On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:15:32 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

>Jane Vernon <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 09/02/2024 11:42, Vicky wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I like rich tea biscuits and always have a packet on the go, as well
>>> as ginger biscuits, Nice biscuits and shortcakes. Never had a Bath
>>> Oliver though. Googling to see what they are.Had heard of them.
>>>
>>
>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>> them. I could never understand that.
>>
>
>Suggestive’s with Marmite.
Can you tell from the flurry of posts that I am putting off the
obligatory morning walk?

On 10/02/2024 10:17, Vicky wrote:
> Not keen on Bounty then? In those boxes of various mini choc bars
> Bountys and Mars Bars are left by B .And we don't want waste, do we? I
> did take a bag of Bountys to the local charity food shop.

I give all the Bountys (Bounties?) to my sister and she gives me all the
Snickers.

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:04:26 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:

> Jane Vernon wrote:
>
>>The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>them. I could never understand that.
>
> Similarly, I have never understood why some collections of "Biscuits for
> Cheese" include digestives.

Because they're the best biscuits to have with cheese.

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>
> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
> them.  I could never understand that.

Oh no! Cheese on Digestives - to die for!

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On 10/02/2024 10:04, Chris J Dixon wrote:
> Jane Vernon wrote:
>
>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>> them. I could never understand that.
> Similarly, I have never understood why some collections of
> "Biscuits for Cheese" include digestives.

Because see the post I just made before reading yours!
--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>
>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>> them.  I could never understand that.
>
> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>

To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?

--
Jane
The Amethyst Artist
BTME

http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htm - Umrats' recipes

On 10 Feb 2024 11:43:37 GMT, Jim Easterbrook
<news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:

>On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:04:26 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>
>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>
>>>The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>>them. I could never understand that.
>>
>> Similarly, I have never understood why some collections of "Biscuits for
>> Cheese" include digestives.
>
>Because they're the best biscuits to have with cheese.

Or spread with butter. Ginger nuts come a close second in that regard.

Nick

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:26:04 +0000, Jane Vernon
<spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> wrote:

>On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>
>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>> them.  I could never understand that.
>>
>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>
>
>To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?

That probably depends on whther the label reads "cheese" or
"cheese-flavoured derivatives of milk" or somesuch. I'm not really in
a position to find out for myself right now.

Nick

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:26:04 +0000, Jane Vernon
<spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> wrote:

>On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>
>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>> them.  I could never understand that.
>>
>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>
>
>To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?

Oh, I don't much like that. Prefer cream cheese. Goat's cheese is good
too.

On 10/02/2024 13:40, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:26:04 +0000, Jane Vernon
> <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>>> them.  I could never understand that.
>>>
>>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>>
>>
>> To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?
>
> That probably depends on whther the label reads "cheese" or
> "cheese-flavoured derivatives of milk" or somesuch. I'm not really in
> a position to find out for myself right now.
>
> Nick

Try as hard as you can to keep it that way.

john

On 10/02/2024 13:42, Vicky wrote:
> Goat's cheese is good
> too.

Oh yes with brass knobs on! (Not on the cheese, of course!)

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes:

> On 10 Feb 2024 11:43:37 GMT, Jim Easterbrook
> <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:04:26 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>
>>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>
>>>>The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>>>them. I could never understand that.
>>>
>>> Similarly, I have never understood why some collections of "Biscuits for
>>> Cheese" include digestives.
>>
>>Because they're the best biscuits to have with cheese.
>
> Or spread with butter. Ginger nuts come a close second in that regard.

I, too, am very partial to buttered digestives.

Rosie

Jane Vernon <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> writes:

> On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>
>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread
>>> on them.  I could never understand that.
>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>
>
> To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?

Pepper the cat, who doesn't like Dreamies, is crazy about Dairylea
triangles so I have to get them in specially.

Rosie

Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> writes:

> On 10/02/2024 10:17, Vicky wrote:
>> Not keen on Bounty then? In those boxes of various mini choc bars
>> Bountys and Mars Bars are left by B .And we don't want waste, do we? I
>> did take a bag of Bountys to the local charity food shop.
>
>
> I give all the Bountys (Bounties?) to my sister and she gives me all
> the Snickers.

And I only really like the Maltesers.

Rosie

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:38:01 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>On 10 Feb 2024 11:43:37 GMT, Jim Easterbrook
><news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:04:26 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>
>>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>
>>>>The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>>>them. I could never understand that.
>>>
>>> Similarly, I have never understood why some collections of "Biscuits for
>>> Cheese" include digestives.
>>
>>Because they're the best biscuits to have with cheese.
>
>Or spread with butter. Ginger nuts come a close second in that regard.
>
>Nick
Never tried them with butter. I don't know how they'd go with cream
cheese. Not with a strong, hard cheese, I think. Oh, might be
interesting with a blue? Blue Stilton?

On 10-Feb-24 9:45, Jane Vernon wrote:
> On 09/02/2024 18:34, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 09-Feb-24 12:54, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like rich tea biscuits and always have a packet on the go, as well
>>>> as ginger biscuits, Nice biscuits and shortcakes.
>>>
>>> Is it OK to say that I don't find Nice biscuits particularly
>>> nice?
>>
>> Dunno, but I'm with you on that.
>> (I've never gotten on with coconut, since it's impossible to swallow
>> the stuff.)
>>
>
> YANAOU!  I have a lifelong inability to swallow dessicated coconut,
> which nobody else until now has ever understood.
>
> Creamed coconut, coconut milk, coconut cream etc are all fine.  It's the
> texture of the dessicated.  I can even manage small amounts of fresh
> coconut.

Yes. That sums it up exactly for me too.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 10-Feb-24 12:26, Jane Vernon wrote:
> On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>
>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>> them.  I could never understand that.
>>
>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>
>
> To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?

I'd describe it as 'cheese adjacent'.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 10-Feb-24 17:30, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Jane Vernon <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> writes:
>
>> On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread
>>>> on them.  I could never understand that.
>>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>>
>>
>> To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?
>
> Pepper the cat, who doesn't like Dreamies, is crazy about Dairylea
> triangles so I have to get them in specially.

Years ago, when we had cats, there was one which loved Dairylea but
hated taking tablets.
We made the mistake of moulding the (tiny) tablet into a ball of
Dairylea, and then stood there for ages whilst the cat licked the
Dairylea to death.
That tablet was _not_ on her menu.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 10/02/2024 17:41, Vicky wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:38:01 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> On 10 Feb 2024 11:43:37 GMT, Jim Easterbrook
>> <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:04:26 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>>>> them. I could never understand that.
>>>>
>>>> Similarly, I have never understood why some collections of "Biscuits for
>>>> Cheese" include digestives.
>>>
>>> Because they're the best biscuits to have with cheese.
>>
>> Or spread with butter. Ginger nuts come a close second in that regard.
>>
>> Nick
> Never tried them with butter. I don't know how they'd go with cream
> cheese. Not with a strong, hard cheese, I think. Oh, might be
> interesting with a blue? Blue Stilton?

Absolutely delicious with a nice ripe Stilton, Gorgonzola, Lanark Blue
or Roquefort. Off to the fridge now... (and before the cheese prefects
object, this is so the cheese can reach optimum temperature before I eat
it. With digestives)

--
Kate B

On 10/02/2024 13:40, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:26:04 +0000, Jane Vernon
> <spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 10/02/2024 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>> On 10/02/2024 09:42, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The late beloved Mike liked rich tea biscuits with dairylea spread on
>>>> them.  I could never understand that.
>>>
>>> Oh no!  Cheese on Digestives - to die for!
>>>
>>
>> To be fair, does dairylea spread count as cheese?
>
> That probably depends on whther the label reads "cheese" or
> "cheese-flavoured derivatives of milk" or somesuch. I'm not really in
> a position to find out for myself right now.

Having had a look at the Tesco website, I think I would agree with Sam's
verdict of "cheese adjacent":

Ingredients
Skimmed Milk (Water, Skimmed Milk Powder), Cheese, Inulin, Milk Fat,
Whey Powder (from Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifying Salts
(Triphosphate, Polyphosphates), Milk Protein, Calcium Phosphate, Acidity
Regulator (Citric Acid)

--
Best wishes, Serena
Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard
(Spike Milligan)

Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes:
>
>> Vicky wrote:
>>
>>> I like rich tea biscuits and always have a packet on the go, as well
>>> as ginger biscuits, Nice biscuits and shortcakes.
>>
>> Is it OK to say that I don't find Nice biscuits particularly
>> nice?
>>
>> Chris
>
> I take the view that, since I seldom buy biscuits (because I know I will
> eat them all in short order), when I do buy them they will be no less
> than Dark Chocolate Gingers by Border Biscuits of Lanark. Or possible
> Lemon Melts by the Island Bakery of Tobermory if I can find them.

I will arise and go now, and go to Tobermory,
And a posh biscuit buy there, of lemon and sugars made;
Nine packets will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bakery trade.

Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> writes:

> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like rich tea biscuits and always have a packet on the go, as well
>>>> as ginger biscuits, Nice biscuits and shortcakes.
>>>
>>> Is it OK to say that I don't find Nice biscuits particularly
>>> nice?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> I take the view that, since I seldom buy biscuits (because I know I will
>> eat them all in short order), when I do buy them they will be no less
>> than Dark Chocolate Gingers by Border Biscuits of Lanark. Or possible
>> Lemon Melts by the Island Bakery of Tobermory if I can find them.
>
> I will arise and go now, and go to Tobermory,
> And a posh biscuit buy there, of lemon and sugars made;
> Nine packets will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
> And live alone in the bakery trade.

<applause>

Rosie

On 10/02/2024 17:30, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Pepper the cat, who doesn't like Dreamies, is crazy about Dairylea
> triangles so I have to get them in specially.

My daughter has 2 cats which shun Dreamies - I've always thought that
wasn't quite normal. My Pardon was trained to go outside on a lead and
come in on command by rewarding her with Dreamies. She now asks to go
out, then asks to comes in, has the Dreamies and promptly asks to go out
again!

Recently I accidentally bought Dreamies Creamy by mistake. Both cats
think it is the best thing since ... er, since Dreamies.

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On 10/02/2024 22:00, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>
> My daughter has 2 cats which shun Dreamies - I've always thought that
> wasn't quite normal.  My Pardon was trained to go outside on a lead and
> come in on command by rewarding her with Dreamies.  She now asks to go
> out, then asks to comes in, has the Dreamies and promptly asks to go out
> again!
>
> Recently I accidentally bought Dreamies Creamy by mistake.  Both cats
> think it is the best thing since ... er, since Dreamies.

Has Pardon discovered Lick-e-lix? They're similar to Dreamies
Creamies[1] but my Bella says they're even better. She's always willing
to eat her meds, so long as the meds are crushed and mixed into some
Lick-e-lix. I'm pretty sure that, if I just put a whole pill in there,
it would be licked clean and left but crushed tablets just disappear,
generally leaving a saucer which looks as if it's straight from the
dishwasher.

[2] I think Dreamies Creamy was introduced because of the growing
popularity of Lick-e-lix

--
Best wishes, Serena
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it (Mother Theresa)

In message <uq8mnl$3dgu5$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:36:05,
Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> writes
>Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like rich tea biscuits and always have a packet on the go, as well
>>>> as ginger biscuits, Nice biscuits and shortcakes.
>>>
>>> Is it OK to say that I don't find Nice biscuits particularly
>>> nice?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> I take the view that, since I seldom buy biscuits (because I know I will
>> eat them all in short order), when I do buy them they will be no less
>> than Dark Chocolate Gingers by Border Biscuits of Lanark. Or possible
>> Lemon Melts by the Island Bakery of Tobermory if I can find them.
>
>I will arise and go now, and go to Tobermory,
>And a posh biscuit buy there, of lemon and sugars made;
>Nine packets will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
>And live alone in the bakery trade.
>
Excellent! BUMRA nomination.
>
>
(I must go back to a vest again, to a winter vest, with sleeves ...)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Everyone is entitled to an *informed* opinion." - Harlan Ellison