RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted Thursday at 05:26 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 05:26 6 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Many of their 'cookies' are called cakes for an unknown reason: Tea Cakes, Eccles Cakes, Jaffa Cakes etc. Cakes get harder when stale. Biscuits get softer. Cakes are classed as "food" and zero-rated for VAT. Biscuits are classed as "confectionery" and charged 20% VAT. Hence the famous court case about Jaffa Cakes. Martin. 3 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted Thursday at 05:35 Share Posted Thursday at 05:35 (edited) 23 minutes ago, martin_wynne said: Cakes get harder when stale. Biscuits get softer. Yes to cakes - not necessarily with biscuits. Certainly not with home-baked biscuits - which can start out soft and moist and dry out and get harder. Most home bakers will put slice of bread in with their biscuits to prolong their texture. Edited Thursday at 05:50 by Ozexpatriate Clarification 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted Thursday at 05:38 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 05:38 9 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Whatever those things are, I do not think that I would pay two for a penny for them, they look evilly disgusting. Anything would be better than those reconstituted Pringles! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted Thursday at 05:40 Share Posted Thursday at 05:40 2 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Anything would be better than those reconstituted Pringles! Once you pop you just can't stop. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted Thursday at 05:43 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 05:43 1 hour ago, martin_wynne said: The key difference is that "Nice" biscuits contain coconut. Also usually sprinkled with sugar. And a serrated edge. 2nd row on the left: linked from: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/17qthe4/a_cool_guide_to_british_biscuits/#lightbox Several missing: fig rolls, Abernethy, shortbread fingers, coconut rings, shortcakes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_biscuit Martin, Most of those available in Australia, some of them with different names, such as the 'Jammie Dodger'. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted Thursday at 05:46 Share Posted Thursday at 05:46 2 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Most of those available in Australia, some of them with different names, such as the 'Jammie Dodger'. And quite possibly better. 😉 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumut Posted Thursday at 06:37 Share Posted Thursday at 06:37 Hello All, In"...you learn something everyday..." compartment, Martin Wynn's illustration of "The best of British Biscuits", the Garibaldi slice (?) I have always known as a date or fruit slice, (my late Nana used to buy them loose, remember that, buying mixed loose biscuits from the grocer, in our case 4 Square ?) yet a quick search of Google brought up both the Australian Women's Weekly, and New Zealand Women's Weekly recipes for Garibaldi Slice / Biscuit, first time I have heard of that ! Aldi Australia sells them as Fruit Slice biscuits, Regards to all from Australia, Tumut. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumut Posted Thursday at 06:39 Share Posted Thursday at 06:39 Hello All, what the hell is a Jammie Dodger ? Tumut. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted Thursday at 06:59 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 06:59 19 minutes ago, Tumut said: Hello All, what the hell is a Jammie Dodger ? Tumut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_(biscuit) 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Compound2632 Posted Thursday at 07:23 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 07:23 RMWeb is notorious for thread drift but this really takes the biscuit. 1 5 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BluenGreyAnorak Posted Thursday at 07:28 RMweb Gold Share Posted Thursday at 07:28 That chart is a travesty - it's lacking the king of biscuits, the chocolate hob nob! 4 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted Thursday at 07:34 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 07:34 52 minutes ago, Tumut said: the Garibaldi slice (?) I have always known as a date or fruit slice, Hi, Known in the UK as "squashed fly biscuits". The fruit is currants: "INGREDIENTS: Currants (40%), Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Wheat Starch, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Whey Powder (Cows' Milk), Salt, Raising Agents: Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate." 1 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted Thursday at 07:44 Share Posted Thursday at 07:44 I’m glad the list did miss off fig rolls. Disgusting things. steve 2 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted Thursday at 07:48 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 07:48 1 hour ago, Tumut said: Hello All, what the hell is a Jammie Dodger ? Tumut. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumut Posted Thursday at 07:56 Share Posted Thursday at 07:56 Hello Martin Wynne, and others, sold as Arnott's Raspberry Shortcake in Australia, regards Tumut 2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted Thursday at 07:58 Share Posted Thursday at 07:58 14 minutes ago, steve1 said: I’m glad the list did miss off fig rolls. Disgusting things. steve Someone is spoiling for a ban! 😁 1 5 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted Thursday at 07:59 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 07:59 7 minutes ago, steve1 said: I’m glad the list did miss off fig rolls. Disgusting things. steve A recent visitor here said he hadn't seen one for years -- and ate half the packet. Two designs -- traditional open-ended and clearly cut from a long extruded length: And closed ends -- which cost more but actually give you less filling: Martin. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted Thursday at 08:33 RMweb Gold Share Posted Thursday at 08:33 32 minutes ago, martin_wynne said: clearly cut from a long extruded length Not dissimilar to my thoughts on the infernal things 😉 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted Thursday at 08:42 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 08:42 3 minutes ago, martin_wynne said: And closed ends -- which cost more but actually give you less filling: Noooooo! That's an abomination. It's as bad as putting a layer of cream in a Jammy Dodger 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted Thursday at 09:02 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 09:02 (edited) Drifting a bit further when I was at school (60+ years ago) we used to get a bag of broken biscuits for 2d. (Thats two old pennies.) Edited Thursday at 09:03 by PhilJ W 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted Thursday at 09:31 RMweb Gold Share Posted Thursday at 09:31 1 hour ago, martin_wynne said: A recent visitor here said he hadn't seen one for years -- and ate half the packet. Two designs -- traditional open-ended and clearly cut from a long extruded length: And closed ends -- which cost more but actually give you less filling: Martin. I'm surprised that they don't advertise "with added fig wasp corpses"* to enhance their natural credentials... * Ever wondered why figs have a gritty texture? 🤔 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted Thursday at 09:55 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 09:55 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: RMWeb is notorious for thread drift but this really takes the biscuit. Oh, crumbs! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted Thursday at 09:56 RMweb Premium Share Posted Thursday at 09:56 2 hours ago, BluenGreyAnorak said: That chart is a travesty - it's lacking the king of biscuits, the chocolate hob nob! And Tim Tams. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted Thursday at 10:39 Share Posted Thursday at 10:39 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Drifting a bit further when I was at school (60+ years ago) we used to get a bag of broken biscuits for 2d. (Thats two old pennies.) We were giving out broken biscuits to Statfold exhibitors to have with their tea. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted Thursday at 10:40 Share Posted Thursday at 10:40 Now that’s what I call a biscuit. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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