Given that today is national biscuit day, we thought we'd share this old post from November again. A difficult but necessary read...
Tesco revealed Ireland's top 10 biscuits, according to their sales and folks, I'm sorry to say - in the words of Blue - it's a sad sad situation.
The fact that these biscuits make up the top 10 show just how broke the common man and woman really are in this country and it's no wonder that so many have emigrated to seek out the soft, gooey, delicious cookies of Canada or the glorified Penguin bars that are the Tim Tams of Australia.
The Top 10
As we go through the top 10 one begins to notice a worrying trend.
Now before we start, this isn't a ranking of preference but sadly a ranking of reality. A harsh reality where Irish people are basing their biscuit choice on value for money rather than taste.
Consider these examples for instance;Tesco brand digestives, ginger nuts, bourbon creams; chocolate chip cookies. What do they all have in common? They are either cheap own brand versions of great beings, or biscuits that are on special offer every five minutes!
Explaining the absence of the Hobnob
When we consider the above, the explanation for the absence of the Hobnob is self-explanatory.
I remember the day I found Hobnobs on offer in Tesco. It's hard to forget a two mile long line stretching from the bottom of Dorset Street to the Tesco in Drumcondra. People grasped that opportunity to avail of the cheap price before the offer evaporated and before the shop was shut down by the Croke Park residents.
In contrast, we see Maryland chocolate chip cookies on offer every other feckin day!
The Americanisation of Ireland
It's fair to say that if Wolfe Tone read this list he'd been turning in his grave. What has happened to us? When did we start eating Oreos? When did we cave in to the demands of the chocolate chip cookies?
Where are the oldstays gone? The Mariettas, the shortbreads? Since when did KitKat overtake the humble Club Milk? We've lost ourselves and I fear we may never return from this.
When people are dunking Rich Teas, a biscuit that will fall apart from merely rolling past a mug of tea, more often than they are Hobnobs I'm not sure if this is an Ireland I want to live in any more.
Hat-tip: The Daily Edge
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