katyjay 5,090 Posted September 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Just remembered something from a while back. We have a friend who used to work for Nurdin and Peacock. In the 70's I think, there was a tin of Huntley and Palmers biscuits, with a Victorian scene of tea in the garden. All looks very innocent to start with, but the illustrator did some naughty things to the scene, like a naked couple having sex in the bushes, and 2 dogs mating in another bush. A shopkeeper noticed the tin and they were recalled. Our friend nabbed a tin before them going back to H & P. If you google the tin you can see for yourself. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,133 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Found if Kath, oooer!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, benjamin1945 said: All this talk of Biscuits.......got me thinking,,where did Marsdens get their Biscuits from,,,,and it came to me,,,all the loose biscuits we sold from big tins with glass lid,,were from a company called Middlemass,,it was on all the tins,,, Just looked em up,,,they were a Scottish company and went out of business in 1956,,,,i started with Marsdens in 1960,and we still used the tins with Middlemass name on,,,...........thought you would all want to know that........lol You mean to say we ate stale biscuits when we were small. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 The ultimate dunking biscuit is a ginger nut. Anyone who says differently is a heretic 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,451 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 And nobody's yet mentioned iced gems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,133 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 How the Hell do you dunk an iced gem? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Oh come on for goodness sake ! You hold the icing bit and dunk the rest ! LOL It's so simple ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 57 minutes ago, mercurydancer said: The ultimate dunking biscuit is a ginger nut. Anyone who says differently is a heretic Ginger biscuits... GARRR get thee behind me Satans spawn and bow before the one true dunking biscuit - Rich Tea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,133 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, FLY2 said: Oh come on for goodness sake ! You hold the icing bit and dunk the rest ! LOL It's so simple ! Yeah ! Then break yer bloody teeth on the concrete ice. Brew, what abaht a digestive? Dunk that and yerve got soggy cardboard, lovely. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 No, the digestive is fine, it's the Rich Tea that instantly becomes a mush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, FLY2 said: No, the digestive is fine, it's the Rich Tea that instantly becomes a mush. Ah the cry of the dreaded slow dunker.... Digestive mmm well down the list after Arrowroots, Shortbread and the king of them all Rich Tea... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,133 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 I used to have a pal who dunked wafer biscuits. Allus said he were a Philistine !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Bought this in Poundland "where else" anyone tried it yet, not a great fan of raspberry so will wait till someone tries it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,265 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Just a couple of comments re biscuits. Did you know that most of the decorated biscuits tins were made in Nottinghamshire by Metal Box Co of the Valley in Mansfield. How many of you have tried the great Aussie tradition of the TIM TAM Slam? The Tim Tam is a chocolate covered biscuit that is similar to a Penguin biscuit. It has two layers of biscuit separated by a cream like filling and covered in chocolate. You dunk them in your coffee and suck the coffee up through the biscuit filling. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Remember Marie biscuits? They looked just like Rich Tea but were totally hopeless for dunking. They remained hard and tough for just about any length of time they were dunked until they completely fell apart either in the cup or, more often, on the way to your mouth. The best ones for dunking, in my view, were Burton's Morning Coffee (rectangular with an embossed top), Lincoln (with knobbly top) and ginger nuts. I find the thought of dunking choclate, or cream filled, biscuits quite repulsive. Not so much the biscuit but battling though the layer of fat which inevitably floats on the top of the drink. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,302 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Oztalgian said: You dunk them in your coffee and suck the coffee up through the biscuit filling. Sounds as bad as my childhood habit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Meeseeks 51 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Ginger biscuits, horrible things. Is there anyone out there who actually likes them, above all the Chocolate suggestives and chocolate wafers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,133 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 I like em'. Wafers, I wouldn't give 'em houseroom. Although my old pal used to dunk the pink wafers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Wafer biscuits are right up there with soft centred chocolates. Coukdn't stand either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,265 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 49 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said: Is there anyone out there who actually likes them, I do, no better biscuit for dunking. The worst thing about those biscuits that disintegrate when they are dunked is having half a gloopy biscuit in the bottom of your tea or coffee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,302 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 I don't like wafers, even when they're covered in chocolate. They're just an excuse for a biscuit, although Woolworth sold them loose from the blessed biscuit counter when I was little. We never bought any though. I used to like Cadburys Snack biscuits, which were approximately the same size and shape as the caramel covered shortbread sold by Woolworths but chocolate covered instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said: Ginger biscuits, horrible things. Is there anyone out there who actually likes them, above all the Chocolate suggestives and chocolate wafers? Food of the gods. I work in a country house hotel now, and my morning duty is to look after an outdoor picnic area, not that it is busy in September! But it has some lovely cabins and I get a coffee and my ginger nuts and look over the South Durham countryside. No other biscuit can match it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 2 hours ago, mercurydancer said: I get a coffee and my ginger nuts and look over the South Durham countryside. You need to come home MD, the North has turned your brain! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 29 minutes ago, Brew said: You need to come home MD, the North has turned your brain! Indeed it has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Meeseeks 51 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Ok, How about "Boudoir" biscuits real teeth tinglers with the sugar coating if eaten straight from the packet. (Probably why they are thrown into trifles) and those Oreo's, not a fan. Just off to dunk a Bourbon into coffee. Do Jacobs Cream Crackers count as a biscuit? Had a mate who brought back some Cuttle fish biscuits from Thailand. Instantly absorbed all the fluids in your mouth. Worse than Ginger biscuits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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