Marsdinho Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 I'm at work and in the office we are finishing off tins of biscuit left over from Xmas. My question is this.... Do you, or anyone you know NOT like shortbread. I don't reckon there is such a person.
Hockey_saint Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 But not as nice as Caramel Shortbread...
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 Since I've had to cut down drastically on sugar in the last couple of years I find that anything sweet is too sickly for me. Fruit sugar I adore but I have to be strictly rationed, so no, I don't actually like shortbread now. Dark chocolate is ok though
Bearsy Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 is this the biscuit thread? i am v.unhappy bout Rocky biscuits. They was my favourite biscuits! I admired the high ratio of chocolate to biscuit which was essential to my enjoyment of these biscuits. I like the original ones best in the red packet but i also like the caramel ones in the yellow packet. However, they have recently rebranded their packaging, which i have no objection to they can do it if they like, but they have also significantly lowered the chocolate to biscuit ratio! They are now no more chocolate than other chocolate biscuits like Club or Breakaway! It's fucking disgrace yo!
buctootim Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 is this the biscuit thread? i am v.unhappy bout Rocky biscuits. They was my favourite biscuits! I admired the high ratio of chocolate to biscuit which was essential to my enjoyment of these biscuits. I like the original ones best in the red packet but i also like the caramel ones in the yellow packet. However, they have recently rebranded their packaging, which i have no objection to they can do it if they like, but they have also significantly lowered the chocolate to biscuit ratio! They are now no more chocolate than other chocolate biscuits like Club or Breakaway! It's fucking disgrace yo! Fascinating new information. Club used to be really chocolatey, they even had an ad about it. Then they stopped bothering with all that tiresome quality product carp so I stopped buying them. Im sad to learn I could have had a good alternative in Rockys all these years.
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 When was the actual date that Club biscuits stopped having thick chocolate and just became ordinary?
Bearsy Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 (edited) Thankyou for ur sympathy + information bout clubs! You may be interested to hear bout Marks and Spencer Extremely Chocolatey Milk Chocolate Rounds. My mum had these in for Christmas & they is v.chocolate! They is more chocolate than biscuit! Check this! Edited 10 January, 2014 by Bearsy
buctootim Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 You may be interested to hear bout Marks and Spencer Extremely Chocolatey Milk Chocolate Rounds. My mum had these in for Christmas & they is v.chocolate! They is more chocolate than biscuit! Check this! I dont know Bearsy. Im still pretty cut up about my experience with Clubs in the 1980s. I'd find if diffiicult to fully trust another baked goods purveyor again.
buctootim Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 When was the actual date that Club biscuits stopped having thick chocolate and just became ordinary? Im tempted to say August 13th, but recollections can be hazy.
Tokyo-Saint Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 is this the biscuit thread? No this is the bread thread. Biscuit thread is next door. Move along please, nothing for you here.
Bearsy Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 leave over tokyos, shortbreads is those disgusting plain powdery butter biscuits served without chocolate. The way to tell bread from biscuit is if you would butter one and put hams in the middle.
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 leave over tokyos, shortbreads is those disgusting plain powdery butter biscuits served without chocolate. The way to tell bread from biscuit is if you would butter one and put hams in the middle. That reminds me of the way to tell a biscuit from a cake. Cakes go hard when stale but biscuits go soft. Unless you cover them in chocolate.
hutch Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 I got through a tin of Walkers Chocolate Chip Shortbread over Christmas. Best of both worlds.
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 I got through a tin of Walkers Chocolate Chip Shortbread over Christmas. Best of both worlds. Not real chocolate though, is it?
Tokyo-Saint Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 ARTIFICIAL CHOCOLATE??????? What is the world coming to? It's like I feckin Robot.
Big Bad Bob Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 ARTIFICIAL CHOCOLATE??????? What is the world coming to? It's like I feckin Robot. Oi, leave Asimov out of it, he had nothing to do with the chocolate level of Club biscuits or Wagon Wheels for that matter. If you wanna blame anyone blame Will Smith for frigging the story around...
Big Bad Bob Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 Feck me, did they only really cost 4p No biscuit inside though so I'm going severely OT
richardc Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 Feck me, did they only really cost 4p No biscuit inside though so I'm going severely OT i would nt risk it ..
scotty Posted 10 January, 2014 Posted 10 January, 2014 I'm at work and in the office we are finishing off tins of biscuit left over from Xmas. My question is this.... Do you, or anyone you know NOT like shortbread. I don't reckon there is such a person. I am that man, cant stand the stuff. Annoyingly, loads of people give it to us for Christmas; I dont like it, and the wife wont eat it in case slimming world find out and persecute her. So it gets binned by the truckload chez scotty. Maybe I could put it on ebake?
SNSUN Posted 11 January, 2014 Posted 11 January, 2014 Mammy's little baby loves short'nin', short'nin',Mammy's little baby loves short'nin' bread
PhilippineSaint Posted 11 January, 2014 Posted 11 January, 2014 Tim Tam's from Australia are my favorites at the moment a cross between a bourbon and a club biscuit very tasty and free when the Australians come offshore.
tpbury Posted 13 January, 2014 Posted 13 January, 2014 What's the current state of play with Penguins in the UK? I would say TimTams are the Oz equivalent, but they have diversified into at least 20 varieties - has Penguin stepped up to this kind of challenge? Fond memories of Penguins. Shortbread? Bit too sugary for me, and it sticks around the back of your teeth, so, no.
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