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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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JustineMumsnet · 02/07/2009 23:02

Sadly no.

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LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/07/2009 22:51

Does it involve free biscuits Justine?

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JustineMumsnet · 02/07/2009 22:45

Seems our consensus is that custard creams are the commonest biscuit of all, and Rich Tea are merely plain Janes. Thanks everyone (though you're all wrong). More on this to follow [woman of mystery emoticon].

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Doodle2u · 02/07/2009 22:42

Rich Tea.

Custard Creams are just a poor substitute for a Bourbon Cream.

Horton · 02/07/2009 22:38

I think those little thin gingery ones with almonds in are quite posh. RT definitely posher than CC, though.

Florentines are quite posh as a tea accompaniment.

EccentricaGallumbits · 02/07/2009 22:32

Neither.
for uber-poshicity you'd have to go for a garibaldi or a fig roll. or something hand cooked from prince charles.

custard creams are a bit chevesque and rich teas are just middle aged and a bit dull.

digestives or hobnobs are more of a working man's biscuit.

nice or malted milk - middle class

choco leibniz are in the same league as a viscount or a kitkat. not really a biscuit at all.

I spend far too much time in the biscuit aisle.

Swedes · 02/07/2009 22:26

Lupus - I agree Choco Leibniz are naff. Mannerschnitten are quite Von Posh in an Austro-Hungarian empire kind of way.

4andnotout · 02/07/2009 22:24

Neither are posh.

Custard creams are tastier than 'not enough spit in the world' Rich Teas.

Goober · 02/07/2009 22:13

Asda Smartprice custard creams are the superiorerest of all custard creams! FACT!

Buddleja · 02/07/2009 22:07

What custard creams are not vile or minging - how very dare you!!!

I don't think either are I think you might have to go down the hob nob (how is it spelt not posh enough to have any in the cupboard)

Actually now i think about it when we are talking in work about what biscuits we'd be if we were a biscuit one of the guys told me I'd be a Rich Tea because I'm posh (I'm posh merely because I'm english - DH almost wet himself laughing when I relayed this information to him - slightly offended I was!!)

LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/07/2009 21:54

Oh come on. Choco Leibniz are the Ferrero Rocher of the biscuit world.

ingles2 · 02/07/2009 21:53

RT posher than CC
Garibaldi posher than fig rolls but both get left in biscuit barrel
JD posher than PR but there's nowt better than sucking the polyfilla off the top of a party ring

Jojay · 02/07/2009 21:40

Custard creams are as common as muck

Jux · 02/07/2009 21:32

Rich tea deffo. But the poshest are Garibaldi.

midnightexpress · 02/07/2009 21:24

Even I can't work my way through 244 posts on biscuits, but I would agree with whoever said that shortbread is frightfully posh compared with all other biscuits. Even Duchy Originals (in the same way that true aristos think that the Royal family are actually not all that posh).

wuglet · 02/07/2009 21:23

Anzac biscuits are nice, and posh in a old-lady-putting-them-on-a-doily way.

animal biscuits? party rings nice too!

wiggletastic · 02/07/2009 21:03

Maggie, I was taught that trick on a Buddhist Retreat! Apparently its the done thing in Australia with a certain type of biscuit. I find it works best with a twix and I have taught it to everyone in work who all agree it is an excellent way to eat biscuits but probably not in front of your Granny! The inside goes all nice and soft and warm, the toffee goes gooey and the chocolate melts on the outside - its fab!

There is a certain technique to it though...

Twix straws are the way forward in biscuits IMO.

MaryBS · 02/07/2009 21:03

Neither are posh, they're common as muck!

madlentileater · 02/07/2009 21:01

....also....
Party rings Not Vegetarian

MaggieBeeBeau · 02/07/2009 20:50

yeah, I'm having difficulty processing the leibniz not posh revelation too....

madlentileater · 02/07/2009 20:49

what?????
choco leibniz not posh?

DD2 advises- custard creams posher because of

  1. baroque detailing
  2. more components

suspect this is because of her time wasted on the 'nice cup of tea and a sit down website'.

LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/07/2009 20:41

Or maybe I am thinking of Pokky?

LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/07/2009 20:41

mikado, yum, spesh banana ones

I will have to say it again: Choco Leibniz are NOT POSH.

differentID · 02/07/2009 20:34

I loathe Mikado- I'm not a fan of coconut.

Kimberley biscuits, however- different case completely.

BitOfFun · 02/07/2009 20:14

Ah, they had a bakery in Liverpool- that will be why we used to have them so much as kids. I haven't noticed any in years