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| Lesley |
Dear Nicey
Your report on the Holiday Inn survey gives support to your eminently useful suggestion in your NCOTAASD book that hotel guide books should introduce a symbol (to go alongside the ones denoting swimming pool, dog sitting, cable tv etc) to denote the type of biscuit that they provide along with the miniature kettle and sachet of Nescafe. Clearly business men and women are heavily influenced by biscuits and your idea could spark a revolution in the hospitality industry.
Have you patented the idea?
With very best wishes
Lesley |
| Nicey replies: I used to work with online hotel booking systems where the hoteliers had to fill in all the features and benefits of their accommodation. I did manage to get the company to let me put in a tick box for biscuits in the room although obviously I was pitching for a full breakdown of exactly what types and quality quantity etc. As far as I know only one hotel every ticked the box.
I still think a little plastic facsimile of the in-room biscuits on their sign next to the stars, diamonds, crowns or whatever would be good. |
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| Phil |
Nicey,
I would appreciate your assistance in settling this issue that has rumbled on for some time with my work colleagues. I would classify Cheddars as a biscuit, however work colleagues who view themselves as experts in this field seem to strongly disagree. The only other category that Cheddars could fall into is the cracker category but this feels all wrong to me. I note that comments on your website suggest that you can spot a biscuit if it can be dunked in tea, of course this would be inappropriate in respect of a Cheddar but I don't think categorisation in this case should hinge on this. Personally when talking about Cheddars, I think it reasonable to refer to them as "Cheddar biscuits" but would seek your views in order to settle the issue once and for all. What category do cheddars fall into?
Regards
Phil |
| Nicey replies: Phil,
Thanks for getting us back on to a sensible topic. My personal call would to class the Cheddar as a savoury cracker, and not a biscuit. Given that its a savoury rather than a sweet product I feel happy with that. Also Cheddars would need some form of quarantine from other biscuits if placed in the same biscuit tin confinement to their packet. Other wise you might end up with cheesy custard creams or some other embarrassing problem.
Having said that a school friend of mine went through quite a big Cheddars phase where he would have a fig roll followed by 2 or 3 cheddar chasers. The two went together very well probably a bit like having fruit with your cheese board. So I would acknowledge the Cheddars ability to mix convivially with biscuits, perhaps more than any other cracker. I'm sure it could always hang about with those Hovis Digestives if it were feeling a bit left out, as they both share an interest in cheese. |
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Stephen McChrystal
Thin Arrowroot Review |
Hello Nicey.
I must say that your criticism of the thin arrowroot biscuit is a little unfair. Have you no memories of this fine example of tea companionship being a staple in Grandma's pantry?
Since Asda in their wisdom have stopped stocking them, I have endeavoured to make my own-quite successfully if I may say so. It is a very simple and easy recipe-I suggest you try it for yourself, there are many recipes online including Mrs Beeton's which are a bit too rich for me.
Cheers Stephen McChrystal. What a truly great website you have-a masterpiece of serious frivolity. |
| Nicey replies: I stand by every word of it and my Granny had Abbey Crunch in her pantry. |
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| Debbie Smith |
I need this mug in my life...
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| Nicey replies: Not sure about the picture with somebody pouring half pint of milk in their tea. |
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| Station Lightyears |
Congrats on your enlightening website – the Internet has meaning finally! Myself and Mrs. Myself enjoy v. Much reading your site, a haven for all sane and focussed individuals out there. Unfortunately I have to come clean and inform all that I can no longer drink tea or coffee...... due to a caffeine intolerance (and probably due to drinking far too much of the stuff, it seems that it is possible to have too much of a very good thing).......... and decaf just ain’t up to the mark. Don’t suppose you have any tips on making the perfect hot water then? Any advice would be welcomed, biscuits just don’t dunk the same in hot water!
Looking forward to trying the Suffolk adventure fruit cake recipe too – will it taste as good in Cornwall?
Sincerely,
Station Lightyears
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| Nicey replies: I too have problems with caffeine past 6pm, it keeps me up all night. So I've found the best approach is switch tea brands. Being committed PG Tips drinkers having a cup of their decaf is a little flat. So I usually go for Yorkshire Tea decaf which manages to fool my tastebuds into thinking I'm just having a slightly non-standard cuppa instead of a cup of my usual which has something not right about it.
There is probably a PhD to be had getting to the bottom of that one. |
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