The science of dunking

[Roy MM]

Whats your favorite dunking biscuit?

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s97177.htm

Mine is chocolate hobnobs. :disturbd:

[marina]

Penguins......... the chocolate covered featherless ones ;)

But in Tim Tam Slam fashion :drool:

[homealone]

Good article :tu: - and it is Boasters, for me, although they fall apart if you dunk for too long :)

[ScaredWebWarrior]

Whats your favorite dunking biscuit?

OK - first of all I think the best dunking drink is tea.

Then some of the best biscuits for dunking are Digestives, Nice and Ginger Snaps - and I'd say the Ginger Snaps get 1st place for me.

[orangebird]

Rich Tea. :drool:

[zing_deleted]

chocolate covered malted milk mmmmmmmm

[Chimaera]

Sorry - but I think dunking biscuits is disgusting! :sick:

[Flubflow]

If you want the authority on biscuits then go here....
www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com
Currently they have a review on the new Marks & Spencer Dunking Cookies.
Their book is highly recommended....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316729175/nicecupofteaa-21/202-8934786-7807817

[me283]

Well, it also depends on the mood... sitting down to watch sport, then Malted Milk is good... but when it's a quick fix for a growing appetite, then I go for Petit Beurre. You have to be quick though... the option is to dunk and eat, so they dissolve on the tongue, or delay and end up with mulch in the tea.

At school I used to dunk chicken sandwiches in my coffee...

[Chimaera]

At school I used to dunk chicken sandwiches in my coffee...
Now that's just wrong - plain wrong!! :nono: :sick: :D

[TheBlueRaja]

Kit Kat - and for those special days Kit Kat Chunky :drool:

[me283]

Now that's just wrong - plain wrong!! :nono: :sick: :D

Hey, don't knock it! I was cold... and it actually tasted really good!

[zoombini]

The aptly named "Dunkers" that I have not seen on the supermarket shelves for years.

Teardrop shaped for perfect dunking.

But Boasters are damn good too :D

[greencreeper]

Sorry - but I think dunking biscuits is disgusting! :sick:
I'm with Chimaera on this :tu: Just disgusting - especially the mess left at the bottom of the mug.

[me283]

I'm with Chimaera on this :tu: Just disgusting - especially the mess left at the bottom of the mug.

If you swirl the dregs of tea and drink the mulch, there is no mess?

[greencreeper]

If you swirl the dregs of tea and drink the mulch, there is no mess?
Mulch :disturbd: Noooooooooo :Sprint:

[homealone]

Mulch :disturbd: Noooooooooo :Sprint:

the skill is matching the biscuit to the drink, 'properly' ensures you do not get the gungey bit at the bottom of the cup.

ginger snaps work well with milkless tea ;)

[danielf]

Is anyone else disappointed this thread is not about basketball?

[homealone]

marina sucks tea through a penguin & you want to talk about sport - at least try to have a link to Italian biscuits ready ;) :angel:

[danielf]

marina sucks tea through a penguin & you want to talk about sport - at least try to have a link to Italian biscuits ready ;) :angel:

94-92 to you :)

http://www.tastypastryshoppe.com/Italianbis.html

[homealone]

94-92 to you :)

http://www.tastypastryshoppe.com/Italianbis.html

no - I salute you (well I will in the morning) brilliant link danielf ;)

[me283]

the skill is matching the biscuit to the drink, 'properly' ensures you do not get the gungey bit at the bottom of the cup.

ginger snaps work well with milkless tea ;)

True... there is also a speed/munch element... some bicuits can be leant against the side of the cup to allow surplus tea to drain out, whereas others (eg Petit Beurre) have to be dipped and munched in one swift motion... Good old Gingernuts are a fave too, and rarely break up.

[greencreeper]

True... there is also a speed/munch element... some bicuits can be leant against the side of the cup to allow surplus tea to drain out, whereas others (eg Petit Beurre) have to be dipped and munched in one swift motion... Good old Gingernuts are a fave too, and rarely break up.
Bit of a dunking connoisseur I see me283 :D

[AndrewJ]

Deep Fried Mars Bars in Coffee with Rum in it.

[me283]

Bit of a dunking connoisseur I see me283 :D

I love my food and drink... and other peoples'!

[allieyoung666]

As peter kay quite right quotes "hob nobs, the sas of the biscuit world" and I do agree with him on that!!!!!!

[greencreeper]

A few dark chocy digestives sandwiched in lightly buttered white bread is a delicacy :drool:

It's due in August :p:

[Halcyon]

Being not a tea or coffee drinker, I dont dunk.
Though a Foxes Rocky biscuit with a drink of applejuice is nice.

[Flubflow]

Warning: Always test your biscuit for hairline fractures before dunking. This is the dunker's nightmare. Nothing worse than half your biscuit falling off and plopping back into your cha.
Question is, do you risk burning your fingers to fish it out before it breaks up or do you risk missing the start of the TV programme whilst you make fresh cuppa?

[Theodoric]

Whats your favorite dunking biscuit?

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s97177.htm

Mine is chocolate hobnobs. :disturbd:
The chap quoted, Len Fisher, wrote an extremely interesting book (whose name I forget) on various applications of science, The biscuit dunking work is covered in the first chapter.

[danielf]

The chap quoted, Len Fisher, wrote an extremely interesting book (whose name I forget) on various applications of science, The biscuit dunking work is covered in the first chapter.

This one?

http://plus.maths.org/issue23/reviews/book3/

[Theodoric]

This one?

http://plus.maths.org/issue23/reviews/book3/
That's the one. Well worth looking for in your local library.