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Crucial biscuit question - which are posher: Rich Teas or Custard creams?

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JustineMumsnet · 02/07/2009 13:26

We're split down the middle at HQ and it's more important than you think!

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GeraldineMumsnet · 02/07/2009 13:43

Ok, this time Garabaldis and fig rolls. So neither posh but which is less posh?

GingerIgnoramus · 02/07/2009 13:43

RICH TEAS are like a plain tuile kind of biscuit

cc are deffo chavvy

ilovesprouts · 02/07/2009 13:42

ooh rich tea

fruitstick · 02/07/2009 13:42

Have been giving this some more thought. If you are thinking in terms of a meeting scenario, the rich tea does require dunking which may place it below the custard cream.

GetOrfMoiLand · 02/07/2009 13:41

Think they are both a bit charlady common, ackcherly

I think you need to buy something like Butter Thins from Fortnum & Mason to qualify as posh.

Agree that Choco Liebniz and Boasters are the luscious biscuits of choice, but only if you scran the whole packetful at a time. Not for sharing dear god no.

melmog · 02/07/2009 13:41

Neither of them are posh.

But why would anyone want a rich tea if there are custard creams on offer?

JackBauer · 02/07/2009 13:40

Hmmm, Rich Tea is posher, agree that CC are a bit too bling to be posh.

What on earth is going on in MN Towers?

BitOfFun · 02/07/2009 13:40

I'm thinking rich tea are slightly posher too.

theDreadPirateRoberts · 02/07/2009 13:39

Damn you MN, I have to go and buy biscuits now

theDreadPirateRoberts · 02/07/2009 13:39

If in doubt, rich tea. Just because there's so little difference between the cheap ones and the branded.

Ooh, can I please?

Roobie · 02/07/2009 13:38

Of the two, definitely the custard creams. A cult classic.

castlesintheair · 02/07/2009 13:38

Both are decidely un-posh but if you had to choose, I'd say RT have a very slight edge.

hazeyjane · 02/07/2009 13:37

I guess rich tea are a bit posher than custard creams (or cricket biscuits as they are know in our house, for some reason they are prized above all other biscuits!), and I know a lot of mums who would balk at giving their lo's a custard cream but don't mind a rich tea, because they are boring less sugary.

yappybluedog · 02/07/2009 13:37

well, i always judge a biscuits poshness on the ones that children won't choose

so deffo Rich Tea, in this instance

Bucharest · 02/07/2009 13:36

If you closed your eyes and ate a bourbon or a custard cream, or any of those other cheapy creamy ones, you'd think they were all one- which they obviously are, with a bit of nasty colouring added....
So it must be Rich Tea. Though I'd wager a Morning Coffee posher still than a Rich Tea.

Choco-Leibniz most definitely the phwoarrrr-better-than-sex biscuit. With really chunky Boasters a close second.....

GingerIgnoramus · 02/07/2009 13:36

both vile

BCNS · 02/07/2009 13:35

rich tea

custard creams are for pseudo snobs

fruitstick · 02/07/2009 13:35

I would also say the rich tea finger is more classy than the round one.

This is keeping me from important tidying

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JustineMumsnet · 02/07/2009 13:34

No you may NOT suggest Digestives Fruitstick!

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voda860 · 02/07/2009 13:33

CC are a bit "bling" with their fancy sides, so they err on chav

Iklboo · 02/07/2009 13:33

Unless you want an MN wide custard cream shortage PLEASE don't open them when I'm around

SoupDragon · 02/07/2009 13:33

Custard creams would appear to be marginally more expensive than rich tea. However, you can buy a bigger pack of CC then you can RT, thus making them cheaper than RT. Also, you can buy Tesco's Value RT in a separate pack, but if you want value CCs you need to buy a "biscuit barrel" pack which included Nice, Malted Milk and Bourbons as well.

which proves that, er, I have too much time on my hands....

HTH.

funnypeculiar · 02/07/2009 13:32

I think you need to further define 'posh' - landed gentry posh, nouveau riche posh?

fruitstick · 02/07/2009 13:32

I'd go for rich tea.

CC definitely an economy biscuit.
Rich Tea, whilst certainly not out to impress, could potentially show an understated class against the glitzy showiness of a taste the difference cookie.

May I suggest the Digestive?

funnypeculiar · 02/07/2009 13:31

neither ... but rich tea do at least have dullness simplicity in their favour, whereas custard creams have a fun-tackiness - linked to theb desire to take the sarni apart and lick off the cream. I can imagine an ad agency (or similar) offering custard creams out of a sense of retro-chic. BUT custard creams are also tackier. God it's really tricky isn't it?