>> Does anyone know a substitute for the "Nilla wafers'?? I don't think we
>> get them here.
>>
>> Jen
>
> I have occasionally made banana pudding using gingersnaps. It's a bit
> spicier, but still very nice. I think digestive biscuits might not be
> flavorful enough. Vanilla wafers have a fairly strong vanilla flavor,
> albeit, most is artificial flavoring.
>
> Years ago, Nabisco's wafers were call "Vanilla Wafers". Now they are
> called " 'Nilla Wafers". It think it was a truth in advertising thing,
> since they were using artificial vanilla flavoring.


So it's just a vanilla flavoured cookie?? Wafers here are usually a 'very'
thin, light type of cookie, very different from a normal one.

Jen