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Tricia D Arnott's Mint Slice Review	Dear Nicey, How lovely to see the Arnott's Mint Slice — remembered fondly from childhood and beloved to this day — reviewed as Biscuit of the Week. I feel I should share with those new to the Mint Slice one method of gaining maximum pleasure from these lovely biscuits. Turn the biscuit upside-down and nibble around the edge underneath to create a gap between the chocolate around the edge and the bit that covers the mint filling. Use your lower front teeth to prise the disk of chocolate away from the mint filling. This can be eaten straight away or saved for later. Scrape, lick or suck the mint filling off. Lick the chocolate off the back of the biscuit. Eat the biscuit in little pieces. (This is a good dunking opportunity.) If you haven't already, eat the chocolate from the top. Hours of pleasure!
Andrew Maddison Bourbon Review	Dear Nicey, I just spotted (slightly late) your news item on McVities Slices, and the fact that they recommend serving them chilled. This reminded me of a particularly nice way of eating Bourbons when the long hot lazy days of summer roll around again (and I suppose also through the miserable drizzly days of winter if you wish). Very simply, pop the bourbons into the freezer for an hour or two, and eat them like little mini choc-ices, especially good for the younger biscuit appreciator. The chocolatey middle layer sets solid, which is surprisingly nice, however the effects on dunking characteristics are relatively un-researched at this point, perhaps a hardy soul will brave a frozen bourbon before summer and tell us how they got on, otherwise I'll get back to you in June. Many thanks again for keeping us all sharp on biscuit related matters, Yours sincerely, Andrew. PS Can I just mention 'Tea Money'. It's not relevant I just like your kitty icon.
Andrew McMurtrie	Most Methodists don't take alcohol, they concentrate on tea, And now that I've quit drinking, that's the life for me. I no longer hit the children, or lay a finger on "the wife." Since tea and biscuits brought change into my life. The Methodists like to sing too, (with supporting tunes from Wales), but singing hymns while drinking tea invariably fails. So I've devised a "method" (which others can adopt) A "nice" combination of Wesley and Bergamot. First you have a sit down, then you sing a verse. Then you sip a cuppa (no need to rehearse). The old hymns are the best ones, (by John and Charles Wesley). And they are best appreciated, with a "NICE CUP OF TEA." Andrew McMurtrie
Suzanne Abbey Crunch Review	Just tried to find out McVities web address to add my despair to those already listed here about Abbey Crunch disappearing from the shelves. And found myself on your website as you do when you browse around...... None of the other lookalikes begin to taste the same..so can we be ACES....Abbey Crunch Extinction Society and try and serve one in the direction of United Biscuits! Suzanne
Alison Brown Lotus Caramelised Biscuits Review	I think these biscuits are just wonderful - when I can get them. having once had the experience of finding a whole aisle of them in a Belgian hypermarket some time in the 1980s - an event from which I have not yet recovered - it is a great disappointment that most of the time they seem to be missing even from the hallowed shelves of Mace's on the University of Sussex campus (a fine repository of different national biscuits). I suppose the cross-channel journey must just be a little too much for a biscuit of such fine calibre to undertake in the ordinary way. his is truly a "go-anywhere" biscuit. The flavour is an indescribable mixture of spices and caramel, and the texture - that rare combination, dry enough to be taken on journeys, biscuit, and yet crumbly enough to be a satisfactory substitute for cake in any emergency tea party situation. Yet this is a biscuit ordinary enough for everyday, and in my home that is good news, for any biscuits which can be labelled "special" are consumed either not at all, or all at once. As for dunking, they are ideally suited to the purpose, the long "cats tongue" shape affording excellent access even when the tea is almost gone. This could be why they are sometimes served, in woefully small packets, on trains and in certain cafes (I think it was Debenham's where I last met one).  A Spekoloos in such a lonely state is a sad sight indeed. I belive - though it was a long time ago - that I saw a toast -shaped Spekoloos biscuit on sale in that hypermarket aisle. Perhaps I was deluding myself, for surely nobody, even in Belgium, would eat biscuits on toast for breakfast? I sincerely hope that other visitors to this site may be able to come up with explanations. Yours sincerely, Alison Brown
	Nicey replies: Try a Lotus Caramelised Biscuit which are widely available, I think you'll find you are on familiar ground.
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