Biscuits anyone?

[Old Grumpy]

Anyone tried Borderss Biscuits? Scrummy yum! Better than Fortnum & Masons!

Yep. Agreed!

Wouldn't know about F & M, though.


OG

[Dave2002]

Anyone tried Borders Biscuits? Scrummy yum! Better than Fortnum & Masons!

Very good. I hope they're still the biscuits of choice on East Coast trains - though the reversion to LNER might have changed the snacks menu.

[MickyD]

... I think you're not that far from Pézenas?

In the which case -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_p%C3%A2t%C3%A9_de_P%C3%A9zenas

That's your man!

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Thanks Vints..didn't know about that. Pézenas is a bit of a drive from here...I'm in Arles.

[vinteuil]

Thanks Vints..didn't know about that. Pézenas is a bit of a drive from here...I'm in Arles.

... ah, sorry - for some reason I thought you were in Béziers!

Have some calissons d'Aix on me ...

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calisson

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[ardcarp]

Whilst we're on a French connection...although slightly straying from biscuits.....madeleines make une bonne bouche. Of course home-made ones are best*, but every sailor wants to keep his crew happy on a long overnight passage, and a large pack of supermarket madeleines is unfailingly popular.


*https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-mak...-kitchn-187109

[cloughie]

Whilst we're on a French connection...although slightly straying from biscuits.....madeleines make une bonne bouche. Of course home-made ones are best*, but every sailor wants to keep his crew happy on a long overnight passage, and a large pack of supermarket madeleines is unfailingly popular.


*https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-mak...-kitchn-187109

Are Madeleines NOT biscuits in the same way that Jaffa Cakes ARE?

[MickyD]

Are Madeleines NOT biscuits in the same way that Jaffa Cakes ARE?

Yes, more like small sponge cakes. I've always found them a bit bland.

[MickyD]

... ah, sorry - for some reason I thought you were in Béziers!

Have some calissons d'Aix on me ...

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calisson

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Thanks...oh dear, I can't stand them, because I really don't like pâte d'amande! Maybe I shouldn't be owning up to this ingratitude on the day that I just received my carte d'identité and passeport, as a new French citizen!

[vinteuil]

Yes, more like small sponge cakes. I've always found them a bit bland.

... some say that to have their effect, madeleines have to be dipped in tea, ideally a tilleul.




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[cloughie]

Thanks...oh dear, I can't stand them, because I really don't like pâte d'amande! Maybe I shouldn't be owning up to this ingratitude on the day that I just received my carte d'identité and passeport, as a new French citizen!

I hope you are celebrating by playing a good version of the Bizet suites about you and your new home!

[vinteuil]

Thanks...oh dear, I can't stand them, because I really don't like pâte d'amande! Maybe I shouldn't be owning up to this ingratitude on the day that I just received my carte d'identité and passeport, as a new French citizen!

... congratulations!

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Even if you have doubts concerning calissons and madeleines...

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... congratulations!

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Entendre, Entendre!

[greenilex]

Equip yourself with the necessary gilet and red necktie, though...confusion is abroad as well as at home.

[Dave2002]

... some say that to have their effect, madeleines have to be dipped in tea, ideally a tilleul.



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Maybe that would improve them .... ??

[MickyD]

I hope you are celebrating by playing a good version of the Bizet suites about you and your new home!

Thanks, everyone for your nice remarks. It has taken me some 18 months from start to finish - language tests, interviews, long administrative waits, but it has been worth it. To my neighbours, I will always be that 'anglais', but I've been made to feel very much welcomed.