Post Ride Biscuit

robbarker

I have, for many years now, been researching the perfect biscuit to have with my post-ride pint of tea when the weather gets a little colder.

Today is a momentous day for I have, after two decades of toil, finally reached a conclusion.

The best post-ride biscuit is:

<fanfare>

The Tregroes toffee waffle, plain chocolate coated version.

The Tregroes waffle is made in deepest wild west wales by a dutch settler. Thin waffles are lovingly cooked up, then split open with surgical precision in order to insert a film of cinnamon spiced sticky toffee. The plain chocolate version is then coated with delicious belgian chocolate to turn the sublime into the ridiculous.

They are gorgeous.

Advanced wafflers can often be seen resting the plain versions on top of their cup of tea, in order to soften the toffee filling, which then makes fantastic stringy bits when you pull bits off the waffle. This is not recommended with the chocolate version which is, however, even more sublime served with Welsh Gold ice cream.

Tregroes waffles are a bit tricky to get hold of outside Wales, but I do understand that Harrods and Fortnum and Mason stock them.

This has been a public service announcement.

popette

yuk - I hate cinnamon in sweet things, especially apple pie.

My favourite biscuit, if it is a biscuit, is probably Tiffin; evil but gorgeous.

Snodgrass

robbarker wrote:

This has been a public service announcement.

I am sure we are all grateful , none more so than I

One small point , in these dark times I feel I must ask , how much do they cost ?

pneumatic

If you don't have a Dutch waffler in your neighbourhood and can do without the cinnamon, I would recommend the widely available and iconic:

Tunnocks Caramel Wafer

I have just licked the last of one off my chops. The classic TCW comes in an unmistakable red and gold wrapper. The more recently introduced plain chocolate version comes wrapped in Tutenkamon's headress.

For more information, consult:

http://www.tunnock.co.uk/

spen666

robbarker wrote:

I have, for many years now, been researching the perfect biscuit to have with my post-ride pint of tea when the weather gets a little colder.

Today is a momentous day for I have, after two decades of toil, finally reached a conclusion.

The best post-ride biscuit is:

<fanfare>

The Tregroes toffee waffle, plain chocolate coated version.

The Tregroes waffle is made in deepest wild west wales by a dutch settler. Thin waffles are lovingly cooked up, then split open with surgical precision in order to insert a film of cinnamon spiced sticky toffee. The plain chocolate version is then coated with delicious belgian chocolate to turn the sublime into the ridiculous.

They are gorgeous.

Advanced wafflers can often be seen resting the plain versions on top of their cup of tea, in order to soften the toffee filling, which then makes fantastic stringy bits when you pull bits off the waffle. This is not recommended with the chocolate version which is, however, even more sublime served with Welsh Gold ice cream.

Tregroes waffles are a bit tricky to get hold of outside Wales, but I do understand that Harrods and Fortnum and Mason stock them.

This has been a public service announcement.

Is this the thread where Rob Barker is announcing his new role as PR officer for Tregroes? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

robbarker

If only - think ofthe freebies!

spen666

robbarker wrote:

If only - think ofthe freebies!

yes, but think of the extra miles you'd need to do to burn off those calories

popette

pneumatic wrote:

If you don't have a Dutch waffler in your neighbourhood and can do without the cinnamon, I would recommend the widely available and iconic:

Tunnocks Caramel Wafer

I have just licked the last of one off my chops. The classic TCW comes in an unmistakable red and gold wrapper. The more recently introduced plain chocolate version comes wrapped in Tutenkamon's headress.

For more information, consult:

http://www.tunnock.co.uk/

they were doing bogof on tunnocks teacakes a few weeks ago - they are weirdly nice; reminded me of a flattend wagon wheel. They brought back fond memories to my Scottish husband anyway.

Bikerbaboon

....... please note this is the cake stop...... i feel this has been posted in hte wrong forum as we all know that cake is the only recovery food to have with the pint of tea to get feeling back in your limbs.

I would say that fruit cake would be the king in the post ride snack. though at this time of year the mince pie should also get an good look at.

DavidBelcher

Bikerbaboon wrote:

....... please note this is the cake stop...... i feel this has been posted in hte wrong forum as we all know that cake is the only recovery food to have with the pint of tea to get feeling back in your limbs.

I would say that fruit cake would be the king in the post ride snack. though at this time of year the mince pie should also get an good look at.

Maybe we need a 'Biscuit Break' forum?
Or else post messages about this particular topic on http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com (I think that's the right URL)

As for mince pies, anyone planning to visit York, Harrogate or Ilkley any time soon is advised, based on my own personal research, that Betty's have a variety of tasty ones on offer (including one with wholemeal pastry crust to give the pretence of being healthy!).

David

STEFANOS4784

Those waffle things sound lush, couldn't find it on fortnum and mason, not that i could probably afford it anyway

BigG67

DavidBelcher wrote:

Bikerbaboon wrote:

....... please note this is the cake stop...... i feel this has been posted in hte wrong forum as we all know that cake is the only recovery food to have with the pint of tea to get feeling back in your limbs.

I would say that fruit cake would be the king in the post ride snack. though at this time of year the mince pie should also get an good look at.

Maybe we need a 'Biscuit Break' forum?
Or else post messages about this particular topic on http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com (I think that's the right URL)

As for mince pies, anyone planning to visit York, Harrogate or Ilkley any time soon is advised, based on my own personal research, that Betty's have a variety of tasty ones on offer (including one with wholemeal pastry crust to give the pretence of being healthy!).

David

DANG! you beat me to it....indeed http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/ is a genius of a site and the ONLY place to find open an honest debate on this critical subject.

pneumatic

popette wrote:

pneumatic wrote:

For more information, consult:

http://www.tunnock.co.uk/

they were doing bogof on tunnocks teacakes a few weeks ago - they are weirdly nice; reminded me of a flattend wagon wheel. They brought back fond memories to my Scottish husband anyway.

ok, I confess, I not only own one of these, but I wore it whilst out cycling on the Cote D'Azur this summer:

https://secure.thecyclejersey.com/store ... 3c17bc8b6e

Mister W

I think Lakeland stock Tregroes waffles and if your mid-ride cake stop happens to be at Starbucks you can sample their version. I am, of course, an advanced waffler and have perfected the art of balancing a waffle on the top of a cup of coffee to warm the caramel. This can't be done with the venti size drinks in Starbucks as the cups are too big so I would recommend sticking to a tall or grande

ansbaradigeidfran

robbarker wrote:

Advanced wafflers can often be seen resting the plain versions on top of their cup of tea, in order to soften the toffee filling, which then makes fantastic stringy bits when you pull bits off the waffle. This is not recommended with the chocolate version which is, however, even more sublime served with Welsh Gold ice cream.

Hm, while I've seen them many a time, I've never actually tried any Tregroes waffles, I''m used to Kelloggs Eggo waffles. I might be brave sometime, and grab a pack. Welsh Gold doesn't ring a bell, though. Would Cadwaladers do?

-liam-

Just popped over from the MTB section...

Obviously, if this thread were to be in the MTB section, we would be discussing the Post ride pack of biscuits.

My vote would go to the plain old choc digestive every day of the week and in all probability, 5 times on a sunday

ansbaradigeidfran

-Liam- wrote:

My vote would go to the plain old choc digestive

That is the 'plain chocolate' one, yes?

(gets the shotgun out, just in case)

-liam-

Yes ?!

(Gets head down, just in case)

SCR Pedro

pneumatic wrote:

If you don't have a Dutch waffler in your neighbourhood and can do without the cinnamon, I would recommend the widely available and iconic:

Tunnocks Caramel Wafer

I have just licked the last of one off my chops. The classic TCW comes in an unmistakable red and gold wrapper. The more recently introduced plain chocolate version comes wrapped in Tutenkamon's headress.

For more information, consult:

http://www.tunnock.co.uk/

These are the reason I donate blood. I must eat about half a dozen of them every time. Mint clubs are pretty ace too. Infact, any mint/chocolate combination does it for me.

Pedro

popette

ansbaradigeidfran wrote:

-Liam- wrote:

My vote would go to the plain old choc digestive

That is the 'plain chocolate' one, yes?

(gets the shotgun out, just in case)

no milk of course - melted in front of my nan's gas fire and licked off before devouring the biscuit whilst watching the cities of gold, dogtanian and the muskahounds or Ulysses

mmitchell88

popette wrote:

no milk of course - melted in front of my nan's gas fire and licked off before devouring the biscuit whilst watching the cities of gold, dogtanian and the muskahounds or Ulysses

...or if you had a younger sister, Dr Snuggles. Did any of the above actually reach a conclusion, or did they just carry on for ever while I moved on to other things...?[/nostalgia off]

popette

god they went on a bit didn't they? I haven't a clue what happened in the end. Perhaps they are still going on.....

I remember watching Boy George on top of the pops with my nana - is "it" a boy or a girl? I think we concluded girl.

Sorry - getting off topic a bit there

pneumatic

popette wrote:

god they went on a bit didn't they? I haven't a clue what happened in the end. Perhaps they are still going on.....

I remember watching Boy George on top of the pops with my nana - is "it" a boy or a girl? I think we concluded girl.

Sorry - getting off topic a bit there

I remember the morning I heard both Boy George and Alison Moyet for the first time. I thought BG was a woman and AM was a man! Oh the androgenous 80's. :roll:

that was round about the time I got serious about Tunnocks Caramel Wafers, too, but that's another story.

Crapaud

popette wrote:

god they went on a bit didn't they? I haven't a clue what happened in the end. Perhaps they are still going on.....

I remember watching Boy George on top of the pops with my nana - is "it" a boy or a girl? I think we concluded girl.

Sorry - getting off topic a bit there

Or half man, half biscuit?

I've got no idea what Tregroes or Tiffin are. I thought that Tiffin was the name of a kind of small meal or snack, like stopping for tea at 4 o'clock, didn't realise it was a particular kind of foodstuff. So, out of curiosity, what is it?

I'm not really a biscuit person; it's too difficult to beat Jaffa Cakes with a cuppa.

popette

I've got no idea what Tregroes or Tiffin are

it's bashed up digestives held together with a syrupy chocolatey buttery mixture, covered with a layer of melted chocolate and set in the fridge. where's the licking my lips and salivating emoticon?

Nuggs

Aren't post-ride biscuits the poor man's post-ride cake?

Now flapjacks made to Nigella Lawson's exacting recipe (1kg butter, 3 pints condensed milk, 1 pint cream etc): there's a post-ride treat if ever there was one.

Biscuits? Peasant.

popette

flapjacks are biscuits aren't they?

Coriander

Flapjacks go soft as they go stale, don't they?

So that would make them a biscuit.

Wasn't the difference between a cake and a biscuit at the heart of a VAT case in the European courts, because in some countries VAT is applicable to biscuits but not cake? And the judgement concluded that if the foodstuff went hard as it aged it was cake, but if it went soft it was a biscuit.

Of course, the whole story may just be an urban myth.

aarw

Coriander wrote:

Flapjacks go soft as they go stale, don't they?

So that would make them a biscuit.

Wasn't the difference between a cake and a biscuit at the heart of a VAT case in the European courts, because in some countries VAT is applicable to biscuits but not cake? And the judgement concluded that if the foodstuff went hard as it aged it was cake, but if it went soft it was a biscuit.

Of course, the whole story may just be an urban myth.

yes, it all over the argument of whether a jaffa cake was a cake or a biscuit, and depending on the outcome whether ot not VAt would be applied.

for what it's worth, my choice is probably a fig roll, although more likely many fig rolls...

hisoka

I really should not read this thread at work, we don't have anything tastey here at all dammit! hehehe

CHRISNOIR

hisoka wrote:

I really should not read this thread at work, we don't have anything tastey here at all dammit! hehehe

We do have tasty stuff at work - and reading this thread has made me succumb to a Wispa.

Still, respect to anyone who can have a Post-Ride Biscuit (singular); I find it hard to stop at one and soon empty the biccy box.

NOM NOM NOM!!! Etc.