Random question about biscuits

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If you had to categorise what type of item a biscuit was, in terms of 'essential', 'treat', 'luxury' or so forth, (bad examples I'm thinking of the terminology "Store cupboard essentials"), what would you classify a Rich Tea biscuit as?
Please indulge me - I'm reviewing some potential quiz questions and am not sure the wording around the question is correct.

It’s an ingredient

in chocolate biscuit cake - too much digestive and the whole thing is too crumbly. Rich tea holds its structure better and a combination gives a better mouth feel.

It’s also a decoy

because they’re in the biscuit tin, it doesn’t occur to people to search elsewhere for biscuits, or to mean that there are no biscuits. They just move on and eat something else.

See, I quite like Rich Tea in an austere, ascetic kind of fashion. Basic, yes, but not in a bad way.

I am not an amateur of biscuits but even I know Rich Tea is bottom of the barrel

Why anyone buys rich tea biscuits I find hard to figure out. Maybe they long for more austere times or something.

But clearly people do or they wouldn't make them.

Does anyone on here actually buy rich tea biscuits ?

I was thinking of putting something along the same lines 😂

The rich tea is really a beyond basic biscuit, handy to nibble on when feeling nauseous I suppose..

To answer your revised question OP, biscuits are a treat item in our house - something to have with a cup of tea if you fancy something a bit sweet after dinner. Where they are not a luxury particularly, they are also not essential.

A comfortable plain biscuit which reminds me of my Mum and the 1950s.

Well now I’ll have to! 🤭

Rich tea basically. Not budget though. I heard ages ago custard creams are the nation's favourite? No in my house. Jaffa cakes, chocolate digestives etc would be staples. Mid range, Borders shortbread?

Rich tea comes as store cupboard emergency as I’ve nothing else, but above a hibnob

digestive
bourbon
nice
garibaldi
custard creams

they sre staples

Yip that with dairylea.. 😋

Rich tea is a basic biscuit. The lowest tier of luxury. I don't mind them though dunked in tea. They're quite low sugar.

Then you've got stuff like Oreos or jam and cream biscuits, and regular shortbread.

Then posh biscuits like bahlsen ones, fancy ones with white chocolate or any of the elite biscuits from marks and sparks.

I would never accept a bourbon, a digestive or a Garibaldi. They are all sub- biscuit.

Nice and custard creams are revolting imo, and bourbons are not what they used to be. They used to taste properly of chocolate, now they are bland and cheap tasting. Same with jammy dodgers.

I like rich teas, it’s they way they go all soggy in your mouth, and they’re not too sweet so you can eat loads of them in one go.

I always though you were supposed to have Arrowroot biscuits if you were feeling sick.

Rich tea are delish, buttery, not too sweet & top tier for dipping , an essential favourite in our house 😋

I LOVE rich tea biscuits! They’re no good on their own but they’re the perfect dunker for tea. And you can spread chocolate spread and some sprinkles on them for kids pudding if you’re desperate (as I often have been)!
They’re an essential store cupboard item for me because they’re what I would always choose to accompany a mid morning cup of tea if I’m at home.

100% this. Same with digestives.

I was hoping to have a number of questions about biscuits in some shape or form but don't want to have the word 'biscuit' mentioned as that'd be a huge give-away.

I'd say 'store cupboard basics' rather than essentials. In which case, I think a cheap, dull biscuit might fit into that category. Such as the rich tea for example.

Rich Tea biscuits would be a basic , that we rarely ever bought good for dunking and small children, though we bought Arrowroot biscuits. I'm sick of them now.
Dh likes Lotus biscuits, shortbread and oatmeal raisin, we consider those essentials, in case you want to know 😆 Well dh does.

A snack?