just reporting on a bit of a culture shock, really. and no, i am not speaking only of finding myself spending, for pursuance of verk requirements, spending time in the area known as the west midlands, look you see. well, yes, this did happen there, but no, not the usual shock to the system one experiences when they visit the place. and with the deepest of regret i have to say once again i went to that area and once again did not make it to the promised land of Tipton. one day i shall make it to Tipton, and investigate the veracity of claims The Viz has made of the place.
so, anyway, there i was in an unspecified (for contractual reasons) area of the west midlands. if you don't have to go there, don't. i sought some solace in the form of a few posh biscuits to go with a cup of tea. actually, if you do end up in the west midlands, do all that can be done to hear the locals speak of a cup of tea, it accentuates the accent to perfection.
my initial intention, or hope, was to find the uber most luxurious of posh biscuits, viscount, of course. left thwarted and disappointed, alas, as the shop i went into so as to procure some (an establishment well known for offering them) had none on the shelf. but they had the "close second" to posh biscuits. if, like me, you define "posh biscuits" as the ones what your gran kept in a tin and let you have one (1) of when you came to visit. yes, in the seventies.
weird, really. i mean, mostly, or if you will for the most part, i had (reasonably) assumed that all packs of club biscuits presently on offer for sale were simply leftover stock from the 70s, or maybe early 80s. i had no idea that they were actually, in this day and age of a wild, wide variety available, still making them. clearly, though, they are. hence the title of this post.
i don't rightly know when or where the trend for "salted caramel" took off, or who(m), exactly is responsible. whilst i'll be f****d if i am going to research it, i do believe i can take an educated guess at it. them utter tw@ts and general f***wits what do the Starbucks coffee and what make them popular. as far as i can tell they are the ones what come up with "trends" of shoving sh!t into things that have no need for it, particularly (of course) coffee, and those wishing to look all la-de-dah stylish and with it, or hip (i suppose), lap it up. yes, the Apple (technology, not record label) business model, and they are all richer than me, so fair play.
not sure why it has to be "salted" caramel, though. every now and then some things had just regular, usual caramel in them, kind of as a treat or as a basic ingredient, rather than it being a "twist". so far as i am aware the only biscuits that you can get what have a variation of caramel (ie it's not a part of the basic or standard version) in it what isn't "salted" is Rocky. i have no quarrel or issue with this salted caramel business, it's just weird that it is a thing of such noted proliferation.
how are the salted caramel Club biscuits? as in, how do they perform? absolutely no idea, i fear. on buying them i got a trifle distracted, then didn't really fancy one with a cup of tea. so, at time of writing, they sit, remaining in packaging, untouched. if you are open to the idea of a speculative review, then i will suggest that they probably taste like regular club biscuits, only instead of an overwhelming sense of mint or orange (and/or what the other variety was) you get a hint of salted caramel in them.
appy polly lodgies if you came here in the reasonable expectation of a review of them. perhaps i shall try one, or two, at some stage. let me check the expiry date, i suppose. also, Christmas is imminent, and i may have some of them then as a nostalgia sort of thing; to sit and remember when such a time was magical, special and held with it the promise of rare exotic treats such as this.
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