Topic: HERE'S YOUR GODDAMN THREAD ABOUT BISCUITS (Read 26857 times)

calenlass · « **Reply #50 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 12:36 »

Guys, english muffins are crumpets but apparently with cornmeal on. Seriously, having had tons of both, I honestly cannot really tell the difference anymore. You might argue that crumpets have bigger holes and "nooks and crannies", but if you are american and that phrase "the original nooks and crannies" or whatever rings a bell, you have heard of the marketing campaign of Original Thomas English Muffins.

So, as far as I can tell, they are identical. Hooray! We can wrap this one up!

pwhodges · « **Reply #51 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 12:58 »

Crumpets are nothing like muffins. Try again.

scarred · « **Reply #52 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 13:05 »

those look exactly like english muffins

Theriandros · « **Reply #53 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 13:09 »

It looks like there's bigger holes in crumpets.

pwhodges · « **Reply #54 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 13:26 »

Quite different. Those are what the muffin man in the nursery rhyme had.

We also call these muffins, presumably under some foreign influence...

mberan42 · « **Reply #55 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 13:37 »

Quote from: Theriandros on 22 Apr 2010, 13:09

It looks like there's bigger holes in crumpets.

nooks and crannies, you bastard

KharBevNor · « **Reply #56 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 14:02 »

Also, muffins come solid and you have to cut them in half, whereas crumpets come out as above.

Why has no one mentioned the Rich Tea?

It's better than some of the lesser forms of sex.

pwhodges · « **Reply #57 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 14:27 »

Even better, the magnificent Digestive:

A somewhat crumbly sweet biscuit suitable to eat on its own, or to dunk (carefully); but just as much at home as a biscuit for cheese (especially hard cheeses), or, most sinfully, just spread thickly with butter - yummy!

Also crumbled up and pressed with melted butter for the base of a baked cheesecake.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #58 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 14:46 »

All these flat hard-looking biscuit things look like they would be bland and dry and terrible.

Just sayin'

mberan42 · « **Reply #59 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 15:04 »

Digestives are fantastic. I wish we could get the real ones in the States.

Lines · « **Reply #60 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 15:52 »

GRAHAM CRACKERS ARE THE ONLY REAL CRUMBS FOR CHEESECAKE CRUSTS WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

Digestive just sounds like a bad name for food. Like it's this nasty tasting thing that magically cures indigestion. I dunno. Graham crackers just sound so much more appealing.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #61 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 16:07 »

They are named as such because they were thought to aid digestion when they were invented. Coated with chocolate, they are really awesome.

Lines · « **Reply #62 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 16:55 »

So are graham crackers. They are also good with nutella, peanut butter, honey, jam, and obviously with chocolate and roasted marshmallows. (Mmm, smores.)

scarred · « **Reply #63 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 17:02 »

oh god i want nutella so fucking bad right now

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #64 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 19:15 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 21 Apr 2010, 22:52

Apparently in 1900 a man was ground into biscuits.

She gave the crank a heck of a yank / And Johnny Verbeck was meat!

Scarychips · « **Reply #65 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 19:39 »

SO, HOW ABOUT THEM POUTINES, EH?

Emaline · « **Reply #66 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 21:04 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 21 Apr 2010, 11:51

Croissants are far superior to the biscuits

Jace · « **Reply #67 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 21:11 »

this thread
>manhanginghimself.gif
my reaction

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #68 on:** 22 Apr 2010, 23:59 »

Graham crackers annoy me. I've never tasted them or even seen a box of them but they are pronounced "gram crackers" but spelt "Graham crackers" like "Graham Chapman".

Why yes I am petty.

Jimor · « **Reply #69 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 00:06 »

Graham cracker sammiches, with cake frosting as the middle, are the best.

Dollface · « **Reply #70 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 00:08 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 22 Apr 2010, 14:27

Digestive

i love digestives when you dunk them in your hot chocolate.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #71 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 00:08 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 22 Apr 2010, 23:59

Graham crackers annoy me. I've never tasted them or even seen a box of them but they are pronounced "gram crackers" but spelt "Graham crackers" like "Graham Chapman".

Why yes I am petty.

That bothered me too until I actually ate Smores with them.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #72 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 03:52 »

Digestive + tea = Awesome.

Not dry, not dry at all.

calenlass · « **Reply #73 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 04:18 »

Jimmy, southerners differentiate. Just sayin'.

ZJGent · « **Reply #74 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 04:53 »

Quote from: wiki

Popular with British consumers as a snack for nearly 150 years, and is conventionally consumed with a beverage such as tea or coffee, into which it may be dunked in informal social settings.

GARIBALDI, WHAT WHAT.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #75 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 04:59 »

Quote

The custard cream was found to be the UK's most dangerous snack, on the basis of something called the Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation.

Inlander · « **Reply #76 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 05:14 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 22 Apr 2010, 23:59

they are pronounced "gram crackers" but spelt "Graham crackers" like "Graham Chapman".

My pop culture monitoring has taught me that that's the way a lot if not the majority of United States of Americans pronounce "Graham". And yet they hold out against the metric system with all its actual grams! Go figure.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #77 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 05:58 »

Oh GOD, I want some fuckin' Garibaldis, WHAT WHAT.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #78 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 08:16 »

That garibaldi thing looks like two greasy saltine crackers with grape jelly between them.

october1983 · « **Reply #79 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 09:11 »

Quote from: ZJGent on 23 Apr 2010, 04:53

GARIBALDI, WHAT WHAT.

HEYOOO

ZJGent · « **Reply #80 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 09:25 »

Quote from: redglasscurls on 23 Apr 2010, 08:16

That garibaldi thing looks like two greasy saltine crackers with grape jelly between them.

Lady you do not know the biscuity joy that is Gary B. Aldi so you are forgiven for your inaccurate shakedown of said esteemed biscuit.

(in all seriousness they are pretty damn delicious and not greasy at all and I heartily recommend sourcing some if you can in your area, Manda)

Theriandros · « **Reply #81 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 09:25 »

Quote from: Inlander on 23 Apr 2010, 05:14

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 22 Apr 2010, 23:59
they are pronounced "gram crackers" but spelt "Graham crackers" like "Graham Chapman".

My pop culture monitoring has taught me that that's the way a lot if not the majority of United States of Americans pronounce "Graham". And yet they hold out against the metric system with all its actual grams! Go figure.

Wait, English people have another syllable that they pronounce in "Graham"? My world is flipped!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #82 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 09:26 »

Gray-um

schimmy · « **Reply #83 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 09:49 »

Also, Berkeley is prounounced Barkley, not Burkley.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #84 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 09:54 »

Quote from: ZJGent on 23 Apr 2010, 09:25

Quote from: redglasscurls on 23 Apr 2010, 08:16
That garibaldi thing looks like two greasy saltine crackers with grape jelly between them.

Lady you do not know the biscuity joy that is Gary B. Aldi so you are forgiven for your inaccurate shakedown of said esteemed biscuit.

Quote

The Garibaldi biscuit commonly known as "squashed flies" consists of currants squashed between two thin, oblong biscuits - a currant sandwich. In this respect, it has elements common with the Eccles Cake.

Popular with British consumers as a snack for nearly 150 years, the Garibaldi biscuit is conventionally consumed with a beverage such as tea or coffee, into which it may be dunked in informal social settings.

150 years folks!

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The Garibaldi biscuit was named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian general and leader of the fight to unify Italy, who made a popular visit to Tynemouth in England in 1854. It was first manufactured by the Bermondsey biscuit company Peek Freans in 1861 following the recruitment of one of the great biscuit makers of Scotland, John Carr. In the United States, the Sunshine Biscuit Company for many years made a popular version of the Garibaldi with raisins which it called "Golden Fruit". Sunshine was bought out by the Keebler Company which briefly expanded the line to include versions filled with other fruits.

They are also Tank Girls favourite biscuit. [citation needed]

McTaggart · « **Reply #85 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 10:27 »

I know I just posted a picture before but I should elaborate. Anzac biscuits are best biscuit. They're large, chewy, sweet but not sugary, substantial but not filling, don't need anything fancy to make and most of all really hard to screw up. I will admit they could be more dippable but that's what ginger nut biscuits are for.

You all have homework, make some anzac biscuits. You probably don't need that much coconut though, coconut is icky.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #86 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 17:39 »

Quote from: elizaknowswhatshesfor on 23 Apr 2010, 09:54

They are also Tank Girls favourite biscuit. [citation needed]

Ohmygodwhat.

You totally just made Garibaldis even better!

ViolentDove · « **Reply #87 on:** 25 Apr 2010, 18:12 »

My housemate is downstairs making "biscuits and gravy".

Though I kinda wish she was making poutine 'cause that sounds tastier.

Ballard · « **Reply #88 on:** 25 Apr 2010, 20:55 »

"Every day, three of my most attractive friends suck my dick in tandem and then cuddle with me until we all fall asleep.

Though I kinda wish there were five."

Johnny C · « **Reply #89 on:** 25 Apr 2010, 21:24 »

Quote from: Thomas Edison on 23 Apr 2010, 04:59

look at its expectant maw

Inlander · « **Reply #90 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 03:32 »

When I was a kid we used to call those Garibaldi things "squashed fly biscuits".

pwhodges · « **Reply #91 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 04:09 »

Like Spotted Dick was Fly Cemetery.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #92 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 12:38 »

Today I saw deep fried scones. Fucking deep fried scones.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #93 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 15:20 »

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Popeyes_biscuits.JPG

I don't know if they're actually deep-fried or not but they've got enough butter to the point of they might as well be.

Inlander · « **Reply #94 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 17:27 »

Oh also, water biscuits. Call them "crackers" if you will. Nothing else is as good with a piece of cheese on top in my opinion. (Well, except freshly baked baguettes if I'm eating the triple-cream brie from the Locheilan farmhouse here in Victoria, but that's another story.)

Lunchbox · « **Reply #95 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 17:48 »

I like Wafer Thins for cheese as well.
Call 'em crackers but they are still biscuits.

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