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Charlotte Young Tregroes Toffee Waffles Review	Dear Nicey, Firstly, thanks for one of the most interesting and necessary websites I know of. It is often checked and much respected. I am familiar with the Tregroes Waffles, I have enjoyed the regular and chocolate covered varieties, when I could get them from my local Deli in Brighton, UK. Then I was lucky enough to find caramel waffles at Starbucks, which are made by the same company, and delicious. At Christmas a chocolate covered variety and miniature pack are also available in Starbucks' stores. I now live in Amsterdam, and as mentioned in some of the previous comments, this style of waffle is traditional here. At the local market you can see them being made and buy them warm, much in the way you might buy doughnuts at a market in the UK. They are also sold in supermarkets, as large waffles, organic large waffles or mini ones, which are very cute. They are called stroopwaffles in Dutch, literally syrupwaffles. And they are very good value, a bag of 10 large waffles may cost EUR1.99, at current exchange rates that's not so bad, is it? I try not to eat them too often, as they do tend to slip down a little too easily.... Thanks for letting me share my waffle experiences..... A biscuit hungry, tea drinking slightly homesick expat.
	Nicey replies: I once visited that part of Holland and due to bad planning and youthful exuberance found myself sampling mostly raw herrings with bits of onion on them in the markets, rather than stroopwaffels.
Diarmaid O'Sullivan	Dear Nicey and Wifey, I think you'll be interested in this upcoming bank holiday festival in Donegal, in the North West of Ireland, where large quantities of tae and biscuits are consumed cupoftaefestival . FYI 'tae' is the Irish and Hiberno-English for that which you refer to as 'tea'. Love the website, Diarmaid (Dublin, Ireland)
	Nicey replies: We were inspecting Donegal at a distance only last week in a our mammoth NCOTAASD Easter tour of Northern Ireland. It's over there some where behind that Giant's Causeway.
Richard Westlake Abbey Crunch Review	Good day fine nicecupoftea.. folks. I have been living in Sweden for the last 3 years and have had distinct hankerings for something.. something which I couldn't place... A yearning... It was not until another English friend asked me last year if I wanted anything while he was back in England (besides decent tea bags and cheese with any sort of flavour at all which go without saying), that I realised what that long surpressed longing was... The desire to eat, of course, Abbey Crunch! When he reported to me that they were no longer to be found I was devastated. I sat just shaking my head.. Surely these were almost everybody's favourite biscuit... It was a terrible day... I personally, in my lifetime, have got through enough packets of the little oaty wonders to make Tescos and McVities a tidy wee sum. And I am only one of 60 million biscuit munching brits. Bring 'em back. Get 'em in and put the f**kin' kettle on fer heven's sake. With respect Richard Westlake
	Nicey replies: Yes a grim old business the end of the Abbey Crunch. I paraded my last pack which sits on the NCOTAASD desk on TV last week, when I went down to do a special program about biscuits on UK TV Food. The pack was 3 years and 2 days past its best before date. Renowned chef Mary Berry tried to console me by making a batch of Oaty biscuits for that were quite like Abbey Crunch, it was all very poignant.
Minty Mint Viscount Review	A recent transatlantic flight curiously re-acquainted me without warning with the wonder of the viscount. Travelling with British Airways on a 747-400 jumbo jet, I was on my way to JFK from Heathrow. Trapped like the chocolate centre of a bourbon I had no choice but to resort to watching the in-flight entertainment, as an aside they actually served a single finger of time-out with the main meal, very nice, a good balance of wafer and chocolate but too small portion size wise obviously, I digress, I selected the Catherine Tate show, one clip was of a rather foul mouthed old gran who thought it a f***ing liberty that a mouse help itself to her mint viscounts...I have to agree, but it re-awakened my yearning for the minty goodness. In my youth, I could easily have eaten an entire gaggle of viscounts, especially the mint ones, the orange ones, I don't know, they were a bit too fake orangey, a bit like an orange club. Mint was always the best. It seemed that when you had got to your 5th or 6th mint viscount you entered into the viscount zone where you could drift away on an overdose of mint and chocolate, I can still recall the biscuity base interacting with the creamyness. Keep up the good work, your book looks interesting I think I may buy it actually. Minty
	Nicey replies: Orange Viscounts are thought to be missing in action in their proper full size versions, but I think you can get tubs of mini ones which seems awkward and fiddly, mint or orange.
Ruth Steel Japanese McVities Digestives Review	Dear Nicey, I have been a fan of your website for several years, ever since I discovered it while searching for information on Fruit Shortcakes online. (My family lived on the island of Antigua when I was young, and Fruit Shortcakes and Hobnobs were our favorite biscuits.) Currently I'm living in the Caribbean again, in Dominica, and am enjoying renewing my acquaintance with these old favorites. I've also enjoyed checking out some new friends, mainly ones I've seen discussed on the site. I do find it necessary, though, to object to some of your comments on your Japanese Digestive review. I believe a little more precision in defining the term evolution would be in order. Clearly there is a difference between biscuits and living organisms (unless, of course, the biscuits have been hiding out in a distant corner for too long). And certainly, some non-living types of evolution are factually documented. As a fan of biscuits, I welcome the idea of biscuit evolution and as a student of languages, I am fascinated by linguistic evolution. However, biological evolution is in a different category completely. As a Bible-believing Christian, I (and thousands of others) cannot accept the theory of evolution. I recognize, of course, that there is no scientific data recorded for any of the theories for the origin of life, ( i.e., no scientists were there to observe it happening) but I choose to put my trust in the only eyewitness account given--in God's Word. Regarding your Grand Canyon comment, I assume you're referring to the Flood theory of its formation? I'd be curious to know how many people espouse that belief as you stated it in your review. I do believe that there is much evidence for a worldwide flood, evidence that cannot be easily explained in any other way. I realize that this is not a very biscuit-related e-mail, but I did think it was important to give at least a brief defense for the other viewpoint. And of course, if you'd like to discuss these ideas further, I'd be glad to e-mail again. Thanks for your attention, and please do keep up the good work of sharing the latest biscuit info. Sincerely, Ruth Steel
	Nicey replies: Having studied evolution as part of my Biology degree, I'm prone to bandy around such terms. The evidence for the rate at which organisms deferentiate and give rise to new species is that it accelerates when the environment offers new opportunities or ecological niches. For instance to use the best known example the volcanic islands of the Galapagos provided new virgin land as they were thrown up over the millennia from the sea bed. Pioneering colonising species quickly diversified and adpated to the new environments opportunities and therefore new and unique species of birds, insects, plants and animals that differed to those on the main land of South America. Biologists call this an evolutionary bottleneck, where a few individuals give rise to a new population. It was this process I was eluding to for those Japanese biscuits. Evolution requires variation, opportunity and selection pressure. I think all those factors are present hence my comments. I hope that explains what I had in mind. I'd prefer not to discuss, defend or attack anything that clearly comes down to personal faith for fairly much the same reasons we don't discuss peoples preferences for brands of tea. So let's leave it there please.
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