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Well I was talking to my dear friend Stephanie Plumb, and we both mentioned Dunking or biscuits. So I was wondering how many girls on here enjoy dunking their biscuits in a cup of tea or coffee. I must admit I dunk all my biscuits, but, do you dunk, and what’s your favorite biscuit you like to dunk. Or are you a non drunker.
I just love all you British sisters. I know the old fashioned way of thinking about this topic. But being a Yank, I’ll abstain from any opinion on the subject. [side note:] Despite being American, I do have a lovely collection of biscuit barrels.
Mika, just have to try sweetie, there must other nationalities than dunk, go on have a go you only live once.
Okay, okay. Even though I was raised that a proper lady doesn’t dunk, I’m a dunker. That being said, I definitely wouldn’t do it at certain restaurants (the kind that would have a dress code) but anyplace less formal is no big deal to me. Times are definitely different now than when I was a kid.
Mika
dunking biscuits in certain restaurant’s???….do you think that bothers the English….this is a nation that used to dunk witches!!!!
we are getting better honey
Grace ❤️❤️
We used to dunk witches also, as a nearby road signifies “Witchduck Road”. I don’t know of a biscuit duck road though. I’ll agree to disagree as to terminology, and say that I do dunk cookies, being American. I watch a huge amount of British television and always enjoy the little differences in our shared language. Two people separated by a common language indeed.
Mika, I agree there is times and places that it’s not the etiquette to dunk, but home is definitely one, now I hope you voted sweetie, we are all girls together where ever we live, no boarders in CDH my darling. XX
Isabel, what is not to like about dunking, but I guess there is some who don’t sweetie. Xx
DUNKER!!!
Tea or coffee, doesn’t matter…as long as you have a nice big cup
Hob knobs digestives or custard creams…
….but be warned….the difference between Agony and Ecstasy….is micro seconds……AKA…
dreamy and creamy…….
or gosh!! and splosh
happy dunking girls!!!!
Grace xxx
Gosh absolutely right Grace timing is critical in dunking, although I had a splosh with me biscuit talking to Stephanie today, bad form I know.
Amanda, I completely understand….talking to Stephanie, by the time you can get a word in…..
you are mush!!!!
Well Grace I know, it’s that devastating moment, when your frozen in time, just as the biscuit breaks it back and plops in. Even worse when you desperately try to retrieve it as floats for a few seconds, and all you do is burn your fingers and sink it like a torpedo strike
I always dunk my biscuits in my tea,
Chocolate digestives are my favourite ones.
It’s a very delicate process how long to leave them in,
Too long and you end up with a sludgy mess in the bottom of your cup,
Hugs Rozalyne x
God yes Rosalyn chocolate ones require real skill, so you don’t destroy the chocolate topping in the dunk.
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Gosh maybe witches were thought to be biscuits Grace.I think you have a point, apparently once witches got soggy, they were fished for but were never seen again!!!!
Why are these historical people true facts not taught in school Grace?.
At the moment there’s nearly 50% of replys who don’t dunk! I don’t believe it, surely everyone dunks?
Breakage is a problem though, particularly if your technique is poor. Nothing is less lady-like than fishing around in a hot cup of tea searching for broken biscuit bits 🙂
Rachel xx
Rachel sweetie, hopefully more dunkers will break cover and vote, many still think it’s something girls just don’t do or admit to. I agree technique is the key to a successful dunk. . My grandfather was a great dunker and he would always ask me to pass his “sloppy shovel” (spoon) for biscuit recovery.
Confused… Stephanie says when she takes 2poos for walkies, she takes the ” sloppy shovel”….surely no connection???
Well my grandfather always called sunken biscuits in the bottom as the (sh** bits) maybe there is a connection if 2POOS eats dog biscuits, both implements seem to have a similar job Grace, or it might just be a coincidence.
Very creative topic Amanda, thanks. While I don’t dunk all my biscuits, I have to admit that I always dunk my Arrowroot cookies in my cup of tea. And as mentioned, timing is critical else you end up with a mess. Stay healthy, stay safe, All the Best, Hugs, Krista
Bless you Krista, happy dunking, and you keep safe too sweetie xx
With so many UK ladies here, someone should publish a translation for British-American English. I only know the UK English I picked up from watching Dr Who; so I don’t dunk biscuits, but I do dunk cookies when I’m having hot tea (which I do often during the Winter months). And I sometimes have the one without the other.
Hugs across the pond,
BettylouBetty Lou sweetie cookies come under the remit of biscuits here in the UK my darling, and very tasty too, fabulous and extremely delicious, it’s hard to resist not eating the whole packet xx
Bettylou
love you darling but don’t rely on Dr Who…dunk a Dalek and they get really p****d off
big huggs, grace ❤️❤️❤️
Duly noted, Scarlett; but Daleks are pussycats…it’s those stone Angels you dare not take your eyes off.
Bigger hugs,
Bettylou
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Yeah they will exterminate the bloody biscuits, or get fruity with the biscuit barrelMy favourite biscuit for dunking…it just has to be Rich Tea
Not to be confused with that singing biscuit….that’s Lionel Richtea.
xxThat’s funny Evelyn, this is exactly what we want girls to do, inject some humor into things now and again. xx
Gimme, gimme, gimme a biscuit for dunking,
Won’t somebody help me choose a packet or two.
Gimme, gimme, gimme, a biscuit a dunking,
Take me to larder the dark ones are there,
Gimme, gimme gimme a biscuit for dunking,
Opps I’ve dropped the packet it’s crumbs everywhere,
There not a dunker in sight,
No one to hear my prayer,
Dunking, dunking, dunking, a biscuit at Christmas, half the bloody thing have dropped in the chair,
Is that a packet, where,
Look just over there,
Gimme, gimme, gimme a packet after midnight,
Just in case I wake to dunk in the night.
Amanda…..brilliant!!!
….just had a phone call from Benny and Bjorn’s lawyers…..are you in trouble!!!
They wanted to know who you were…I told them you were ” The Dunking Queen”
Just had several biscuit manufacturers on the phone, but Abba won’t let me use their music. Ahhh. Dunking Queen like it Grace very good sweetie. XX
Being American and only being very sparsely acquainted with British custom and etiquette, I have never had a proper biscuit. Where I am from if you ask for tea it has Ice and is sweet. My Northern sisters would have it unsweet. With that said I am not sure I am really qualified to answer the question. However, if we are talking about cookies then an Oreo is not safe around me with a glass of milk. It will be dunked and eaten quickly. 🤣
Maria, cookies come under the remit of biscuits in the UK, and as you say you dunk them in milk, so technically your classified as a dunker sweetie xx
Not a dunker…by British standards anyway.
But this…chocolate chip cookies straight out of the oven…dipped into a glass of ice-cold milk…Mmm!
Emily sweetie, your a dunker xx
Any one who has followed proper protocol when enjoying a lovely Oreo should end the denial and admit they are a dunker.
You just cannot twist that delicious cookie apart and use your two front teeth to delicately scrape that sweet icing filler from the inside of the cookie. Then, putting both halves of the cookie back together, dunking them into a nice wide mouth, ice cold glass of milk, then pop it all into your mouth.
Only one way to devour an Oreo! Any other way should be illegal.
PaulaF
Paula, the official Oreo eating standards officer, all malpractice of Oreo eating will be investigated and could be punished by heavy fines, temporary purchase bans, and for serial abuses life time bans or jail time.
Text cookies stoppers hot line /Paula c/o, CDH no cookie should suffer abuse.
Remember a cookie is not just for Christmas.
In the Southern part of the United States we dunk mint in our juleps.
Biscuits are for gravy, and tea is sweat and cold. You’d never mix the two. 😉Hi Bobbie, well if you dunk your gravy, your a dunker sweetie xx
‘Though Brits dunk their digestives in tea
It’s not how it’s done ‘cross the sea
Yanks and their ilk
Do their dunking in milk
Is it time for a dunking treaty?
Mona, sweetie hi.
Well certainly no war here my sweetie, dunk and be happy how ever you like my darling. It’s a international activity with a common link the act it’s self, regardless to the substance to which the biscuit is dunked in.
Dunk and be happy sweetie, ta ta xx
As long as I can remember, chocolate chips are still my fave.
Brit here, so yes, obviously 😀🙄
I remember the blurb for the steampunk festival that was being held in my old home town in Somerset which talked about ‘dunking duels’…… make of that what you willS x
Seraphina…I’m so glad we have stopped dunking witches…..there are nice ones now!!!!
Grace how do know witch ones are witch. He he.
OK I know 🤦
Grace how do know witch ones are witch. He he.
OK I know 🤦
Well apparently, the witch which needed to be dunked was the witch which bewitched whichever person thought she was a witch….according to which? magazine!!!
grace 💋
Sir Bedeviere told the village how to tell if an accused woman was a witch just before he left on the Quest for The Holy Grail:
“Witches are made of wood, therefore they will float on water. What else floats on water? A duck. Therefore, if the witch weighs the same as a duck, logically she is a witch.”
Not exactly word for word, it has been a while since I saw the movie, but, for the time, the logic seems right. LOLOL.
PaulaF
Seren, yes sweetie that a great game to play, although it can be a bit messy, no much fun on your own sweetie xx
Not one for biscuits and tea but, I have been known to dunk a celery stalk or and olive into a Bloody Mary or Martini. Probably a different poll is needed for that discussion. 🍹🍸
Technically Emily, you are a dunker, welcome aboard girl !!!!
Well Emily your a dunker, you are absolutely right I should have expanded the poll to include other options, I will bare that in mind for the future.
Ha ha can you imagine the reaction of the bar person, when they ask you would you like an olive in your martini madam, no thanks I’ll have a celery stick. Absolutely priceless to walk from the bar with one in the martini. Thanks Emily that really tickled me pink sweetie, ps I love celery might actually try this out
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Unfortunately over here we can’t get real Cadbury any more (well maybe at a Brit shop). We get a nasty milk chocolate labeled Cadbury made by Hershey who bought right to the name over here. Made me give up all Hershey products in protest. Please sent some real Cadbury my way ASAP!!Gen…you are Def not a weirdo…just the wrong ingredients….try dunking wafers or marshmallows in Bailey’s…mmm
Gen sweetie you are not a weirdo my darling, you just need to get with the dunking programme, mmmmmm don’t think I could violate my vodka with a biscuit
Stephanie sweetie, I am impressed, you have dignified my post with an artistic quote. God I love bourbon biscuits too. The perfect chocolate dunkers next rich tea.
Dunk dunk sweetie ❤️u. Ps does 2poos like bourbon biscuits?.
Oh yes, Peak Frean’s bourbon cream biscuits with a cup f tea, heaven.
It’s Rei ‘s technique Stephanie to complicated
Gosh really, well I ‘ve never had a dog, good job then. 2poos love Cheddar cheese, or biscuits?.
If it’s Cadburys it probably hits the sloppy shovel looking exactly like it did when it went in!!!….unless it’s fruit and nut…. miraculously the fruit stays in…
Grace, sweetie, are you saying Cadbury chocolate is sh**, or just taste like sh**, or just looks like sh**. Extremely complicated sweetie, help!!!!
“One sheet” does it all Stephanie. 😉
Christ Stephanie, need hell of a hang bag, boxes of Tena ladies, and celery.
Buy a packet of celery get a Tena free.
Has to be Tyrrells then Stephanie “Tyrrellablely tyrrellablely tasty. One pack of crisps feeds a family of four for a month. Dunking well you need a crane.
A tena for celery.. that’s a bit pricey
There John Lewis, celery Grace
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