To Dunk or not to Dunk - that is the question

I am as common as muck, me. I dunk digestives, tea biscuits and ginger nuts in tea. But dunking a Jaffa cake is going too far imo. Just not done, Paul. ?

My English granny, who came from quite a prosperous 'landed' background had no qualms about dunking biscuits, especially gingernuts. Scottish granny, who came from a very 'plebian' background was far too genteel.

I dunk, but not cake. The reason I don't dunk cake is that I just don't fancy it :-)

Not dunked bread yuk! My reaction is not down to manners. I just think bread dunked it would be horrible. That is to do with the texture of bread. It's good with ginger or rich tea or digestives . I have to admit I probably do it instinctively.

Bourbons dunked in hot chocolate - I don't do things by halves.

I agree a ginger biscuit is lovely dunked, everything else seems to disintegrate into your drink.

Many years ago my Mother had a penchant for dunking "stuck" biscuits in tea. They were 2 Rich Tea biscuits sandwiched together with butter

She was in her forties, so no excuse really!

When I was growing up, Rich tea, Bourbons or Ginger biscuits could be dunked in tea but never coffee. Not sure why

Fresh milk wasn't available so our hot drinks were made with evaporated milk which made the dunked biscuits even more delicious!

Can't bear anything dunked in tea! I dunk biscotti in my cappuccino because that's what they're for. I wouldn't go as far as the elegant Milanese lady I once met on holiday who was crumbling biscuits into her Caffe Latte until she had a thick sludge which she ate.

Yuck!!

Yes, ginger biccies demand to be dunked!

My favourite would be custard creams or chic digestives dunked in tea or coffee. Nothing to do with north or south ( I'm a southerner ). Nothing to do with class, no idea which I'd be in.

Thank goodness for a proper thread on the real issues of life.
Cardis were a relief from Brexit and this gets us back to where it is really at - forget Traingate, Corbyn, , Momentum, May even McDonnell - whew!
Yes I dunk, it is an art to get it just right so that you don't finish up with a soggy inedible mess at the bottom of your cup.
Needs practice too.

I would.only dunk ginger nuts or digestives. But don't buy biscuits. I am from the south. But my grandad did drink tea from a saucer, through his moustach,so we.must be common!!!!! Fuss over nothing in a silly season that has been too busy to happen this year.

No a big biscuit lover but if I fancy one ( or six !) and have a drink and am at home then I dunk away and enjoy. Would do it away from home.

Yes I dunk, love ginger nuts and eat them because ginger is good for you!! Also been known to dunk croissants and kit kats. Do what ever you like a long as it doesn't harm or offend is my motto

When I asked my OH what he likes to dunk most he said 90% of biscuits are dunkable except Jaffa cakes and believe me he likes his biscuits and he's lived in the north and south. Me I like a hard biscuit to dunk such as a ginger or malted milk I can't stand it when the biscuit desolves in the cup or falls off midway between cup and mouth.
But never out only at home.

I think dunking looks disgusting, if any visitor did that in my house I wouldn't offer them biscuits/cake again so that I didn't have to see such an unpleasant sight

Southern through and through, I always dunk biscuits of all kinds but not cake.

Enjoying this thread but - bread & butter dunking? Doesn't that leave a greasy film on the tea/coffee?

Hear, hear, Daphne!
Forget the healthy smoothie, I've just had to go down the road for a croissant, in the interests of Research.

My "Hyacinth Bucket" Mum would have had a fit if anyone "dunked" (upperly mobile working class northerner) but I admit to dunking the odd ginger biscuit - not very often and only when on my own. Looks like early conditioning of"what will people think" still remains.
Like many of you, try not to have bikkies in the house as I tend to scoff half the packet in one go.
How about mopping the remnants of sauce, gravy, soup from the plate with bread? Again Mum would have had a fit, but here in France it is the norm and when in (Rome) Paris etc ............. shame to waste delicious sauces and jus. My view is it makes the plates ready for the dishwasher!

Wow, croissant dunked in green tea = heaven and bliss! Must do more Research.

In the US, there is a chain of donut shoppes called DUNKIN' DONUTS, which started in Massachusetts in the 1950-60s. My dad would buy a dozen plain ones. After a day, they'd get stale and my mother would then slice them in half like a bagel and toast them and slather with butter.

I can still taste them... the closest thing for me to that is a Welsh Cake. Rich and soft, no dunking needed!

I don't dunk as I prefer my biscuits crisp.

I'm very much northern, mum from Liverpool, dad from Southport, live in Northumberland. I dunk ginger nuts but only in tea. I wouldn't want to spoil a cup of coffee. We were brought up with a slightly ambivalent attitude towards dunking. My mum was OK with it because my grandparents did it. My dad secretly liked doing it but, coming from the rarified air of Southport, his mother disapproved although she was from a very lowly background indeed, by all accounts (nuff sed!) Anyway, I always thought my grandparents did it because it softened the biscuit and made it easier to eat. They always took their ill fitting false teeth out at every opportunity!
I'd never dunk cake! Surely great chunks would fall into your cup?