Brirish yum-yums (Was Re: Link for Jammie Dodgers)

[Tyler Hewitt]

I wasn't paying attention and missed most of the
discussion here about Jammie Dodgers (and honestly
still don't know what they are), but after seeing
McVitie's and Chinese groceries mentioned just a
couple of posts apart, I thought I'd share something:

I recently discovered that Chinese groceries often
stock McVitie's biscuits. The wrapper is bilingual, in
English and Chinese, but the biscuits inside are made
in Great Britain and are identical to the ones I had
there and coulden't find anywhere in the States. In
other words, yummy! and cheap, too. I paid $1.99 for a
package with about 25 biscuits in it, much cheaper
than the $4-6 I've seen smaller packages go for
online. I'm in Chinatown pretty often, so they've
become a staple in our house.

Tyler
Who now wishes he could find Alpen cereal in the
states. The British Alpen-not the inferior Canadian
version with identical packaging that suckered him
into buying FOUR boxes at Whole Foods last summer



RE:
> I just bought a tin yesterday at a local British Pub
(keep in mind
> that I'm in Minnesota). Cost me US$6.00 (3.34).

?!!!

How big a "tin" are we talking?  Whenever I've found
them they've 
been small plastic-wrapped packages, or occasionally
paper 
cylinders, in either case with about 12 biscuits. 
These are 
McVitie's.  Carr's makes the plain ones, though I
think they are a 
poor second to the chocolate-coated ones.  Chacun a
son gout.



		
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