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therealshell · 11 Oct 09 :: 19:07

therealshell · 13 Oct 09 :: 16:34

I guess that Simon doesn't like digestives with his tea

TeeJay · 13 Oct 09 :: 16:55

I do, though! I think that mug is great. I want one!

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 13 Oct 09 :: 18:20

I want one, too.

justme · 13 Oct 09 :: 18:34

Just don't drink out of the wrong side, or you'll toss your cookies.

TeeJay · 13 Oct 09 :: 18:42

Yeah, I was thinking... what if you're a lefty?

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 13 Oct 09 :: 18:48

Digestives? You call cookies "digestives". Wow, that sounds unappetizing. "What kind of digestives would you like with your tea?" LOL! Reminds me of when my former writing partner was visiting from Australia and he asked me what kind of "grease" I used on my sandwiches. Again, that sounds so appetizing. I realize that these are simply literal interpretations, but yuck! While he was here, I got him addicted to Miracle Whip. LOL!

domesticelefant · 13 Oct 09 :: 21:37

TeeJay wrote:

Yeah, I was thinking... what if you're a lefty?
-TeeJay

Maybe they have special mugs for lefties. LOL

therealshell · 13 Oct 09 :: 23:17

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TeeJay · 14 Oct 09 :: 09:32

You can also get them with chocolate and caramel (my favorite!). Taste-wise, I have so far only encountered these kind of cookies in Commonwealth countries. They're sweet, but they also have an underlying salty taste. We have cookies that look kinda like them, but nothing that really tastes like British Digestives.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 14 Oct 09 :: 11:34

Hey Tina, are these this kind of cookies you once brought for me? They were delicious! Yumm!

TeeJay · 14 Oct 09 :: 13:15

Not sure, they might have been. Was the wrapping yellow and blue?

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 14 Oct 09 :: 14:31

I don't remember the wrapping, but the name "McVities" sounded somehow familiar.

Warbee · 15 Oct 09 :: 04:20

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Reminds me of when my former writing partner was visiting from Australia and he asked me what kind of "grease" I used on my sandwiches. Again, that sounds so appetizing. I realize that these are simply literal interpretations, but yuck! While he was here, I got him addicted to Miracle Whip. LOL!

Ok I think that might have just been your writing partner. Hahaha never heard the referrence "grease". Whats Miracle Whip???

You can also get them with chocolate and caramel (my favorite!). Taste-wise, I have so far only encountered these kind of cookies in Commonwealth countries. They're sweet, but they also have an underlying salty taste. We have cookies that look kinda like them, but nothing that really tastes like British Digestives.
-TeeJay

Yup - Australia is Commonwealth and we have them here too. Though in general we would refer to the broad term "cookie" as biscuits. Most of the time if someone says cookie it is known what you are talking about but mostly just teased for trying to be American. The only time I ever say cookie would be referring to the cookie monster and the cookies at Subway. MMMMMM subway cookies....

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Oct 09 :: 04:23

Miracle Whip is basically kind of a tangy mayonnaise, but with less fat. It's not my favorite sandwich spread. I actually prefer a little mayo and a little spicy mustard on most sammies.

TeeJay · 15 Oct 09 :: 09:04

We have Miracle Whip in Germany too, amazingly. Only we spell it Miracel Whip and pronounce it the German way (Mi-RAH-kel Vip), which is really strange because then it doesn't mean anything. It's just a name. It took me a long time to realize that it actually consists of two English words that have a meaning.

My non-British but very British friend (German friend who now lives in the UK) always teases me when I say cookie instead of biscuit (or biccie)...

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Oct 09 :: 15:24

If cookies are biscuits in England, what do they call actual biscuits?

therealshell · 15 Oct 09 :: 16:37

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

If cookies are biscuits in England, what do they call actual biscuits?

Simon.

TeeJay · 15 Oct 09 :: 17:40

What are American biscuits? These special buns you get that are like hamburger buns, only more crumbly and not as sweet? Not sure they even have those in the UK. We use something like that very often as a base for cakes with fruit, we call it Mürbeteig, which LEO translates as shortpastry or shortcrust. Is that what you mean?

FYI: I think what you call biscuits doesn't exist in Germany either, at least not in that form. If you wanna eat meat in between baked bread thingies, you can either get a hamburger, a hamburger or a hamburger. (Of course we have cheeseburgers and chicken burgers and fish burgers too, but they use the same bread as hamburgers.)

Gee, look what you've done, now I'm craving a hamburger!

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Oct 09 :: 17:59

Biscuits are generally a breakfast food. They're made from a heavy dough of flour and lard. They're crusty on the outside, tender and flaky in the middle. You can get them with eggs and breakfast meat in them (like a sandwich), or you can get them my favorite way, smothered in sausage gravy...

TeeJay · 15 Oct 09 :: 18:31

Looks yummy! We definitely don't eat that kind of dough baked or served like that in Germany. I don't recall having seen it in the UK either, but of course that doesn't mean it doesn't exist over there.

-TeeJay

justme · 15 Oct 09 :: 18:33

therealshell wrote:

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:
If cookies are biscuits in England, what do they call actual biscuits?
Simon.

:rofl: Good one, Shell! And that sausage gravy looks perfect; big pieces of sausage and lots of black pepper.:P

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Oct 09 :: 18:51

Yes, I'm very hungry now, after all this biscuit talk.

domesticelefant · 15 Oct 09 :: 21:02

Thank God I just ate something. LOL

Warbee · 16 Oct 09 :: 00:11

Sounds like you are describing unsweetened scones or pancakes HAHA. We dont really have that here but we do have damper in Australia which sounds kinda similar. Its more of a camping tradition though. I dont know of anyone that would cook it in their homes.

This is wiki's explanation. Is that called biscuits in the US? Its so strange...

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

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