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James Fussell	Nicey,   I feel compelled to warn all other NCOTAASD regulars about the Sainsbury's "Be Good To Yourself" range of biscuits.  I purchased some Strawberry and Cream biscuits from the range and sat down to eat one with a cuppa yesterday.  They are foul.  I am not sure about the rest of the range but would advise caution.  Luckily I had a spare Chocolate Digestive (standard packaging) to wash away the taste.  These views should be treated as subjective, I have no wish to feel the legal wrath of J. Sainsbury.   Yours in concern,   Jim.
	Nicey replies: James, These biscuits have a very different agenda to conventional biscuits, as they are trying to be good to you by monkeying around with the basic dynamics of the biscuit recipe, altering the fat and sugar content. The Strawberries and Cream thing is meant to be a diversion away from the now compromised biscuit. Like most things in this world that are bad for us you are better off having one or two good ones rather than a truck load of dodgy ones, as I think your example has illustrated.
Brian Barratt	Hello Nicey,   During my boyhood in Newark (-on-Trent) (is there another one, then?), the ladypersons of the family used to make Grantham Gingerbread biscuits. The were delicious, all crisp on the outside and sometimes just a bit gooey on the inside, with bubbles in them. They had a Secret Ingredient, obviously. And they were yellow. That was 50-60 years ago. I was just thinking (as one does, you know) -- I haven't seen or heard of Granthem Gingerbread biscuits since then, during all the years, in four or five countries, through thick and thin. Do you/does Wifey/does anybody know them, or the recipe?   Greety things be unto you   Brian
	Nicey replies: I've not heard of them, they sound very nice indeed so it would be good if we could find them. Maybe they were in some axis of power with the nearby Lincoln biscuit, and a dispute over the secret ingredient caused them to be sidelined. Is there anybody in the East Midlands who has heard of them??
Simon G	Dear Sir, As Mark Daszkiewicz rightly states in his previous mailing, iced gems are "amongst the worst kind of biscuit imaginable" and are best avoided for several reasons. However, I was recently given a packet of these 'biscuits'; i didn't want to throw them away so i thought of a way to make them more palatable. I tipped them into a bowl and poured cold milk over them (i suppose you could put sugar on as well; vanilla sugar might be good) and ate them in a similar way as you would a breakfast cereal, along with a nice cup of tea. Just thought some of your readers might want to try this if they have a packet taking up space in their cupboard.
	Nicey replies: Dear Mr G, I think they could make a good subsitute for drawing pins. If anyone manages to nail someting to a wall using Iced Gems let us know.
Jon Karen	Does any one else remember waiting for the biscuit tin to finally be empty so you can eat all the lovely multi flavoured crumbs left in the bottom?
Thom Curtis	Dear Nicey, I enjoy a good biscuit as much as the next person, but I especially enjoy dunking biscuits. I don't, however, like dunking biscuits in tea or coffee as the chocolate would melt; I enjoy dunking biscuits in water. Is this unusual?
	Nicey replies: Yes Thom, of course this is unusual. As to being odd, most of us are, with the possible exception of identical twins who may be even.
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