Harry Haddock Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 There are plenty of places can get one right.Has anyone found the perfect pairing? bwen on this searc( for over 20 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 The best empire biscuit I've ever eaten was Clarks Baker (Dundee) version. Spiced empire biscuit, its delicious. Good luck in your quest, Harry Haddock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 This seems to be a very, very specific pair of items. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoonsYouthTeam Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Am no wantin' an Empire biscuit, am wantin' a snowball! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1) what constitutes the perfect Empire Biscuit. Icing, biscuit, jam, jelly tot or cherry? 2) begin the usual P&B infighting about whether it is a Belgian/German/Empire Biscuit 3) local bakers are the berries and should be preserved at all costs. That Clarks biscuit sounds intriguing... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Quote Empire biscuit was originally known as the "Linzer biscuit", and later as the "Deutsch biscuit". With the outbreak of the First World War it was renamed: in England to Empire biscuit, in Scotland to Belgian biscuit because Belgium had just been invaded, but in Northern Ireland it remains known as the German biscuit or biscuit bun. In Scotland the name now varies depending on the region, with the North-east typically calling it a double shortbread and the West an Empire biscuit.[citation needed] In Northern Ireland it is commonly found with a jam and coconut topping. It is also known as the "Belgian biscuit", due to being topped in a similar way to a Belgian bun, which is made of pastry or dough. There also exists a biscuit similar to the Jammie Dodger which is referred to as a Linzer biscuit. TFS living up to its name again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 They're Austrian. But Empire biscuit, FFS. I'm with @LoonsYouthTeam here - a snowball. And frothy coffee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Cromarty Bakery does a good Empire Biscuit (great iced buns too). Then walk 3 mins to the ferry slipway for an outstanding Americano at Slaughterhouse Coffee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Greggs. Treat yourself to a Cheese & Onion pasty as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Holly Johnson does a half decent Americano. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 hour ago, The Skelpit Lug said: They're Austrian. But Empire biscuit, FFS. I'm with @LoonsYouthTeam here - a snowball. And frothy coffee. Wait, is this a whoosh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: Wait, is this a whoosh? Um, no. A snowball's way better than an empire biscuit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 minute ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Um, no. A snowball's way better than an empire biscuit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Empire Biscuits are rank. Get yourself a fruit slice from Stephen's, for Christ's sake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Cromarty Bakery does a good Empire Biscuit (great iced buns too). Then walk 3 mins to the ferry slipway for an outstanding Americano at Slaughterhouse Coffee.I've not had an Americano or an empire biscuit from cromarty bakery but everything I've had out of there so far is fucking sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Empire Biscuits are rank. Get yourself a fruit slice from Stephen's, for Christ's sake.Can’t say I’ve ever had a fruit slice from Stephen’s. Not something I’d normally choose from a bakers, but if it’s anything like their other cakes (that I’ve had) then it’ll be the bollocks as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Fruit slice indeed. It's a flies' cemetery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just had a McGhee's empire biscuit. Plenty of icing sugar, jam was too excessive but biscuit let it down majorly - fell apart at first sign of pressure. 5/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Jesus titty f***ing Christ... a bakery product that P&B can agree on the name of. (of course, originally 'German biscuit' until WWI came along, a term still used in the Failed Statelet) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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