Which is your favourite biscuit? Do you like the dunkability of Digestives or the oaty goodness of Hobnobs? What about the Custard Cream's yummy filling? Perhaps you're a Bourbon man, or a fan of nice Nice biscuits? Do you dunk? How do you dunk? Have you ever sucked your tea through a shortbread finger? Tell us everything!
I can't decide between the two, Hobnobs have a nice crunch and flavour but aren't great for dunking whereas Digestives are perfect for dunking.
I've heard stories of Americans really liking Hobnobs, one couple filled their suitcases full of them.
WTF are Hobnobs and Digestives? I looked them up and they look like cookies but they sound like Graham crackers.
They're biscuits, kinda like cookies but crunchy, not chewy. Digestives aren't quite like Graham crackers, they're slightly more crumbly than your regular biscuit, which tend to have less than 2% moisture content. This is why biscuits go soft when they're stale.
In the US, biscuits are a type of roll. LOL, gotta love language barriers when you are technically speaking the same language.
I don't like Bourbons that much, a little too flavourless for the way they look. I can't get rid of the poll so I probably won't be changing this topic, I might make a new one if there is interest.
Chi, we would just call them all cookies and just not differentiate since we probably wouldn't eat them anyways. They lack chocolate chips or frosting.
Yes they are scones, but we call them biscuits. The only time I have ever heard them called scones is when they aren't plain.
US and UK hate each other and thusly decided to name everything opposite. I makes for a laugh riot when people from both country's have a discussion.
Considering it is our language and half of the sayings were for things in England way before the Americans used them for different meanings, our meanings are what they are.
They're pretty much the same thing, just different names. As for scones, they come in all sorts. With raisins or fruit. etc @phisix, Go for it, I'll rename this to "The bestest biscuit ever thread"