On Mon 31 Oct 2005 05:44:23a, Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon 31 Oct 2005 04:46:12a, Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun 30 Oct 2005 10:20:34p, Jen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's another question, sorry! What are digestive biscuits??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oops, my bad. :-) That's a UK "cookie" or "biscuit". Are you in
>>>>>> Austria?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a recipe for a pretty good vanilla wafer. I'm thinking it
>>>>>> might be best if you baked you own. I can't think of anything
>>>>>> else to substitute.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm from Australia. Sorry I sound so stupid. I suppose different
>>>>> countries have different things. I guess I'll try making my own
>>>>> then, and then at least then I'll have a good idea of what I need
>>>>> and I might be able to match it up with something I can buy off the
>>>>> shelf next time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jen
>>>>
>>>> Nonesense, Jen. There's no such thing as a stupid question. I'm
>>>> sure I
>>>> would be clueless about many of the food products you have in
>>>> Australia.
>>>> That's why I suggested making your own. It will probably come closer
>>>> to our
>>>> commercial product.
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone suggest "graham crackers"? I don't know if you have
>>>> anything quite like those either, but that could work, although a
>>>> bit different.
>>>>
>>>> Please post what you end up doing and how it turned out, and ask
>>>> absolutely any other question you may have.
>>>
>>> recipe for Jen
>>>
>>> http://thefoody.com/baking/digestivebiscuits.html
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>> Ooh, that sounds so much better than the imported digestive biscuits I
>> can get here. I used to be able to get McVitie's wholemeal digestive
>> biscuits here, but apparently they don't import them anymore.
>
> Well if you try it please let me know how it goes. I haven't tried it
> yet

One of these days I will make them. I'll let you know.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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