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 |
Alison Debenham |
Hi Nicey, Wifey and YMS
Very interesting, this bun/cake interpretation. Being a southerner, I'm with you on the definitions. However, what about those "barm cakes" they're always ordering from the caff in Coronation Street? They definitely appear to be a kind of bap or roll with a savoury filling. (I may be going back a few years - haven't actually watched it for ages, but it was in the days when Madge and Alf ran the corner shop).
Then of course, you have things like fish cakes and potato cakes - they definitely don't have sugar in them. Next we'll be onto tarts and pies. And don't get me started on flans - when in Spain, "flan" is actually creme caramel.....
I think we'll just have to accept that we all have different words for things, depending on where we live or grew up, or which tv programmes we watch! All part of the wonderful variety of life, giving us plenty of topics for debate in the office when we have nothing better to do!
Best wishes to all
Alison |
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Lizzy Arnott |
Hi Nicey,
I can't remember what directed me to your website, possibly the Metro newspaper. But i'm grateful for whatever it was. I love it!
My friends at work and I are tea/biscuit/cake addicts. Many an hour is spent discussing what's the best biscuit/teabag (only PG tips!), and so on. Usually we come to some kind of agreement. But a while ago, we had a debate that went on for weeks...
'What's the difference between a cake and a bun?'
At first we thought it was a north/south divide (i'm a yorkshire girl myself). I say a cake is a big thing that has to be cut up, and a bun comes in an individual case. My colleague said a bun is a bready affair, like a Chelsea bun. I said this wasn't exclusively true, and the debate raged on and on...
Eventually I won the argument by presenting him with 3 separate, non-regional recipes with 'Bun' in the title and no yeast in the recipe (his rules, not mine).
Anyway, I'm interested in your opinion on this important matter. Perhaps you should do a poll and see what your esteemed readers think?
Thanks again for your wonderful site, I shall be sending the link to everyone I like.
-Lizzy Arnott x
(note: I'm an Arnott, my partner is a Crawford, it's like the coming together of two great
biscuit empires!)
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Nicey replies: This is the subject of an internal dispute at NCOTAASD HQ. Wifey who is both Northern and Irish maintains like yourself that small cakes in paper cases are buns. Where as I'm Southern having spent most of my life south of a line that connects the Wash to North Wales. I would consider a bun to some form of small sweetened or spiced bread as exemplified by the Hot Cross Bun.
Perhaps we should ask some elephants as they are supposed to eat buns.
It may well be that your North South explanation is the correct one, and that effectively we have two languages, NOrthen English and Southern English which have a different definition of a bun. This could serve as a useful addition to my dodgy geo-location technique which uses biscuit quality and Marmite tolerance to work out latitude and longitude. When in the UK bun interpretation could also tell you roughly if your were north or south of Birmingham. |
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Joseph Davies
KitKat Review |
In response to Alan (Fred) Pipes comment about Kit Kat 2F moving away from the foil, I used to work for Kit Kat and worry not Alan! As Nestle make so many 2 Finger KitKats they need to produce them in 2 of their factories and unfortunately only 1 has the foil + band machine. Flowrap is only used as a last resort and they only make about 1% of 2 Finger not in foil + band. Long live the foil + band!
Joseph Davies |
Nicey replies: Righty Ho. |
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Robin Joker
Khong Guan creamy chocolate biscuits Review |
Enticed by the name, ingredient list, and appealing package, I bought the so-called Creamy Chocolate Biscuits at our local Asian store in Denver, Colorado, Your review is absolutely correct. The biscuits were barely recognizable as a food substance. We tried them and threw them out. Thank goodness we have had better luck with other unknown products.
I found your website when looking for Anna's ginger thins online, and I'm absolutely hooked. Do keep up the good work. |
Nicey replies: Yes the best thing about the biscuits was the box that Jonathan constructed to send them in. The younger members of staff are using it to keep pencils in. Other than that I've yet to taste a nice biscuit from China, and as I've tasted quite few now this is not a veiled invitation for people to send us more. |
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Mrs Turner
Bahlsen Orange Choco Leibniz Review |
Dear Nicey,
I am writing to in the hopes that you can help.
I have become addicted to Bahlsen Choco Leibnez.
Waitrose are selling them buy one get one free which isn't helping.
My desk drawer is full of Milk, Dark and Orange flavour, my favourite time of the day is when I can dunk a Dark in a hot cuppa.
I need help....fast. |
Nicey replies: Mrs Turner,
The only solution to your problem is to get a bigger drawer so that you can take full advantage of the current BOGOF. |
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