Shit biscuits

[pogofish]

Fig rolls are the best.

Fig rolls are not a biscuit.

 

[not-bono-ever]

are these biscuits ?

 

[Sapphireblue]

No

 

[Espresso]

But they are shit

 

[Sapphireblue]

Also, i like pretty much all biscuits, with a nice cup of tea, or for fancier ones, with an alcoholic beverage. I don't think either kind of macaroon counts as a biscuit, but i like them both.

I'm not a huge fan of most cookies because they tend to be too soft, biscuits are better as they are crunchy.

 

[pogofish]

Yes - the Tunnocks Teacake has a shortbread base.

 

[Sapphireblue]

But the volume of cakeyness is greater than that of biscuit - disqualification surely? You wouldn't say a cheesecake was a biscuit because of it's biscuit base would you?

 

[ringo]

Fig rolls are biscuits!!!!

As Wikipedia clearly demontrates, they are 'pastry like' in consistency, and were more 'pastry like' in antiquity, but the modern fig roll is a biscuit made in a biscuit factory!!!!

Until the late 19th century, many physicians believed that most illnesses were related to digestion problems, and therefore recommended a daily intake of biscuits and fruit. Although an ideal solution for this problem, until this time fig rolls were still a locally made and hand-produced product.
The mass production of the fig roll was created in 1891 by Philadelphia baker and fig lover Charles Roser, who, in 1892, was awarded a patent for a machine which inserted fig creme into a cake-like dough: classical fig rolls are encased in a more pastry-like covering, creating a chewy experience. Naming his product Newtons after the local town of Newton, Massachusetts, he approached the Cambridgeport, Massachusetts based Kennedy Biscuit Company, who agreed to take on production and sales.
Kennedy Biscuit Company had recently become associated with the New York Biscuit Company, and after merger to form Nabisco, trade marked the product as the clearly name Fig Newton.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_roll

 

[pogofish]

Fig rolls are biscuits!!!!

As Wikipedia clearly demontrates, they are 'pastry like' in consistency, and were more 'pastry like' in antiquity, but the modern fig roll is a biscuit made in a biscuit factory!!!!

Nope. Only the early/original Newtons used a biscuit/pastry casing. The later/current form use cake like covering.

Which is arguably a production aid anyway, as its sole purpose in the recipe is to protect the fruit pulp inside.

Remember that Newtons were initially marketed as "fruit"

 

[gentlegreen]

Remember that Newtons were initially marketed as "fruit"

Only in America.

Colonel Potter in MASH liked to dunk them in whisky.

 

[pogofish]

But the volume of cakeyness is greater than that of biscuit - disqualification surely? You wouldn't say a cheesecake was a biscuit because of it's biscuit base would you?

You think that albumen-based white filling is cake?

Cheescakes are not any sort of comparison as they use a crumb base which does not take away from their cake status - they can use other bases too.

 

[sheothebudworths]

I reckon, for the sake of argument, if you find it in the fucking biscuit aisle then it's a fucking biscuit.

 

[Hellsbells]

are these biscuits ?

I LOVE these. What's wrong with you?!?

 

[danny la rouge]

Fig rolls are not a biscuit.

You raise an interesting point. It can't be examined on the Jaffa Cake/VAT model, since there is no chocolate, and therefore wouldn't be VAT-able even if they were a biscuit. (Plain biscuits have no VAT, chocolate ones do. Cakes - not being a luxury - don't have VAT whether chocolate or not).

What I would need to do is put them in a tin with biscuits. If the biscuits go soggy, then fig rolls are cakes. If the biscuits don't go soggy, fig rolls are biscuits.

Now I'll have to buy fig rolls. Also a control biscuit. What should I buy? Abernethy?

 

[mr steev]

I reckon, for the sake of argument, if you find it in the fucking biscuit aisle then it's a fucking biscuit.

In my local shop fig rolls are with the macaroons, cake bars and jam tarts. Biscuits are down another aisle

 

[badseed]

I was raised on left over Biscuits AB (with some "Cheese posessed" if we were lucky)

 

[danny la rouge]

In my local shop fig rolls are with the macaroons, cake bars and jam tarts. Biscuits are down another aisle

Who is your local shopkeeper, Sheldon Cooper?

 

[badseed]

Most people hate but I like:

Are they the ones with a bit of salt on?
Proper Nana biscuits.

 

[sheothebudworths]

In my local shop fig rolls are with the macaroons, cake bars and jam tarts. Biscuits are down another aisle

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHH!

 

[xes]

I've just found myself using "aah shitbiscuits" as an expletitive

that is all.

 

[mr steev]

Who is your local shopkeeper, Sheldon Cooper?

Not quite. He just knows his cakes from his biscuits

 

[pogofish]

I LOVE these. What's wrong with you?!?

Who says we don't love them too?

I am about a foot away from a Tunnocks Caramel Wafer as I type this!

 

[pogofish]

Interesting - Checked-up and it seems that despite an ECJ ruling that Tunnocks Teacakes are cakes, HMRC have refused to reclassify them in the UK. So they are a biscuit here and a cake abroad. Hmmm...!

And to cloud matters further, Tunnocks themselves call them a "sweet food!"

 

[danny la rouge]

Not quite. He just knows his cakes from his biscuits

Well, that's yet to be proven. I'll post my findings.

 

[danny la rouge]

Interesting - Checked-up and it seems that despite an ECJ ruling that Tunnocks Teacakes are cakes, HMRC have refused to reclassify them in the UK. So they are a biscuit here and a cake abroad. Hmmm...!

And to cloud matters further, Tunnocks themselves call them a "sweet food!"

Despite the name, they have a biscuit base. But then, so does cheesecake.

 

[pogofish]

A cheescake base is generally biscuit crumb formed into a base, so the biscuit crumb is a cake ingredient, not like the whole baked shortbread biscuit you find at the bottom of Tunnocks Teacake.

 

[Espresso]

Who says we don't love them too?

I am about a foot away from a Tunnocks Caramel Wafer as I type this!

Those dark chocolate coated Tunnock's wafers in the blue packet are fab. But the pinnacle of the Tunnockery is/are these:

Whenever I chance upon a shop selling them -which sadly isn't often - I clear the shelves, like a wafer locust

 

[Bakunin]

Judging by the title, is this thread about some unusual rugby club initiation ceremony?

 

[pogofish]

But the pinnacle of the Tunnockery is/are these:

Whenever I chance upon a shop selling them -which sadly isn't often - I clear the shelves, like a wafer locust

They were indeed but the Caramel wafer of today is a pathetic shadow of the original Log which ceased production in the late 90s or early 00s.

 

[chazegee]