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Do you dunk?

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Lexisgranny Wed 05-Apr-23 08:38:30

I used to be a dunker, but over many years now I have been trying to eat healthily, and I found that when dunking I was eating far more biscuits. Now I enjoy the crunch and I nibble!!!

Redhead56 Wed 05-Apr-23 08:35:49

Ginger nuts are wasted on dunking they are too good! As are short bread especially homemade ones digestives are good for dunking they have the right texture.

Scribbles Wed 05-Apr-23 08:26:06

I've never really "got" dunking and I'm not a great lover of biscuits. But surely the whole pleasure of a biscuit is that it's crisp and crunchy? Each to their own, of course, but why would you want to change that crispness into a squishy mush?

Aveline Wed 05-Apr-23 08:18:56

I don't dunk. Nothing to do with etiquette it's just that I don't like soggy textures. Biscuits should be as crisp as possible for me.

Greyduster Wed 05-Apr-23 07:55:46

I am a dyed in the wool dunker. Ginger biscuits stand up best, but I’m partial to digestives which occasionally break in half leaving you having to make another drink!

BlueBelle Wed 05-Apr-23 07:54:54

I ve always dunked, always will
Hobnobs, digestive, are probably my best but any are fine by me even chocolate ones just don’t dunk them for many seconds

denbylover Wed 05-Apr-23 07:49:15

Ginger nuts, but only at home.

ginny Wed 05-Apr-23 07:46:45

I love to dunk. Only at home or with people I know well though.

Foxygloves Wed 05-Apr-23 07:35:55

A comment on another thread about dunking a Nice biscuit got me thinking.
I (to my shame) have always dunked. I did remember not to when my D’s took me to the Ritz for a landmark birthday but in everyday life, give me a cuppa and give me a biscuit and I’m anybody’s.
But which biscuit is best for dunking? Does it depend on the beverage?
Tea biscuits are clearly streets ahead for tea, but ginger nuts run them close.
Hobnobs too, although they can be fragile, therefore risky.
hmmhmm
Or have you raised your hands in horror at this breach of etiquette? grin