Your ViewsKeep your e-mails pouring in, it's good to know that there are lots of you out there with views and opinions. To help you work out what is what, are now little icons to help you see biscuit related themes. And now you can see at a glance which are the most contested subjects via this graph (requires Flash 6.0 plugin). Please keep your mails coming in to nicey@nicecupofteaandasitdown.com | If you like, you can use this search thingy to find stuff that matches with any of the icons you pick, or use the fantastic free text search, Yay! | Your e-Mails |
James Boley |
Dear Nicey,
What is your position on Cheddars and Mini Cheddars. Technically, aren't they biscuits? Obviously I'm not advocating dipping them into a cup of tea, but they ARE round and crunchy, which doesn't necessarily guarantee qualification as a biscuit, but maybe I'm missing the point. The big question is, do biscuits need to be sweet?
I am having trouble sleeping because of this issue at the moment.
James |
Nicey replies: James,
The Cheddar and Mini Cheddar are of course cheese flavoured crackers. They do accompany fig rolls quite well and there is no shame in your consumption of them. |
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Nick Keegan |
Dear Mr Nicey...
Well. What can I say? You have reviewed biscuits and cakes of all types but you seem to pay little attention to the most important element of the whole experience: the Tea!- PG, Tetley, Assam, Twinnings to name a few. Even Tesco's don't make a bad cuppa. So what are you going to do about it? You really do need to do some in-depth research into this if you really want to be considered an authority.
One last thing. I am a student (and I hope to f**k you are) and in our house if you say the word Tea or even the letter T you have to make everyone who wants one a cup. This is great fun. You can try and catch people out. For example- "what channel is this?" - "ITV 1" to which you would reply ' milk two sugars ' along with some mocking of the poor unfortunate victim. I personally have two sugars in my Tea and anyone who doesn't should consider themselves inferior within Tea drinking circles. Do you have any statistics on the whole sugar no sugar debate?. if you don't you should.
Bye
Nick. |
Nicey replies: Nick,
Thank you for that. We don't review tea, we have our reasons.
As for sugar, well it is widely accepted that tradesmen and children enjoy sugar in their tea. We'll see if that statement sparks a debate.
If I were still a student I would now be in my 20th year at University, however, when I was one we couldn't afford sugar and so gave it up when the first packet ran out towards the end of October. |
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April Linke |
Dear Nicey
As I was in pursuit of a nice cup of tea and a sit down this afternoon, and this necessitated hiding in my office to get away from the offspring, I thought I might just cruise in and while away the afternoon reading about all the biccies I've been missing. Lo and behold the teacup (okay it's a mug, shoot me) was soon woefully empty and I was forced to make a secret foray into the kitchen to make a fresh pot of tea. Alas my Sunday afternoon sit down has been fraught with delay and obfuscation as the tea jar was empty. What to do?! A frantic search of the tea cupboard ensued. Chamomile, Chai and "Tension Tamer" tea flew in all directions and a brief, hectic, moment of joy evaporated as the Bigalow tin yielded only packets of Tazo Green tea and some vile Lipton Cold Brew foisted on the unsuspecting public by Chatalaine magazine as a free insert months back. At last! A package of store brand Orange Pekoe teabags and the reason for my contribution today. You see the store is called Overwaitea and you would have to have visited Canada to have heard of it. Are you with me? Overwaitea? Yep, according to the story on the box... Over-Weight-Tea. Here it is: "R. C. Kidd established himself in New Westminster, British Columbia as a tea and coffee merchant. With his innovative marketing for the price of a pound of tea, R. C. gave his customers another 2 ounces. He was famous for selling 18 ounces of quality tea for the price of 16 ounces.
Since 1915, R.C. Kidd's "Over Weight Tea", a symbol of our continued tradition of "more for less", became known as OVERWAITEA."
All I can say is I wish I had some of his "quality tea" now instead of this dishwater in my cup, but I thought it made an interesting story highlighting local character and providing the world with a view of what one man and his cuppa can do in the Colonies.
Cheers all!
April
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Nicey replies: April,
Thank you for that stimulating peep into Canadian life. We have made a icon to celebrate! Now to find the other two emails we've had from Canada.. |
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Joanne Lucas |
My dear Nicey
I can confirm that kids also smell of digestives in Grimsby. At primary school I had to sit next to a particularly aromatic girl at lunchtimes. What I cannot confirm however, is whether or not she was poor. Her cardis never seemed to fit (arms too short), but maybe that was she was a bit portly.
Of course this might mean that she was fat (oops sorry not very nice of me) because she ate far too many digestives and therefore smelled of them (??!!). I dunno.
But have you ever noticed that when dunking digestives you can only fit a little bit in the cup, and when you nibble off that bit, the rest fits perfectly for dunking? Ahem.
Ta ra!
Joanne |
Nicey replies: Joanne,
Thank you for that. The large diameter of the digestive, when dunking, teaches us temperance and restraint through biscuit reshaping, unless they have snapped in half in which case its full speed ahead. |
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Jim Bradshaw |
Dear Nicey,
I'm so glad that I discovered your web site as I have been plagued with biscuit and crunchy snack related issues for many years. I am a 27 year old bloke and I have always had an aversion to fussy over-complicated biscuits. I can only actually consume the blander end of the biscuit spectrum and have suffered socially as a result.
You can imagine the scene; its a Sunday, a group of friends are round playing full contact canasta and I suggest (naturally) a cup of tea/or coffee and a selection of biscuits, to refresh the troops. I therefore proceed to the kitchen and prepare the hot beverages and arrange a selection of Rich Tea and Nice biscuits on a floral print Wedgewood plate. When I present the array to my fellow players they all leave in silence and disgust.
This was only the beginning, I then lost my house, car, pets, subscription to Guns n Ammo and all my signed American Football cards as a result. That was 3 years ago, I now live alone but have recently joined a group of like-minded individuals who enjoy the plainer side of biscuits. I can also say that I am now down to 2 cream crackers a day.
I wanted to share this because I know now that it's not a character flaw or a weakness, it's a normal, healthy and nothing to be ashamed of. If anyone else out there is a victim of blandism please write in and show your support. You're not alone!
Peace |
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