Ok so i just tried the new jam n custard Jammie Dodgers and i think i'm in love (sorry Dave) I think they may have replaced chocolate as my fave food. so what do you think?
As a lover of all things savoury (sounds ominous) especially crisps I find this question a bit tough- reminiscent of week old cake infact but I suppose (sigh) I'll try and answer to the best of my ability. If I had to choose and I don't really want to, I would say cake. I love the sensation of sliding a spoon through a piece of cheesecake, first the mousse-like texture and then the biscuity goodness on the bottom. Then there's really moist carrot cake or cherry meringue which both have lots of differrent taste sensations. yummy!
I've got 2 cakes to make tomorrow for a birthday, I love biscuits too, Wendy, you do realise this is like asking someone which of their twins kids (or dogs, whatever) they prefer, don't you ? I love them both as much, although they may be different. **cries**
I really had to think about this. On the one hand, there are things like Banana Bread and Ginger Pumpkin Cake with Warm Rum Sauce... *drools* On the other hand, though, we have Peanut Butter Biscuits and Gingerbread. (these are my personal favourite recipes) It's very difficult, but I'm going to go for biscuits. They're easy to eat, they're versatile because you can vary the texture a bit more than you can for cakes and they're tasty.
I really do prefer biscuits since on many cakes there's far too much whipped cream, and that's not a favorite of mine. Though I like baking, I mostly do things like bread or buns. And the occational swedish 'goey-chocolate-cake'
mmmm, lemon drizzle cake... **drool** I introduced Reg to bourbons the other day as I miraculously found some in our local supermarket (they don't usually sell them in France) he approved muchly.
Cake. Cake. Cake. Cheesecake preferably, though chocolate won't go amiss. Even better, chocolate cheesecake. Biscuits? Tchah. Lightweight in comparison.
I say biscuits because they come in a more manageable size... and they crunch. And they can be savoury which is my favourite with a nice bit of cheese.
Nope we call 'em savoury biscuits... Crackers we understand but not as the most commonly used descriptor.
Interesting point here - where does the division lie? Crackers, crispread and other "savoury" biscuits are generally fine with cheese, but standard digestive "sweet" biscuits go well with a nice bit of Cheddar - as with apples and cheese - sometimes, food combinations "outside the box" can be very good. (I'm not going to mention - well yes I am - one of the things that make us Brits wonder about American taste - the concept of peanut butter and "jelly" (or "jam" in real English) in a sandwich - Clay may have something to say on this). Cooking should always be inventive - what sort of imagination did it take to come up with the idea that duck could be improved by orange sauce, stuffing a lot of herbs up a bird's bum before roasting it would help or even to think of some of the things that have become standard dishes - frogs legs, mussels (and other shellfish - all rather icky) - I'll try most things once, and if I like them I'll keep eating them (though I did draw the line at snails - some experiences are just that little bit too far!)
Even I've eaten snails. They are better than oysters and if you get them smothered in butter and garlic are very hard to distinguish from the bivalve.
snails, oysters, slugs, birdvomit pie... Why are you trying to disgust people when this topic is about cake and biscuits, God's two gifts to mankind ?
For me, anything is better than oysters - I once disappointed an ex-girlfriend by only managing to eat one of the six she served me - and keeping that one down took a major effort of will-power - I am not sure if she was trying to tell me something, but she did have a habit of feeding me disgusting food - one memorable occasion was while we were away for a theatre festival and she bought a durian - for those who don't know it, it is a fruit with a particularly repellent smell, and it totally stank out the hotel room!
Which is why they are banned from hotels in South East Asia... I feel your pain on the durian, my neighbours in Penang used to have it all the times and as all the bins were just outside the door the stench was vomit inducing...
This story goes on - this particular ex-girlfriend had a habit of breaking up the relationship under the most unfortunate circumstances - as when we were in a foreign country were she spoke the language and I didn't - and this was one of the times she chose (the relationship has lasted - on and off - for many years- - she has now settled down to giving up sex and only calling on my services when she has once again detuned the television or has some other technical need - although her latest effort has been to distribute information about a radio program written by her late father and tell everybody to ask me how to pick up UK radio in Brussels!)
