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What Buns/Biscuits Do You Keep For Visitors?

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  • 26-06-2013 8:35pm
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    The Backwards Man
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    I hate having visitors, fancy cups have to come out, coffee table has to be polished, jeans have to be zipped up, but every now and then it has to be done. Most visitors that (seldom) visit me know that I never keep sweet things in the house (so they think:p), so they bring their own cakes/buns or whatever for the tea.

    On the odd occasion I have to buy something for the visitors' tea, I find Kimberley Mikado to be a great choice. I don't care if the visitors eat them because I don't like them, and I don't care if the visitors don't like them because I don't like visitors.

    What is in your press for the visitors' tea?


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    Festy
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    The 2 buns on my chest


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    Fart
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    Festy wrote: »
    The 2 buns on my chest

    This does require pics, I'm afraid.


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    El Guapo!
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    Fcuk that, if visitors are gonna come here and annoy me they had better be bringing biscuits with them.


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    Frosty McSnowballs
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    Boring Fig Rolls for the ones I hate and magnificient chocolately amazing ones for the ones I like.


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    Festy
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    Fart wrote: »
    This does require pics, I'm afraid.

    If76BV8.jpg


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    old_aussie
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    Fart wrote: »
    This does require pics, I'm afraid.

    Be very afraid.

    I imagine it would be like a car crash , you don't rally want to see it, but you just cant look away.


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    Frosty McSnowballs
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    Festy wrote: »
    If76BV8.jpg

    We should mate


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    The Backwards Man
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    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Boring Fig Rolls for the ones I hate and magnificient chocolately amazing ones for the ones I like.
    But I don't like the chocolate ones?:(

    :pac:


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    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    Kimberly, Mikado and Coconut Creams. I'm very traditional.


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    Karl Stein
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    Jam sammiches.


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    Lisha
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    If I know about the impending visit I bake scones or buns. Or an apple crumble if its my parents.
    If its a surprise visit then they better be packing some sugar.


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    The Backwards Man
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    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Jam sammiches.
    Rhubarb?


    I'll be round in a minute. . .


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    Nemeses
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    Custard Creme's - been in the biscuit tin since 1983..

    Now all I need is visitors..


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    Frosty McSnowballs
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    But I don't like the chocolate ones?:(

    :pac:

    Get out! Get out now! and take those filthy Fig Rolls with ya!


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    KeithM89
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    Usually a chocolate and blackcurrant creméux with pistachio jelly and a basil and lime macroon on the side.
    Either that or some stale ginger nut.


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    kowloon
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    Rich tea for you, toffeepop for me, rich tea for you, toffeepop for me...


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    The Backwards Man
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    Scylla wrote: »
    Usually a chocolate and blackcurrant creméux with pistachio jelly and a basil and lime macroon on the side.
    .Either that or some stale ginger nut
    You keep Chris Evans in your press?:pac:


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    kwestfan08
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    I like to keep a selection of biscuits (rich tea, kimberly, polo, mikado) along with some sealed bars like your clubs or penguins or whathaveyou for some variety


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    KeithM89
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You keep Chris Evans in your press?:pac:

    ....


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    The Backwards Man
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    kowloon wrote: »
    Rich tea for you, toffeepop for me, rich tea for you, toffeepop for me...
    I don't like Toffeepops, they remind of Viscounts! Yuck.:mad:


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    kowloon
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I don't like Toffeepops, they remind of Viscounts! Yuck.:mad:

    Rich tea for you.. :D


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    Staff Infection
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    Don't eat biscuits myself as I'd feel bad having a whole pack all for myself so I only indulge my biscuit cravings when someone is visiting. On these glorious days I either buy a selection of biscuits such as hobnobs, chocolate digestives etc. or if I really like the visitors or want to look refined I buy one of those large boxes of biscuits with the whole biscuit gang in them that normally only make an appearance at christmas such as USA or Foxes.


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    hollster2
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    Custard creams or bourbons <~ my nan had these all the time we would visit. My fav :)


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    Nemeses
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    hollster2 wrote: »
    Custard creams or bourbons <~ my nan had these all the time we would visit. My fav :)

    Care to share now?


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    OneArt
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    A strawberry-syrup topped cake from the bakery.

    Always eat it before the visitors arrive though.

    Not that they ever do arrive.

    *cries*


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    Hownowcow
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    I generally have packets of different types of individually wrapped chocolate bars. I also have Rich Tea or digestives for those on a diet.

    In the same cupboard as the biscuits there a packet of some sort of rye bread. The nearest thing to plasterboard I have ever come across.


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    The Backwards Man
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    All biscuits so far. Does anyone get the buns out for the visitors? I used to make my own queencakes when I was younger, must start again I think.


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    kowloon
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    The problem with making buns is the mix. I eat the mix. Then I have to lie down for a while to recover. 'Tis a rich bounty.


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    April O Neill
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    A mix of plain and faaaancy biscuits.


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    oldyouth
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I hate having visitors, fancy cups have to come out, coffee table has to be polished, jeans have to be zipped up, but every now and then it has to be done. Most visitors that (seldom) visit me know that I never keep sweet things in the house (so they think:p), so they bring their own cakes/buns or whatever for the tea.

    On the odd occasion I have to buy something for the visitors' tea, I find Kimberley Mikado to be a great choice. I don't care if the visitors eat them because I don't like them, and I don't care if the visitors don't like them because I don't like visitors.

    What is in your press for the visitors' tea?

    How can there be a post from the 70's on the internet :confused:


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