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Post by housesparrow on Apr 15, 2011 19:00:04 GMT
I found myself taking a plain digestive biscuit today, in preference to a chocolate chip cookie or a cuistard cream. Surely only old folk like digestive biscuits?
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Post by aubrey on Apr 15, 2011 21:23:53 GMT
I always have them while I'm having my blood filtered. The only other option is Rich Tea, and I did have them during a period when the digestives were a bit stale (they tasted bitter). I have 4, and wrap the rest in a napkin to give to pigeons in the park. In the Billy Bunter book I've just read (well, book - it must have been 500,000 words) Bunter has the idea of getting a Xmas pudding for the Remove's form teacher, Mr Quelch (a beast, but a just beast), assuming that he will be pleased, but that being an old bugger (probably over fifty) his digestion wouldn't allow him to eat it, so he will give it to his pupils. It is not only Bunter who thinks this; the 3rd person narrator does as well - it is taken for granted all round. In this picture, he looks as though he could be in his 40s. The thing is, though my tastes have changed over the years (I'm not as keen on sweet stuff as I used to be, for one thing) I don't not eat stuff because of a dodgy digestion, which seems to have been a standard practice for - well for characters in school stories in the 30s.
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Post by Patrick on Apr 16, 2011 0:51:05 GMT
Nah. Digestives have been my favourite for years! I'd have some wrapped in foil to have with my quarter pint of milk when in the infants at Primary School! Either that or Malted milk. Being a good 5 year old I'd play "Dustbin Lorries" and Eat some biscuit then flush it through with some milk - making the appropriate "Corporation Dustcart" noises as I did so. Another fun thing with Digestives - or was - is to nibble slowly round the edges up to the edge of the writing which used to be curved in line with the biscuit edge. Then you'd nibble your way to where it said "DIGESTIVE" in the middle. A lot of fun.
Mind you - I miss the "Wholemeal" Digestives, which weren't as sweet as the "Sweetmeal" ones which are the only type you have now.
Here's a treat for white chocolate lovers, I see that in Spain you can have "White Chocolate" Rich Tea Biscuits!
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Post by housesparrow on Apr 16, 2011 7:28:58 GMT
Ah - that might explain why I like them now; I didn't realise there were two kinds.
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Post by Weyland on Apr 16, 2011 7:33:37 GMT
Nah. Digestives have been my favourite for years! I'd have some wrapped in foil to have with my quarter pint of milk when in the infants at Primary School! Either that or Malted milk. Being a good 5 year old I'd play "Dustbin Lorries" and Eat some biscuit then flush it through with some milk - making the appropriate "Corporation Dustcart" noises as I did so. Another fun thing with Digestives - or was - is to nibble slowly round the edges up to the edge of the writing which used to be curved in line with the biscuit edge. Then you'd nibble your way to where it said "DIGESTIVE" in the middle. A lot of fun. Mind you - I miss the "Wholemeal" Digestives, which weren't as sweet as the "Sweetmeal" ones which are the only type you have now. Here's a treat for white chocolate lovers, I see that in Spain you can have "White Chocolate" Rich Tea Biscuits! I love digestives, and I miss the non-sweetmeal ones as well. Never played games with them though. I've led a sheltered life. At my school it was third-of-a-pint bottles. Those were the ones that Thatcher snatched. If only that was all she did. White chocolate is the work of the Devil. Just say NO.
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Post by everso on Apr 16, 2011 8:47:41 GMT
I refused point blank to drink school milk. I was a fussy eater (and drinker) in those days - unlike now.
School milk was always either too warm or frozen solid.
I seldom eat biscuits but if I were offered a non-choc digestive and a choc digestive, I'd pick the one with chocolate.
Rich Tea are the best for dipping in tea but you have to be careful not to leave them in too long or they break.
Aubs, round Rich Tea or long Rich Tea? I prefer the long shape myself.
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Post by everso on Apr 16, 2011 8:48:53 GMT
By the way, I knew I was approaching old age when I started to go "Ohhhhhhhhh" every time I sat down.
Tsk!
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Post by alanseago on Apr 16, 2011 10:18:39 GMT
Wait until you have to say, 'Hup, hup, hup', before you stand up.
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2011 10:23:43 GMT
Everso. They are round.
At Barnsley you get more of a choice - Bourbon and shortbread/cake, whatever it is. But they're never as good as I think they're going to be.
But the tea at Barnsley is wonderful. I can't say this often enough.
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Post by Weyland on Apr 16, 2011 11:06:52 GMT
What's the tea like in Barnsley, Aub?
Ian McMillan, the poet from Barnsley, was on R4 the other week, talking about his local pub up there. He said one of the natives told him "We heard you on the wireless the other day, lad, yapping." They're good with words in Barnsley. And tea.
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2011 11:24:48 GMT
It's a lot better than the tea at Guy's. I very rarely get the tea at Guy's: I have crushed ice and squash instead (this is the drink that is served in heaven).
It's just a decent cup of tea at Barnsley, really.
It breaks one of Orwell's rules, in that it comes out of a big pot, and it breaks yours, I think, as I seem to remember the milk being put in last. But it is a dam' fine cup of tea all the same.
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Post by jean on Apr 16, 2011 12:32:08 GMT
Why did you drop the 'n' off 'damn' when you don't pronounce it anyway? Reminds me of what Buster Keaton called his boat:
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Apr 16, 2011 18:27:10 GMT
I found myself taking a plain digestive biscuit today, in preference to a chocolate chip cookie or a cuistard cream. Surely only old folk like digestive biscuits? Nothing wrong with munching on some plain digestives, Housey, they are nice when you don't want any of them thar fancy biccies. AH
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2011 19:01:58 GMT
Why did you drop the 'n' off 'damn' when you don't pronounce it anyway? Damned, isn't it? It always used to be written like that when it was one of those crusty old General types talking.
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Post by housesparrow on Apr 16, 2011 19:03:59 GMT
I refused point blank to drink school milk. I was a fussy eater (and drinker) in those days - unlike now. School milk was always either too warm or frozen solid. . Oh yuk. I loved cold milk but our school put the milk crates on the radiators to warm up (radiators were huge in those days, and milk crates not so large). By the time it reached us it had practically curdled. So I nagged my mother to write a note to say I didn't have to drink it. The other kids hated me for it.
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2011 19:07:05 GMT
I used to like our milk, but I don't think I'd have liked it warmed like that.
Sometimes adults seem to go out of their way to put children off some foods.
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Post by everso on Apr 16, 2011 22:46:34 GMT
I very seldom stayed to school dinners when I was in primary school. I was a very fussy eater, as I've said, and the food was diabolical. It didn't help that my mum was a very good cook - so I used to walk home each lunchtime. The school didn't cater for kids who brought sandwiches in those days.
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Post by Weyland on Apr 18, 2011 18:48:44 GMT
I refused point blank to drink school milk. I was a fussy eater (and drinker) in those days - unlike now. School milk was always either too warm or frozen solid. I seldom eat biscuits but if I were offered a non-choc digestive and a choc digestive, I'd pick the one with chocolate. Rich Tea are the best for dipping in tea but you have to be careful not to leave them in too long or they break. Aubs, round Rich Tea or long Rich Tea? I prefer the long shape myself. Never mind all that, Ev — it's your turn to set the Mystery Object on PhotoFit!
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Post by housesparrow on Apr 18, 2011 20:07:44 GMT
I used to like our milk, but I don't think I'd have liked it warmed like that. Sometimes adults seem to go out of their way to put children off some foods. I didn't eat baked beans for years, because my primary school's weekly "treat" was a baked bean pie. Tinned beans were poured on top of raw pastry and put on the oven. The parents asked the head about the food and she explained that she used a wartime vegetarian cookery book, adding that she wanted the children to get used to eating anything.
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Post by aubrey on Apr 19, 2011 9:12:42 GMT
My brother used to make baked bean pies. They were really good.
Our school used to have baked beans, but they were "Made" - IE, not out of a can - and not very nice - a bit hard, and the sauce was too thin and separated.
They also used to do deep fried parsnip, cut like chips. So you thought you were getting chips and then bit into one, and it was all wrong. I got to quite like parsnips, but not for a long time after that.
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