UK: Biscuit filled Boeing 777s land in Doncaster to ease national cookie shortage crisis

Can't you just make your own at home?

a reply to: nonspecific

Ahhh,I just remembered that I have a victorian cook book about teas and biscuits.
I will go check out this book in order to get a better understanding of U.K. biscuits.

a reply to: mamabeth

I would unreservedly take a sample of your wonderful sounding cookies, and thank you heartily for the offer...if only they had been offered to me!

a reply to: mamabeth

mamabeth, when you wanted to bake cookies for our UK friends, your good heart as Queen showed through. The closest British baked good I have ever tried to bake was English shortbread. It turned out so so for me. Your cook book sounds neat, and if you ever try a recipe from it, may it turn out well.

a reply to: nonspecific

" "WHADAYA MEAN I HAVE TO PUT IT IN MILKY SUGARY TEA FIRST ARE YOU GUYS CRAZY????"

The ancient art of "Dunking"

You have to be quick with a "Rich Tea" or the disaster of sludgy tea may occur

Hob Nobs ... Now that is a different story ... They can hold their breath for ages

originally posted by: MaMaa
Can't you just make your own at home?

I can, and sometimes do, but the tragic truth is that a large percentage of British people cannot cook, they can only open packaging, and warm packaged foodstuffs up.
It is an earner if there is a shortage of the things the market wishes.
The person/business that chartered the plane was sure the cost price would profit at the time they booked it.
Bet they made a tidy profit lol

a reply to: artistpoet

One of the factory's is in Carlisle, about a half mile from my house and I can confirm that
it was indeed flooded.

originally posted by: rigel4
a reply to: artistpoet

One of the factory's is in Carlisle, about a half mile from my house and I can confirm that
it was indeed flooded.

I felt sorry for the biscuit factory workers when I first heard about the damage there.
I'm self-employed so no work equals no money for me, if it means the same for them from the flooding then I can empathise completely.

a reply to: rigel4

A factory full of soggy bourbons. Surely Nostradamus must have mentioned this.

a reply to: desert

English shortbread ? Sounds positively hellish.
No biscuit or shortbread shortage to report here in Scotland. Plenty of Tunnocks caramel wafers to go round.
Deep fried, obviously.

originally posted by: TheShippingForecast
a reply to: desert

English shortbread ? Sounds positively hellish.
No biscuit or shortbread shortage to report here in Scotland. Plenty of Tunnocks caramel wafers to go round.
Deep fried, obviously.

I am honestly unsure as to weather your referring to deep fried caramel wafers is in jest or not.

originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
You know what really cracks me up about a story like this, is knowing that somewhere someone has had to consciously make this decision in a meeting. I can just picture it:



"yeah boss we gota problem, running out of hob-nobs"

"READY THE PLANE!!!"

That is the kind of meeting I would want to be involved in.

Would it make a better movie than 'Snakes on a plane'?

'Hob nobs on a plane'
'Jammy Dodgers on a plane'

Suggestions on a postcode please...

a reply to: TheShippingForecast

By Gum! I love a Tunnocks Teacake me!

originally posted by: MrsNonSpecific

That is the kind of meeting I would want to be involved in.

Would it make a better movie than 'Snakes on a plane'?

'Hob nobs on a plane'
'Jammy Dodgers on a plane'

Suggestions on a postcode please...

The Garibaldi Protocol?

The Bourbon Conspiracy?

Rich Tea at 20'000 Feet?

originally posted by: TheShippingForecast
a reply to: desert

English shortbread ? Sounds positively hellish.
No biscuit or shortbread shortage to report here in Scotland. Plenty of Tunnocks caramel wafers to go round.
Deep fried, obviously.

As a proud Englishman.......i concur..........shortbread is Scottish. And bloody delicious too!

a reply to: Flavian

The Bourbon Ultimatum has a nice ring to it

originally posted by: Flavian

originally posted by: MrsNonSpecific

That is the kind of meeting I would want to be involved in.

Would it make a better movie than 'Snakes on a plane'?

'Hob nobs on a plane'
'Jammy Dodgers on a plane'

Suggestions on a postcode please...

The Garibaldi Protocol?

The Bourbon Conspiracy?

Rich Tea at 20'000 Feet?

Hobnob and two biscuit barrels?

originally posted by: Flavian

originally posted by: MrsNonSpecific

That is the kind of meeting I would want to be involved in.

Would it make a better movie than 'Snakes on a plane'?

'Hob nobs on a plane'
'Jammy Dodgers on a plane'

Suggestions on a postcode please...

The Garibaldi Protocol?

The Bourbon Conspiracy?

Rich Tea at 20'000 Feet?

The Malteaser Falcon?

Snickers ( previously known as Snatch)

Drifting off into confectionery, sorry.

The Bourbon Collector?

One Custard cream flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?

The Mcvities Candidate

Tie a Blue Ribband round the old oak Tree

Blue Viscount


Really, need to focus on work now...

The Food, the Bad and the Ugly

For a Few Dodgers More



Very OT but is anyone going to try those Marmite flavoured Easter eggs?