is there such thing as a manly biscuit?

Capt'n Midnight · 2008-11-05 21:11:39

this question was asked by Piste here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57788576&postcount=5 plenty of info on biscuits www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com iis there such thing as a manly biscuit?

05-11-2008 09:11PM

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this question was asked by Piste here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=57788576&postcount=5

plenty of info on biscuits
www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com

iis there such thing as a manly biscuit?

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#2 05-11-2008 09:21PM

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A fair question.

It is a common mistake to think that biscuits in and of themselves have any gender aspect.

All biscuits CAN be manly biscuits ... it's the volume that counts.

To illustrate ... one jaffa cake, on it's own ... that's girly. Inhaling 5 packets in one sitting ... that's manly.

See ?

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#3 05-11-2008 09:23PM

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trout wrote: »

A fair question.

It is a common mistake to think that biscuits in and of themselves have any gender aspect.

All biscuits CAN be manly biscuits ...

Erm..

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#4 05-11-2008 09:25PM

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Ginger nuts, what other biscuits has nuts in the name.

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#5 05-11-2008 09:29PM

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Hagar wrote: »

Ginger nuts, what other biscuits has nuts in the name.

Ginger nuts ain't what they used to be. There was a time when they were so hard, and as a result manly, that biting into one could put the continuing use of several teeth in jeopardy. Now you look crooked at one and it crumbles. Standards are slipping.

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#6 05-11-2008 09:31PM

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Hob Nobs!

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#7 05-11-2008 09:55PM

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perhaps explaining how they get the figs in the fig rolls could appear manly?

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#8 05-11-2008 10:00PM

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LolaDub wrote: »

perhaps explaining how they get the figs in the fig rolls could appear manly?

I reckon they use a sealant gun, which would probably be the manliest way of filling them

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#9 05-11-2008 10:03PM

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LolaDub wrote: »

perhaps explaining how they get the figs in the fig rolls could appear manly?

Jim Figgerty is the only person who knows that secret.

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#10 05-11-2008 11:14PM

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Jersey Creams!

I remember being in Dakota with an old pal of mine and we were in this group of women. They got this game going to get to know everyone....favourite film/band/crisps etc.

All the girls say nachos/pringles/doritos etc. (dakota types)....my mate says loud and proud "CHICKATEES!!!"

He sounded like Jim Larkin, so proud he was to declare he hadn't succumbed to these continental/american types....that's why I stand by Jersey Creams

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#11 05-11-2008 11:19PM

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Soggy biscuit? Only a real man could stomach it.

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#12 05-11-2008 11:26PM

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jamie dodgers and Kimberleys.

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#13 06-11-2008 12:20AM

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Balmed Out wrote: »

jamie dodgers and Kimberleys.

Really?

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#14 06-11-2008 12:29AM

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Hagar wrote: »

Jim Figgerty is the only person who knows that secret.

Not so. in his younger days, pa trout worked in the biscuit industry ... he claimed to have either invented the fig roll, or the fig roll machine, or in some way be integral to the development of that noble biscuit.

He was going to pass on the secrets to the fruit of his loins (me) one day ... but then he got a job in Guinness ... I never got to hear the secret ... so it all worked out in the end.

I should point out that pa trout had a very loose and fluid engagement with what the rest of the world likes to call ... reality.

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#15 06-11-2008 12:30AM

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Photi wrote: »

Erm..

Eaten in heroic quantities ... even pink wafers can be manly.

There.

I've said it.

*ahem*

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#16 06-11-2008 01:20AM

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Any biscuit that involves no chocolate and a dunk in a "mug a' cha'" is a manly biscuit.

Rich Tea smothered in booooter is a perfick example.

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#17 06-11-2008 12:25PM

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Ginger nuts (proper rock hard teeth shatterers as said before)

or
Bourbon creams

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#18 06-11-2008 12:31PM

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trout wrote: »

Not so. in his younger days, pa trout worked in the biscuit industry ... he claimed to have either invented the fig roll, or the fig roll machine, or in some way be integral to the development of that noble biscuit.

He was going to pass on the secrets to the fruit of his loins (me) one day ... but then he got a job in Guinness ... I never got to hear the secret ... so it all worked out in the end.

I should point out that pa trout had a very loose and fluid engagement with what the rest of the world likes to call ... reality.

Pa trout sounds a lot like my dear old Grandfather,

Is that you Daddy?

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#19 06-11-2008 12:46PM

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GBX wrote: »

Hob Nobs!

+100% except they have to be the Milk Chocolate covered ones.:)

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#20 06-11-2008 02:06PM

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Not really a biscuit but, Yorkie - NOT FOR GIRLS!

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#21 06-11-2008 02:08PM

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Got to be the 'Fox's Classic' biscuit... Savage!

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#22 06-11-2008 02:08PM

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The Garabaldi is the daddy of biscuits, as manly as the come, and the only way a true brother could be seen to consume fruit without fear of shaming himself.
Garabaldi dipped into tea, mmmmmmmmm

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#23 06-11-2008 02:28PM

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Squashed fly biscuits my granddad used to call them.

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#24 06-11-2008 02:42PM

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deswalsh wrote: »

The Garabaldi

Garabaldi

Fits right in with BGRH tbh

Garabaldi

Baldy

Receding hair?

I'll get my coat.

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#25 06-11-2008 05:34PM

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No need, we'll get it for you!

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#26 06-11-2008 05:38PM

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Are Garibaldi biscuits still on the market ? I haven't seen them in years.

I could really go for a pack or three of them right now. With a pot of tay. And a kebab.

Love them biscuits. :pac:

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#27 06-11-2008 06:03PM

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trout wrote: »

Are Garibaldi biscuits still on the market ? I haven't seen them in years.

I could really go for a pack or three of them right now. With a pot of tay. And a kebab.

Love them biscuits. :pac:

Just for you Trout:

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#28 06-11-2008 06:07PM

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Marietta anyone ???

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#29 06-11-2008 06:09PM

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1966 wrote: »

Marietta anyone ?????

Good for camping.

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#30 06-11-2008 06:56PM

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café noir

nice nice nice.

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#31 06-11-2008 07:49PM

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Apart from quantity, surely what makes biscuits manly or not is how you eat them? Nibbling at a Rich Tea - not manly. Stuffing entire choclate Kimberlys into your mouth - very manly.

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