Biscuits and cakes.  

"Svend" (svend) 07/24/2018 at 02:31 • Filed to: None

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Biscuits and cakes.

First, Bonne Maman tartlets with chocolate caramel.

Good, bit on the tough side.

Second, MvcVities, Digestive chocolate filled thins. Thin biscuits with chocolate sandwiched inside. very hard.

Third, McVities, Digestive Banoffee caramel chocolate biscuit.

What’s not to love,

Chocolate, check,

Banana, check,

Toffee, check,

Biscuit, check.

Fourth, ASDA Extra Special, Han d finished salted caramel and chocolate cake.

Caramel flavoured sponge with chocolate buttercream in the middle and salted caramel buttercream on top.

Sweet but not overly so to be sickly.

Fifth, Mr Kipling, raspberry swiss roll.

Sponge roll filled with buttercream and jam.

Easy eating, not too sweet or plain.

Lastly, ASDA Iced Madeira cake.

Three layers of sponge, first layer topped with buttercream, second layer topped with jam and final layer t opped with icing.

Essential for any afternoon tea.

Alfalfa > Svend 07/24/2018 at 02:54

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I know we do some weird shit over here in the states, but I just can’t get over the oddity of a cookie (sorry, biscuit) called ‘ Digestive’.

It sounds like a cookie you would only see given out at a nursing home.

Svend > Alfalfa 07/24/2018 at 03:04

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Digestive comes from the fact they contain sodium bicarbonate and was believed to aid digestion. It’s since been disproved but the biscuit has always been called a digestive and so the name remains 126 years on .

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Alfalfa 07/24/2018 at 03:53

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Its like a laxative you would expect to see in a CVS or Walgreens. I still don’t take the name seriously.

I think the weirdest shit we ever named was Hydrox for the oreo cookie competitor. Hydrox sounds like a 1920s snake oil elixir that’s mad e of hydrogen peroxide and radium.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svend 07/24/2018 at 04:10

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no hobnobs?

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/24/2018 at 05:16

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No. These are pretty random ones I picked up.

I do love a good hobnob though. I love the chocolate and the plain ones but I’m on the fence about the choc chip ones. 

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Svend 07/24/2018 at 08:38

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I ate so many damn Hobnobs when I lived in the UK.  Usually with coffee or tea.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/24/2018 at 08:39

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I’m jealous of your TimTam’s.  I actually went to the hassle of importing them from Australia to the US one time. 

Svend > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/24/2018 at 08:39

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They are so damned moreish.

It’s a fantastic oaty biscuit. 

smobgirl > Svend 07/24/2018 at 09:08

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I didn’t realize prepackaged cakes were so ordinary outside the states. I truly need to take  a junk food world tour.

Svend > smobgirl 07/24/2018 at 09:17

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prepackaged cakes were so ordinary

As in commonly available? 

smobgirl > Svend 07/24/2018 at 14:09

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Yes, I think. I feel like we’re mocked for the sheer quantity of pre-packaged “processed” items available. Granted, your packaged cakes look better than some of our grocery store  bakery items.