Biscuiteers

So this thread started 2 weeks before biscuit day and was picked up again yesterday - over a week after it! Did anyone actually do anything in the day? I admit I completely forgot and only ate the same amount of bisbuits as I usually do!

Mary Berry's fork biscuits are incredibly easy but go very quickly!
thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/fork-biscuits

Fennel

ps it was only recently that I found out that the word 'biscuit' means twice (bis) cuit( cooked}. We didn't cook ours twice.

I often wondered why as we don't usually bake ours twice but I did make almond biscuits with an Italian friend ages ago.

Each biscuit roll was baked, sliced and baked again.

My grandma always had biscuits that looked like round langues de chat biscuits. I loved them but I can't remember their name and I haven't seen them for sale for many years.

ps it was only recently that I found out that the word 'biscuit' means twice (bis) cuit( cooked}. We didn't cook ours twice.

I suppose the very first were gingersnaps which I made at home. my friend and I used to to bake batches at home on a Sunday, take them to school and sell them the next day.
JackyB they still make Penguins ++ and I still buy them and eat them. I first came across them at the tuck shop in college - that's when I started to put on weight.

Stop it! You’re making me hungry

A Scotsman I worked with used to give me his snack of rich tea biscuits sandwiched together with butter. Very nice actually although dd’s hate them.

JackyB

I used to have to bring back Penguins from the UK for my boys when they were younger and still living at home. When did they stop making them?

Have they stopped making them?

Sago

I fantasise over two biscuit types of yesteryear.
The first was a Rondello, it was the size of a dustbin lid and you only got a few in a box.
The second was a digestive base with a caramac topping.
Oh the good old days?

I don’t remember either....how far back are we going 40’s?

It sounds disgusting but on rare occasions I like butter on digestives.

Not a big biscuit fancier at all but, strangely enough, if Cafe Noir present themselves then I would demolish the whole packet. So pleased they're difficult to obtain now and ridiculously expensive if using mail order.

No good if you are in NI. EU say we can’t send biscuits to them as they contain animal products - milk and fat!

Crunch ginger biscuits half coated in chocolate.

I so rarely buy biscuits, on account of lacking self control when it comes to eating them. But this morning, after a session at the dentist, I nipped into a nearby shop since I needed spaghetti for tonight. But they had Garibaldis!! My favourite! I bought a packet and scoffed the lot once I got home. ??

Anzac biscuits are nice - basically rolled Oates,butter, golden syrup, flour, sugar etc.

I don't eat biscuits but keep digestives handy for visitors....

I enjoy making biscuits and try and keep the jar full.

I used to have to bring back Penguins from the UK for my boys when they were younger and still living at home. When did they stop making them?

Large, round custard creams baked by a small firm in Castle Douglas. Absolutely yummy.

Used to love a lemon puff. Not even sure they’re still about.

The Hovis digestives shaped like a loaf of bread.

OR, any homemade ones.

I really love any home made ones, although it's ginger flapjacks mainly right now.

I simply don't have the willpower to ration them so I happily eat the whole lot. Why not - that's what they're for? I make smaller batches these days though, to avoid indigestion.

Oh you have some lovely bikkies there! We have timtams which are a bit like the old penguins. Lots of different flavours.

I love those sticky, flaky lemon puffs. I want one now.