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Mint Viscount Review
Nicey replies: Well then that's the Mint Viscount, the Mint Penguin and the Mint Club all scuppered too.

Anna Philips
Nicey replies: You see I knew I was going to get one of these. Yoda would have much to say about this, fallen in a the trap of you own anger have you, I expect.

I am English but being raised in Wales and and having an Irish wife I like to think we have a broader outlook, so I think its your own view that's colouring what I said. Which was Shortbread is very Scottish. Of course that's part of the UK, but its very regional, just as Welsh Cakes are very Welsh, and Parkin is very Northern English. I thought a Victoria Sandwich was more representative of the whole UK.


Brigid Lanigan
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Nicey replies: As you may know Wifey is Irish so we have the whole geo/political map thing under control. Its all quite simple really.

The British Isles are a bunch of islands on Europe's western Atlantic coast. The two biggest are Great Britain and Ireland, but there are lots more including the Isle of Man, The Channel Islands, the Shetlands, Orkneys and Western Isles. Great Britain is divided into three countries England, Wales and Scotland. Ireland has two The Republic of Ireland (Eire) and Northern Ireland which is a part of the United Kingdom along with England, Wales and Scotland.

So to recap Great Britain is the big island. The UK is the political union of four countries.

I'm not sure that Paul actually implied that Ireland is part of Great Britain, but he did say Ireland which as I have explained encompasses two separate European member states as the cake obsessed Austrians should be aware.

Good grief. I need a cuppa after that.


Paul Masters
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Nicey replies: The Scones are for Eire, as they are a type of Soda Bread made traditionally with sour buttermilk that's a good call on Irish cuisine. Mind you they could have put a few sultanas in them.

The Shortbread is for the UK but is more evocative of Scotland to us. Maybe visitors to the UK don't really take in the Scottish regional tartan package thing, and just think (London | Stratford Upon Avon | Cambridge/Oxford | Scotland (I think that covers it)) = Shortbread Fingers with your coffee, regardless of the fact they were exported over a national boundary. I think they should have had a nice big slice of Victoria Sponge filled with fresh cream and strawberry jam for us.