90130_ Report This Comment Date: November 08, 2006 03:56AM
Once again this week we turn to Britons for our biscuit of the week, and to the
classic Viscount. The Viscount has long enjoyed a prestigious place in the
biscuit world, often taking center stage after the sandwiches at Sunday tea.
Available in both Mint and Orange varieties, the Viscount has never strayed from
this conservative two flavours path, shunning all other flavours, for reasons we
can only guess at.
The Viscount design consists of a circular crunchy, slightly gritty biscuit
base, with a small disc shaped blob of minty cream on top all covered in a
fairly useful milk chocolate. Each biscuit is then wrapped in a square of colour
coded foil, green for mint and orange for ... orange. Nowadays the foil also has
words Viscount on it. The skilled Viscount eater will flatten out the foil and
use it to make a small model or trinket.
Viscounts of old were highly regular affairs with their cream filling extending
very close to the biscuit edge but today's Viscount seems to a bit chucked
together. The review biscuit is by no means atypical with most of the packet
looking like they had been in some sort of biscuit construction fight.
90130_ Report This Comment Date: November 08, 2006 04:03AM
Cut 'N Pasted from a website devoted to the fine art of reviewing tea
biscuits.
As an American, I'm not sure I'll completely understand, but my guess is that
they would be a tasty snack at teatime, in either of the two flavours offered.
Any help from our British cousins would be greatly appreciated. As for
"crusty" and those insipid "vicunt" posts;
PISS OFF!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2006 04:07AM by 90130_.
Tiw Report This Comment Date: November 08, 2006 01:09PM
I prefer Scottish shortbread or biscuits from
Duchy
Originals to Viscounts.
om10 Report This Comment Date: November 08, 2006 05:58PM
these vicounts have been around for years, i can remember having them when i
were a kid, and i must admit that i like the orange flavoured ones the best