We went to NIce in France on holiday. We have to bring back biscuits do I went to buy some Nice biscuits and discovered biscuit snobbery exists in South East London. You cannot buy Nice biscuits in Sainsburys in Greenwich but you can on Lewisham. FACT
Ginger nuts, Maryland double chocolate chip cookies, lemon snaps, plain chocolate digestives and Orange creams. Special mention to brown crackers and rich teas covered in marmite
Peasants the lot of you. Enter the shortbread, a smooth buttery texture with the highland pedigree. The King of biscuits. Only the shortbread has earned the right to be served in a royal tartan box.
McVities Chocolate digestive's are the DADDY of biscuits.
Almost. Dark chocolate digestives. THE best biscuit.
Yep, has to be plain chocolate.
Saying that Cadbury's have recentlyish released a range of chocolate covered biscuits - shortbread and the like, I've only seen them in milk chocolate flavour but pretty good all the same.
Just like a tailored gentleman's suit, the proper biscuit is all about classic styling - bourbons, custard creams and those jammy dodger type things with cream in the middle that you only used to get in Xmas selection boxes. And a cup of tea on the side
Since time began mankind has tried to harness the power of the Fig. The Egyptians built massive Fig plantations all along the River Nile to satisfy their massive fig appetites, I expect. The Greeks on the other hand probably captured Phoneacian Fig ships in mad Jason and the Argonauts style ships, and took all the Figs home for enormous fig parties. The Romans simply invaded your country enslaved the populace and forced them to pick Figs, I would guess.
Today in the Twenty First Century, we have many wonders, super glue, the interweb, teflon, geo-synchronous satellites, extra absorbant kitchen towels that stay strong even when wet and of course the Fig Roll. The Fig Roll has all the goodness of figs and the convienence of conventional biscuits.
In our own homage to the Fig Roll NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown has undertaken the most comprehensive Fig Roll review in history, involving a team of specialist biscuit hunters who travelled thousands of miles and put themselves at some considerable personal risk to secure the review biscuits.
I don't think they do Viennese whirls anymore but they were superb!
Fox's, in their 'melts' range do a viennese biscuit that is incredible. You get them as the sweet snack on BA flights. Since their european service became a budget airline.
If you have Budgens nearby they should be checked out. 'Own Brand' dedicated to the store comes our way at work from Billingshurst. Today's treat are Peanut Cookies. mmmm
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Also a big lover of fig rolls but once opened they have to be devoured in one sitting as they go stale within hours.........................
Yep, has to be plain chocolate.
Saying that Cadbury's have recentlyish released a range of chocolate covered biscuits - shortbread and the like, I've only seen them in milk chocolate flavour but pretty good all the same.
Since time began mankind has tried to harness the power of the Fig.
The Egyptians built massive Fig plantations all along the River Nile to
satisfy their massive fig appetites, I expect. The Greeks on the other
hand probably captured Phoneacian Fig ships in mad Jason and the
Argonauts style ships, and took all the Figs home for enormous fig
parties. The Romans simply invaded your country enslaved the populace
and forced them to pick Figs, I would guess.
Today in the Twenty First Century, we have many wonders,
super glue, the interweb, teflon, geo-synchronous satellites, extra
absorbant kitchen towels that stay strong even when wet and of course
the Fig Roll. The Fig Roll has all the goodness of figs and the
convienence of conventional biscuits.
In our own homage to the Fig Roll NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown has
undertaken the most comprehensive Fig Roll review in history, involving
a team of specialist biscuit hunters who travelled thousands of miles
and put themselves at some considerable personal risk to secure the
review biscuits.
A Fig Roll is an elegant balancing act between fig and crust
Fox's Ambers Caramel biscuits. An absolute joy when dunked in a nice cup of coffee.
The one exception being Sainsburys chocolate chip cookies dunked in cold milk.
There are some biscuits in there that have only ever existed in broken form you can not buy them in a packet.
With you all the way Mr T, but I thought you were a snickers man !
Best: MacVita
Worst: Cornish Puff