Two twixes.
Biscuit Debate
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Was that the one where you got served through a little hatch?
They were great!
But, as you say, not so good for the waistline!
They were great!
But, as you say, not so good for the waistline!
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A quax?
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Hacked into your CCTV at home?
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Jaffa cake is not a biscuit!
At Food Tech college in 1983, we spent a lesson discussing this.
This was obviously before the court case.
The almost unanimous decision was that a biscuit has to have a crunch or a snap. And no, they don't have to be twice baked.
And we decided back then that biscuits go soft when they go stale, whereas cakes go hard. That is the key difference between a cake and a biscuit!
The argument around Florentines was much more widely split. They do not contain flour, nor do they see the inside of an oven.
We decided they were in their own category.
Again HMRC later decided that Florentines did not come under the category of biscuit for tax purposes. Instead, HMRC treat them as confectionery.
At Food Tech college in 1983, we spent a lesson discussing this.
This was obviously before the court case.
The almost unanimous decision was that a biscuit has to have a crunch or a snap. And no, they don't have to be twice baked.
And we decided back then that biscuits go soft when they go stale, whereas cakes go hard. That is the key difference between a cake and a biscuit!
The argument around Florentines was much more widely split. They do not contain flour, nor do they see the inside of an oven.
We decided they were in their own category.
Again HMRC later decided that Florentines did not come under the category of biscuit for tax purposes. Instead, HMRC treat them as confectionery.
Many a Stokey (clay-'ed) openly wept when Andy's Oatcakes closed down in 'Woolley' (Wolstanton). We dined on all kinds of fillings but mainly sausage, bacon, cheese, mushrooms, tom's etc.
I was glad (rather, my body was) when we finished working up there.
Yup.
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IDK how the Stokey Folky prep them, but I toast mine lightly, then breakfast items of choice.
Or grated cheese and fried mushrooms under the grill.
Or grated cheese and fried mushrooms under the grill.
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The origin of the word biscuit is from Latin via Old French meaning twice baked. Once baked to cook it, then dried in a slow oven to stop the food from going off.
You live and learn.
OMG my wife went to Aldi yesterday and bought some rip off twix bars called Jive bars OMG they are much better than twix.....I wouldn't usually admit to eating stuff from Aldi im more an M&S man but these Jive things are heavenly
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I have those too but not going to admit it on here.
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Didn't know you were dyslexic...
I didnt know that either
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