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Patti (baconater)
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Apr 05, 2017 07:49AM
When you eat a chocolate digestive, should the chocolate side be on the top or bottom?
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Top. Definitely top.Or two biscuits, with the chocolate sandwiched.
I'm with David. Top definitely.Mind you, chocky digestives make an absolutely scrummy cheesecake base ...
I do not agree. It should be on the bottom. In any case, I would never eat a biscuit like that, I don't like chocolate ... sorry!
Antonio wrote: "I do not agree. It should be on the bottom. In any case, I would never eat a biscuit like that, I don't like chocolate ... sorry!"In that case, Antonio, you're not qualified enough to have a valid opinion on such an important matter ;-)
I'm thinking bottom so the chocolate hits your tastebuds instead of the roof of your mouth.
David wrote: "Antonio wrote: "I do not agree. It should be on the bottom. In any case, I would never eat a biscuit like that, I don't like chocolate ... sorry!"In that case, Antonio, you're not qualified enoug..."
Please help me with qualification: how can I get to like chocolate?
But your tastebuds don't get to experience the chocolate taste until it has warmed up enough to melt a bit. By which stage you are chewing it anyway.
In any case I've discovered that chocolate should be on the bottom. Read here: https://www.themarysue.com/digestive-...
Where are our snuggly kittens????
Antonio wrote: "In any case I've discovered that chocolate should be on the bottom. Read here: https://www.themarysue.com/digestive-..."I'm shocked to my core: how can the chocolate be on the bottom? All these years of eating them the wrong way... But it's easier to keep your fingers clean with the chocolate on top. So that's the best way to eat 'em...IMHO.
Clearly these biscuits have a design fault, and should have chocolate on both sides. Thus keeping everyone happy.
Or just be made of 100% chocolate.
Clearly they're not meant for dunking, are they?They don't have enough structural stability. Also, the chocolate melts.
Naked digestives are much better for dun king.
The makers would insist that their logo goes on top. Nasty imperialists!Rise up, chocky bicky lovers. Rebel against corporate greed.
Next you'll be telling me that it's jam on top of cream on a cream tea.
Will wrote: "The makers would insist that their logo goes on top. Nasty imperialists!Rise up, chocky bicky lovers. Rebel against corporate greed.
Next you'll be telling me that it's jam on top of cream on a ..."
NOOOO. Just having to read "jam on top of cream" makes me angry. I'll disown any Cornish man, women or child who does it this way.
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Or just be made of 100% chocolate."I agree with Gingerlily!
Clever topic heading, Patti. Full marks - you should write for a newspaper.
C'mon, Anna, it IS a very important question. :DI prefer the jam on top of the cream, otherwise the cream slides off.
But the jam is too heavy and it pushes all the cream off.Yes, I know the answer is not to put too much cream on but where's the fun in that?
Patti (baconater) wrote: "C'mon, Anna, it IS a very important question. :DI prefer the jam on top of the cream, otherwise the cream slides off."
Now see, the trick is spreading the jam to the edges and using a proper clotted cream, like Roddas. That way you can use as much cream as you like without it running off. And to eat it fast of course (the seagulls will get it else).
Whip the cream, crumble up the scone and mix through the cream with the jam! I've just invented Cornish mess :)
Has anyone invented the cream tea pasty yet?
That's sacrilege, Mistress Lantern, even if it does sound divine.
David wrote: "Antonio wrote: "I do not agree. It should be on the bottom. In any case, I would never eat a biscuit like that, I don't like chocolate ... sorry!"In that case, Antonio, you're not qualified enoug..."
The question of his qualifications to join the group in the first place have to be investigated - not like chocolate????? Computer says NO!!
Chocolate on top defo!
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: ""Oh my days. Every Cornish bone in my body feels betrayed by this, yet my taste buds are dying to know what it's like. That's my weekend sorted.
I'm a Cornish - Devon even LOOKS wrong!
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: ""That poor Devonshire scone looks deflated. Not a happy scone at all.
S.J. wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: ""Oh my days. Every Cornish bone in my body feels betrayed by this, yet my taste buds are dying to know what it's like. That's my weekend sorted."
..and I'm questioning the quantity of cream. That's not nearly enough.
Kit-Kat - is it a biscuit or a bar?
Not enough chocolate to be classed as a bar. If you bite off the ends, it makes an excellent straw for tea. So my reasoning suggests biscuit. Twix is good for that as well. Not that I drink my tea through a straw, I've only heard of these yummy things :-) I swear
TimTams are the best for that!
Never tried that. Goodreads is no good for my waistline. Between the cream tea pasty and the TimTam tea, I'll need to do a lot of housework to work it all off.
What sort of a topic is this at a time like this? My doctor has put me on a diet and my wife seems to be conniving with her. I've forgotten what chocolate tastes like. To answer the original question... top of course. Anything else is against God and man, and an abomination to be stamped out.
S.J. wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "C'mon, Anna, it IS a very important question. :DI prefer the jam on top of the cream, otherwise the cream slides off."
Now see, the trick is spreading the jam to the ed..."
Thanks SJ, you raise a very improtant point; not just for scones, but for all food of the speading ilk.
Jam, butter, ketchup - whatever - should ALWAYS be spread properly right to the edge of whatever you're spreading it on. Sloppily applied spreads leaving bare areas are offensive.
Oh and Cornish, by the way. Or Devon. But Cornish method preferred.
Definitely chocolate on top which is a less messy way to eat them fingers-wise.
Chris wrote: "S.J. wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "C'mon, Anna, it IS a very important question. :DI prefer the jam on top of the cream, otherwise the cream slides off."
Now see, the trick is spreading the ..."
:-)
In order of appearance (on this thread)Chocolate Digestives - plain chocolate top side up. As I see it, they are digestives - with chocolate added. When you add something, you don't put it on the bottom. If they were digestived chocolates, then the digestives would be on top. But they are not.
Or even better, crushed and sprinkled over vanilla ice cream.
Scones - I like them with just butter. Must be plain ones, not have any black bits in them. If I were forced to have j+c on them, a teeny spread of jam, then a big dollop of cream (I don't like the feel of jam and only just like a hint of a taste of it)
I've never thought what to call Kit-Kats (apart from Kit-Kats). I nibble the chocolate from all around.
I sometimes have Ryvitas with cheese spread on it for lunch. I always have it hole side up and spread to the corners on one end but leave the corners on the other end, so I don't get cheese spread over my fingers.
Joo wrote: "In order of appearance (on this thread)Chocolate Digestives - plain chocolate top side up. As I see it, they are digestives - with chocolate added. When you add something, you don't put it on the ..."
Apparently when they make them, the biscuit is floated out on a sea of chocolate, so the chocolate is on the bottom
"so the chocolate is on the bottom"Words to live by.
Will wrote: ""so the chocolate is on the bottom"Words to live by."
What cheek!
Depends on how long it has been since I had chocolate - and how.desperate I.am.
Definitely chocolate on top. Part of the pleasure is seeing that lovely brown stuff. Btw, have you ever tried licking the chocolate off the top of the biscuit first?
As a type 1 diabetic I often need a small snack to keep my blood sugars level. A digestive biscuit is recommended. They never, ever said to me NOT to have the choccie one, so I do (from time to time). But, mark my words, the chocolate better be on the top when I take it out the packet!
