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 |
Bill Stone
Rich Tea Review |
Dear Nicey,
It is getting difficult to find rich tea finger biscuits, in that oval, Wembley stadium shape. The round ones are far to thick and don't taste all that good. Are you aware of a plan to phase the oval ones out??
Ta,
Bill Stone. |
Nicey replies: Yes I had heard that too. Also Morning Coffee's seem to be in decline, perhaps there is a crisis afoot in the world of plain dunkers. |
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Paul Daly
Malted Milk Review |
Dear Nicey
I am horrified to read only good things about these nasty, nasty things.As a child my parents claimed poverty and would only buy the cheapest biscuits and in bulk to boot ( I now suspect they may have had a heroin problem and therefore needed to save money ). My childhood was misery as we were only allowed to ever have two biscuits that had to be eaten over the sink , and these were generally malted evil milk or very nasty morning coffee biscuits....but mostly malted sickly sick sick.....oh the cows...the cows. I am now overweight from biscuit mania and have some severe psychological problems. Let this be a warning to all on child rearing and the little understood field of biscuit related neglect.......the cows....
Paul |
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Chris Rayment
Garibaldi Review |
Dear Nicey and co, I heartily agree with Henry Morgan – Garibaldis are the unsung heroes of the biscuit tin, always there when you need them, and surprisingly satisfying even without a cup of tea. In our house they are known as ‘Uncle Jack’s Biscuits’ in honour of my long departed great uncle Jack from Bristol who would consume nothing else (apart from Black Magic chocolates and whiskey. Three cheers for the Garibaldi!
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Henry Morgan
Garibaldi Review |
Having read your review on the famous, or to some, infamous, garibaldi. I must say that I agree with the fact that they are a sub section of their own in the biscuit world and as they come in the alleged `kit form`(i.e. you have to break them up), you really feel like a true veteran biscuit muncher, as it requires a little bit of effort to maximise the potential of said biscuit. One might suggest that you could eat all six (the normal amount in one line before broken apart) as a single string, to simply propose such an idea is animalistic and barbaric, would you tackle a leg of lamb before slicing it up into pieces? I think not.
However, I feel that I must point out from past experiences, that not all garibaldis, once in their singular form, have the abundance of currents that I like. Perhaps it`s just my luck, but I tend to find that one or two from the set are blessed with currents, so much so they could be compared to an eckle`s cake, where as others are hard done by and are always left until last by which time they have often become a little dry and hard, but one does the right thing and eats them, although a little grudgingly.
To conclude, the garibaldis deserve applause for their individuality and praise for their long held domination of the biscuit tin, but continuity in the input of currents in the biscuit is something that it lacks, some say `familiarity breeds contempt,` i might agree in certain circumstances, but here, it would be nice to have the abundance of currents in every single bit, that so many of us love.
Henry Morgan, an avid consumer of biscuits and tea.
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Nicey replies: Henry,
I've never found current distribution to be a problem. Either, I'm eating different Garibaldis to you or my expectations of dried fruits in biscuits are much more relaxed than yours. Surely there is the thrill of getting the odd really currenty one. If they were all like that it would take away some of the fun, not that I'd notice perhaps. |
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Harriet McEachran |
I've been out in France for the past few months carrying out some very thourough investigation into the all the allegations that the French can't bis-cuit, and thought it was about time I reported back.
The absolute winner in the French biscuit market are the 'breakfast' biscuits-making a meal out of having a nicecupofteaandasitdown! Good old Lu own the majority of the good 'uns, as a general rule a digestive-stylee base with some chocolate drops or fruit to brighten it up. They come wrapped in threes or fours, giving you a gentle hint 'when to stop'. However I can report that passing these guidelines in three out of four home tests resulted in no side effects.
They even come with some (admittedly dubious) reasons why eating these biscuits are good for you. For example eating if you eat an orange with them, and dip them in a glass of milk then you will get lots of calcium and vitamin C. I did warn you they were dubious. Although they do claim to release energy more steadily than other foodstuffs, and with a graph to back it up-you never know that bit may be true, and I can't think of a pleasanter way to increase productivity.
Anyhoo, happy munching,
Hxxx |
Nicey replies: Yes we have reported in the past on the odd way that the French enthuse about their processed food on it's boxes. Often to be seen is 'Rich in cereals', which seems part of the general fascination with grain in the French psyche. All very strange, like saying chips are a rich source of potatoes. |
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