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Gemma Rollason Iced Gems Review	I couldn't help but notice some negative feedback on your site re Iced Gems, with particular complaint about their supposed 'undunkability'. I feel I must share my technique for eating Ied Gems, which I admit to having a fondness for. The dunker must hold the Iced Gem by the icing and then lower small rich tea type bit into their tea (granted, the mug or cup must be quite full for this to be done, but considering the limited soaking capacity of the rich tea part of an Iced Gem, this should not be a problem). You can then eat the tea-soaked biscuit part of the Gem, leaving yourself with a tasty icing morsel to enjoy - indeed, the inevitable soaking that some of the icing gets from its proximity to the hot liquid when using this method seems to result in more flavour being released from the icing - particularly so in the pink, purple and white variants. A word of warning - timing (as with most dunking methods) is of the essence here). Dunk the biscuit part of Iced Gem for too long and the icing part will dissolve and separate from the biscuit, which will end up sunk to the bottom of the mug, growing mushier by the minute. Gemma
	Nicey replies: Thank you Gemma, You have enriched all our lives with your insights. Perhaps one could spear the little blighters on a sturdy paper clip and go for complete immersion (entirely conjecture on my part).
Jane Kelly	Dear Nicey, My elderly neighbour has just given me a tin of Danish Butter Cookies, (made in Portugal) in exchange for looking after her cat Bingo over night, thus finally refuting your claim that they are only seen at Christmas. I wish they were – boring with that horrid trace of desiccated coconut. I have however given them to my Polish builders and they seem to like them – perhaps a new market has opened up there.
	Nicey replies: Hello Jane That's a feat of Europe wide cooperation that would bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardened Euro-crat. Are you sure your elderly neighbour didn't get them at Christmas? Or more likely she uses her extensive leisure time to frequent the sorts of shops that sell off dodgy Christmas tins of Danish Butter Cookies (made in Portugal) in mid March. A big Hoorah for your Polish builders and their biscuit eating ways! Wifey loves Poland and all its novelty Vodkas and Jaffa Cakes.
Lucy Izzard	Hello Nicey, I've just stubbled across your website after riffling through reviews on amazon and how wonderful that you have written a book on this wonderful aspect of our life -tea! I have just finished a cuppa and managed 3 digestive biscuits out of it - lots of dunking this morning. I wanted to send a quick email to invite you to watch my film Tea Total on my website. I wasn't a tea drinker at the time but through extensive research in tea rooms I am happy to say that now I'm converted. I made the animation 3 yrs ago at university and it's had a great response so I hope you enjoy it. It's only a short film (2 mins), so perfect to watch with a brew or even perhaps while the kettle boils?! I look fwd to reading your book. Best regards, Lucy
	Nicey replies: Lucy, Hoorah! We have a special icon for just this eventuality the "This is a film about tea!" icon.
Sue Northcott	Hi Nicey, Our cake trolley at EDS Swansea raised £212.28. The company was kind enough donate some cash to ensure that all staff got a free Welsh cake to celebrate St David's Day. Meant I was huddling over the bakestone for a good few hours, but it was worthwhile. My fellow bakers helped me out and we had a great showing with bara brith, lemon drizzle cake, loads of nice things like caramel slices and rocky road, fairy and butterfly cakes, and the best jam and cream scones I've ever tasted. I had intended to take a photo for you, but the gannets descended as soon as the cakes appeared. We all had a good time, but by the end of the day some of us were feeling poorer and ever so slightly queasy. I went along to the Saint David's Day parade in Cardiff on the Saturday and I though it was really good. Not up to St. Patrick's Day in Dublin yet, but certainly enough to make your heart swell with pride.
	Nicey replies: Sue, Glad to hear you made lots of tea and cake propelled dosh for your Charity. Well done to all your baking colleagues too. Team NCOTAASD are just back from a week in the Alps, where the YMOS did very good impressions of small helmet wearing projectiles re-entering the earth's atmosphere. Wifey can officially now no longer keep up with them and is adapting her skiing style accordingly to a more sitting down with a hot chocolate whilst I go off and find ever steeper things for the YMOS to tackle. On the way back yesterday morning we found ourselves on Paris's Gare du Nord at 6:00 am where I was forced to drink Liptons Yellow label tea in a paper cup of hot water and milk, for 2.40 Euros. Wifey has always wanted a romantic weekend in Paris, and arriving at 5:30 am after a night spent trying to sleep and a vinyl covered shelf surrounded by ski socks didn't seem to count. Not even one little tiny bit, although we did spot the odd glimpse of the Eiffel Tower on the way out. So I better go and get that Guinness and see if we can celebrate St Patrick's Day in some style
Sue Cooke	I know that you don't usually publish recipes but here is my recipe for pink wafers. Ingredients: cardboard, pink felt-tip pen, glue. method: Colour cardboard pink using felt-tips. Lightly corrugate and paste together in layers. Voila! All the taste and texture of pink wafer biscuits. Sue
	Nicey replies: First thank you for noting that we don't usually publish recipes, and secondly this is just the sort of thing that gets the Pink Wafer supporters out on the streets protesting in angry mobs.
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