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Mark Daszkiewicz |
Once again, Hello Nicey,
Thank you for your contribution to our debate regarding malted Milk and Toffypops. Siobhan and I have since agreed to a compromise and have implemented a four-biscuit rotation sytem, which also includes Jammie
Dodgers and Custard Creams.
I just thought I'd drop you a line to ask for your standpoint on Iced Gems.
There is a concensus here that they are amongst the worst kind of biscuit
imaginable. It is just too small to be filling and too bland to be satisfying, whilst the lacklustre dollop of icing on each one is so haphazard that you get the impression no care has gone into it's presentation at all. Due to the size it also lacks dunkability, which surely undermines it whole status as a biscuit. The only thing I can see of any value in the Iced Gem is the intricate biscuit graphics that have gone into it, but this in no way makes up for the finished product, which ranks alongside the dreaded Nice in the pits of Biscuit Hell.
On a sidenote, I would like to say how much I miss the 'Iced Shortie'. These are of course a shortcake biscuit with a generous smothering of icing on the underside. Simple, but superb, and an example to Jacobs of how an iced biscuit should be done. Has anyone out there seen these fine biscuits recently? Whilst Party Rings are admittedly similar, I would still like to get in touch with this old friend.
Thank you for your help, and your biscuit advice.
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Nicey replies: Mark,
Glad to hear that you Siobhan have come up with a biscuit rotation scheme, this very sensible, there are a lot of biscuits out there many of which are worthy of attention, Perhaps you could have a wild card for a fifth biscuit.
Now on to iced gems, they are indeed regrettable. Due to their size, taste and texture, they seem to be a more related to something that you would get from a builders merchants, such as quarter inch chippings or dry walling. I certainly would not advocate eating them not least due to the nasty sharp spikes on the icing.
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