English food revisited

[bboyminn]

---  "geoff_bannister" <gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
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> ---  "Lee Storm \(God Is The Healing Force\)" <n2fgc@> wrote:
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> [Lee]:
> > I found a whole bunch of mail I saved and a lot of it was 
> > food discussions. I believe a "Digestive" is a cookie (or 
> > as the Britts would say, a "Biscuit," made with oats or 
> > a more fibrous material than just plain white
> > flour.
> 
> Geoff:
> Yes, it is more fibrous and has a crumbly consistency. I'm 
> not very fond of them except in the half-coated chocolate 
> variety. They also usually tend to have a slightly larger 
> diameter than most other circular biscuits.
> 
> The *Brits* would definitely say "biscuit".
>


bboyminn:

Not that I actually know, but isn't a 'Digestive' a little
more like a cracker? Not sure what the Brits call a soup
cracker. A 'Digestive' is a little drier and less sweet,
though likely with a better texture than a common soup
cracker.

Whereas, a cookie or biscuit, is a little more sweet. With
something of a courser texture.  

How are 'Digestives' normally eaten. Are the topped with 
food like sliced meat and cheeze, as a cracker might be
eaten. Or, are they eaten straight out of the package, or
perhaps dunked in milk, tea, or coffee?

Did you know that 25 million people in the UK have been 
injured while eating a cookie/biscuit? Now that they've
outlawed Boy Scouts from having pen knives, I suspect 
cookies won't be far behind. 

Steve/bluewizard