fnarr).

Edit: I have a mug of coffee (bean to cup thanks to a Hexus thread some time back, still enjoying the results ) and this time a plain digestive. Combo bonus X10 !

[sammyc]

Where does the Rhubarb & Custard custard cream fit in to this? https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...ucts/303176783

Quite the opposite, both literally and metaphorically... (up north and I have actual experience of the subject matter, i.e my job involves biscuits)

This is v. interesting have you been in one of those programmes, in a white coat & hairnet talking about mysterious processes & temp gauges & quality control?

[DanceswithUnix]

Where does the Rhubarb & Custard custard cream fit in to this? https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...ucts/303176783

I am in no way a fan of rhubard, yet feel compelled to find out.

[MrJim]

Where does the Rhubarb & Custard custard cream fit in to this? https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...ucts/303176783

This thread is starting to cost me quite a lot - my third extra packet of biscuits added to me weekly shop!

[sammyc]

*may not contain any actual rhubarb* (unless it's the unspecified 'flavouring', you'd think they'd have to say what flavouring, theoretically it could be anything)

Compelled is definitely the word, despite the 27p per 100g as opposed to 11p price hike, which doesn't seem entirely to be warranted

[DanceswithUnix]

*may not contain any actual rhubarb* (unless it's the unspecified 'flavouring', you'd think they'd have to say what flavouring, theoretically it could be anything)

I love some of the reviews of those biscuits:

Then tried one on 5 year old grandson who just cried when he thought he had to eat the entire biscuit!