On Sun 30 Oct 2005 04:39:28p, Jen wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>>> 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

Yes, not a wafer like you know them. Here's a picture that might help.

http://tinyurl.com/8np8h

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