Biscuits

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In the UK, many people love A) ___. They have lots of names for them: the chocolate digestive, the garibaldi, the custard cream and the Jammie dodger.Biscuits, B) ___,come in all shapes, sizes and varieties.

How did the biscuit get its name? It came from C) ___, and it came to us via Anglo-Norman French.It is bread that has s been cooked twice to extract all the moisture so that it goes hard, and it’ll stay fit for consumption for a very long time.

Interestingly, the word “biscuit”D) ___ but the French spelling B-I-S-C-U-I-T was later adopted.

JammieDodgers are a popular British biscuit, made from shortcake E) ____. In 2009, Jammie Dodgers were the most popular children's sweet biscuit brand in the United Kingdom, with 40% of the year's sales consumed by adults. Named F) ___,Jammie Dodgers have been produced for over 60 years, originally by Burton's Foods.

Popular history has it that “the Garibaldi” biscuit was invented by Peek Freans in 1861 and was named after the Italian revolutionary of the same name. Why they thought that this particular biscuitwas an appropriate tribute is not reported.The Garibaldiis a thin, sweet biscuit with currants sandwiched between two layers. The surface is shiny and they are not crumbly. The currants give the biscuits some chewiness. 

 1. used to be spelt B-I-S-K-E-T

2. after the character Roger the Dodger from The Beano comics

3. also sometimes known as cookies

4. with a raspberry or strawberry jam filling

5. the currants give the biscuits some chewiness

6. to nibble on sweet treats

7.Latin “biscoctum” – twice cooked

ANSWERS:  A-6, B-3, C-7, D-1, E-4, F-2

In the UK, many people love to nibble on sweet treats. They have lots of names for them: the chocolate digestive, the garibaldi, the custard cream and the Jammie dodger.Biscuits, also sometimes known as cookies, come in all shapes, sizes and varieties.

How did the biscuit get its name? It came from Latin “biscoctum” – twice cooked, and it came to us via Anglo-Norman French. It is bread that has s been cooked twice to extract all the moisture so that it goes hard, and it’ll stay fit for consumption for a very long time.

Interestingly, the word “biscuit”used to be spelt B-I-S-K-E-T but the French spelling B-I-S-C-U-I-T was later adopted.

JammieDodgers are a popular British biscuit, made from shortcake with a raspberry or strawberry jam filling. In 2009, Jammie Dodgers were the most popular children's sweet biscuit brand in the United Kingdom, with 40% of the year's sales consumed by adults. Named after the character Roger the Dodger from The Beano comics, Jammie Dodgers have been produced for over 60 years, originally by Burton's Foods.

Popular history has it that the Garibaldi biscuit was invented by Peek Freans in 1861 and was named after the Italian revolutionary of the same name. Why they thought that this particular biscuitwas an appropriate tribute is not reported. The Garibaldiis a thin, sweet biscuit with currants sandwiched between two layers. The surface is shiny and they are not crumbly. The currants give the biscuits some chewiness.