In the US they are called Fig Newtons for some reason.cj wrote::biggun:graham wrote: a fig roll
This abomination has no business being in a discussion about biscuits. The CH biscuit situation and living in the US has obviously affected you. Seek some help now!
Custard creams or bourbons?
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Indeed they do, and they don't taste as good either. But then, most snacks don't. They also call biscuits cookies and biscuits are scones that you pour gravy over. Nutters, the lot of them.englishangel wrote:In the US they are called Fig Newtons for some reason.
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and Hershey's chocolate is noty a patch on Cadbury'sgraham wrote:Indeed they do, and they don't taste as good either. But then, most snacks don't. They also call biscuits cookies and biscuits are scones that you pour gravy over. Nutters, the lot of them.englishangel wrote:In the US they are called Fig Newtons for some reason.
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In fact, it's disgusting! I have my family send me dairy milk to make up for it, or else there's a British store in Santa Monica where I can get cadbury chocolate and other essentials. Marmite and tetley are really expensive though so I have to maintain a healthy imported supply.
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The only thing that could push me that close to the aforementioned "comestible" would be famine in a nuclear war. (I can't even bring myself to name it.) And they'd only be around then as no-one else (apart from you and graham ,you being Hendrik - I got all flustered and forgot to quote. Yikes!) would touch the things with a barge pole. Yes, we might have radioactive materials in Devon (we're rock hard, ha ha) but just imagine a sunny summer afternoon, tea on the lawn, freshly baked scones with homemade strawberry jam and lashings of clotted cream, oozing and luscious ......
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It brings me out in middle-aged spread just thinking about it.cj wrote:The only thing that could push me that close to the aforementioned "comestible" would be famine in a nuclear war. (I can't even bring myself to name it.) And they'd only be around then as no-one else (apart from you and graham) would touch the things with a barge pole. Yes, we might have radioactive materials in Devon (we're rock hard, ha ha) but just imagine a sunny summer afternoon, tea on the lawn, freshly baked scones with homemade strawberry jam and lashings of clotted cream, oozing and luscious ......
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Well, all I shall say to fig-rollophiles ispalgsm93 wrote:Hate figs. Love fig rolls.
CACOF
(Coalition Against Consumption Of Figrolls, obviously).
Beware them and their mighty chocolate hobnob of destruction.
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