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Post by oufcwaffle on Nov 8, 2016 10:16:50 GMT
It's that time again for the boycot trophy. We've been blessed with the opportunity to play our weakest side due to the Merstham game. Hopefully Michael Appleton will take advantage of this. Would still like to see Johnson play to get more game time and confidence.
Honestly couldn't care less of the result but my prediction is 1-1 and for us to lose on penalties. Tyler Roberts to score gor us.
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Post by CheltenhamYellow on Nov 8, 2016 10:31:08 GMT
I don't think you should have dignified this fixture/competition with a matchday thread, to be honest.
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Post by Marked Ox on Nov 8, 2016 10:39:01 GMT
I don't think you should have dignified this fixture/competition with a matchday thread, to be honest. What is your favourite biscuits? I like plenty but Bourbons are my favourite.
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 10:46:23 GMT
I don't think you should have dignified this fixture/competition with a matchday thread, to be honest. What is your favourite biscuits? I like plenty but Bourbons are my favourite. I used to like bourbons, but I recently moved on to chocolate digestives. Prefer milk to plain chocolate. I've tried hobnobs, but find them a bit fancy. How do you feel about Jacob's club biscuits? Less chocolate than in earlier years, but still good for a special occasion, like a wedding or a big birthday.
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Nov 8, 2016 11:06:13 GMT
A plain digestive is surely the utility player of the biscuit world.
Happy to accompany a cup of tea or coffee and dunkable (if that's your bag) but also perfect with cheese and pickle and an apple.
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Post by bigronaldo on Nov 8, 2016 11:16:30 GMT
Sorry, but digestive biscuits should come with a warning... 'Liable to collapse under intense dunking.' Hob-nobs are surely safer?
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Post by arthurturner on Nov 8, 2016 11:20:29 GMT
You can't beat pumpkin seed ryvitas with marmite and tickler cheddar cheese and a few pickled shallots.
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Nov 8, 2016 11:24:15 GMT
Sorry, but digestive biscuits should come with a warning... 'Liable to collapse under intense dunking.' Hob-nobs are surely safer? You need to work on your dunking technique. Hob-nobs are digestives with training wheels.
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 11:32:55 GMT
I would give an honourable mention to custard creams as well (tasty, dunkable, lovely odour) but while I'm just about 'street' enough to eat one, I'm nowhere near hard enough to throw a whole packet.
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Nov 8, 2016 11:36:35 GMT
If I was going to throw something, then I would pick some of those horrible Italian biscotti things. Hard as rock with sharp bits of nut sticking out. Thank god they'll soon be banned from our shelves as soon as May gets her act together!
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Post by SteMerritt on Nov 8, 2016 11:37:41 GMT
Shortbread would be my dunker of choice. Failing that a digestive.
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 11:43:17 GMT
Shortbread would be my dunker of choice. Failing that a digestive. Depends on quality. Top notch shortbread from a reputable retailer (Fortnum & Mason, for example) dunk like a dream. The sort of margarine-based crap you buy in tourist traps like Oban fall apart as soon as they're in contact with liquid. Why has no-one developed a good quality, chocolate-covered shortbread? Could be a winner. (Or have they ....?)
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Post by berliner on Nov 8, 2016 11:44:09 GMT
If I was going to throw something, then I would pick some of those horrible Italian biscotti things. Hard as rock with sharp bits of nut sticking out. Thank god they'll soon be banned from our shelves as soon as May gets her act together! Or if the Italian deli has sold out, then you could try wanging a pannetone. Surely a bone breaker if you get some heft behind it.
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Post by berliner on Nov 8, 2016 11:46:18 GMT
Why has no-one developed a good quality, chocolate-covered shortbread? Could be a winner. (Or have they ....?) Surely that's just a caramel shortbread without the caramel, innit? Come to think of it, they may dunk well. As a non-tea drinker (yes, I know) I would have to defer to your superior knowledge however.
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 11:49:29 GMT
Why has no-one developed a good quality, chocolate-covered shortbread? Could be a winner. (Or have they ....?) Surely that's just a caramel shortbread without the caramel, innit? Come to think of it, they may dunk well. As a non-tea drinker (yes, I know) I would have to defer to your superior knowledge however. OK, OK, you've got me. I'm not an expert after all. Widening the term 'biscuit' I also love KitKat (the big chunky ones particularly) and Tunnock's caramel wafers.
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Post by bigronaldo on Nov 8, 2016 11:58:08 GMT
A good Garibaldi thrown like a kung-fu star gives Impressive distance and aerodynamic capabilty. No wall fan leaves home without them. Never dunked one though...Respect the Garibaldi!
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Nov 8, 2016 11:58:43 GMT
Tunnocks are lovely. However, the chocolate coating has been reduced to the point where it is more of a brown smear. Disappointing.
How about Viscounts? I know mint biscuits aren't to everyone's taste (they always remind Mrs Zero of toothpaste) but I love 'em.
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Post by wallop on Nov 8, 2016 12:03:11 GMT
Are my hands getting bigger or has the average size of a chocolate bar shrunk over recent years? Mars and Yorkie in particular. Double Decker and Twix however, appear to have maintained their vital statistics and are therefore, my confectionary of choice.
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 12:03:29 GMT
Tunnocks are lovely. However, the chocolate coating has been reduced to the point where it is more of a brown smear. Disappointing. How about Viscounts? I know mint biscuits aren't to everyone's taste (they always remind Mrs Zero of toothpaste) but I love 'em. Here in Louth we're blessed with a large number of fresh food shops: six butchers, five bakers, two fishmongers, specialist cheese shop, two greengrocers, two delicatessens, a market three days a week. How is this relevant to this excellent thread? Several of the bakers do their own versions of millionaire's shortbread: THICK chocolate (no dilution here), heavenly caramel layer, biscuit base.
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Post by wallop on Nov 8, 2016 12:05:18 GMT
I hope house prices in Louth reflect this local amenity.
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Post by Eaststandboy on Nov 8, 2016 12:06:08 GMT
I don't think you should have dignified this fixture/competition with a matchday thread, to be honest. It wont be stickied
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Post by bigronaldo on Nov 8, 2016 12:06:08 GMT
Tunnocks are lovely. However, the chocolate coating has been reduced to the point where it is more of a brown smear. Disappointing. How about Viscounts? I know mint biscuits aren't to everyone's taste (they always remind Mrs Zero of toothpaste) but I love 'em. Here in Louth we're blessed with a large number of fresh food shops: six butchers, five bakers, two fishmongers, specialist cheese shop, two greengrocers, two delicatessens, a market three days a week. How is this relevant to this excellent thread? Several of the bakers do their own versions of millionaire's shortbread: THICK chocolate (no dilution here), heavenly caramel layer, biscuit base. All very well pete, but how far can you wang one?
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 12:08:05 GMT
Here in Louth we're blessed with a large number of fresh food shops: six butchers, five bakers, two fishmongers, specialist cheese shop, two greengrocers, two delicatessens, a market three days a week. How is this relevant to this excellent thread? Several of the bakers do their own versions of millionaire's shortbread: THICK chocolate (no dilution here), heavenly caramel layer, biscuit base. All very well pete, but how far can you wang one? If you refrigerate them for a couple of days they get quite hard, but I must admit when you chuck one at a south Londoner the biscuit base does tend to disintegrate in flight.
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Post by Denissmithswig on Nov 8, 2016 12:12:25 GMT
Do people class cookies (marylands) as biscuits or a cookie that is not a biscuit?
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Post by mcf86 on Nov 8, 2016 12:13:13 GMT
If you want some class biccys then go for the Leibniz Dark Chocolate - addictive!!
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 12:14:02 GMT
Do people class cookies (marylands) as biscuits or a cookie that is not a biscuit? They might be called cookies (horrible Americanism) but they're a biscuit to me, and one of the best.
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Post by essexyellows on Nov 8, 2016 12:16:23 GMT
Scabs. #bteamboycott
Different biscuits attract differing VAT rates, thats the definition.
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Nov 8, 2016 12:20:29 GMT
Are my hands getting bigger or has the average size of a chocolate bar shrunk over recent years? Mars and Yorkie in particular. Double Decker and Twix however, appear to have maintained their vital statistics and are therefore, my confectionary of choice. Well I have just heard that some US chocolate conglomeration has 'redesigned' the Toblerone solely for the UK market with less 'triangles' See www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37904703Bastards
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Post by Pete Burrett on Nov 8, 2016 12:21:57 GMT
I hope house prices in Louth reflect this local amenity. The price of our bloody house did.
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Nov 8, 2016 12:24:48 GMT
Come on Pete, we all know you paid fifty quid and a turnip and are now the lord of the manor with (rumour has it) an extensive acreage...
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