Everyone has their favourite food, some people are mad about tea, some people love chocolate and then there are those people who go crazy over a biscuit…
I present my evidence with Exhibit A: The Ode to Biscuits which features some startling songs about biscuits. Here’s an example: (sung to the tune of American Pie)
Bye, bye Biscuit maker guy, made his biscuits kinda heavy and they always was high an them good ol’ boys were eating biscuits of rye singin if this’ll be the day that they’re dry, then this’ll be the day that I’ll die.
Did you write the recipe of love and do you have faith in God above, to bake them biscuits so, and do you believe in biscuits n’ rolls, can they save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to bake em real slow? Well I know that you’re in love with him cuz I saw you bakin them with him, you both threw off your shoes and I love those biscuits and blues. I was a lonely teenage cookin punk with a white apron and a pick up truck but I knew I was out of luck, the day, the biscuit maker, died. I started singin…
Copywrited to Ben Griffiths ©2005
I don’t know what Don McLean would think of that. He might complain Ben was Killing Him Softly With His Song (it’s a little known fact that Don McLean performance was the inspiration behind that original track). But what I do know is that most Ceoliacs when they taste biscuits can lament ‘The Day the Biscuit Died’. Gluten free biscuits have a tendency to be dry and chalky, crumbly and tasteless. It’s a really hard thing to get right.
That’s where Doves come in. They’re already well known for the organic flour they do and they are also one of the UK’s best known producers of gluten free flour (as well as and gluten free pasta, cereals and baking products) and now biscuits.
They’ve actually been making Gluten-Free cookies for a while but recently brought out some new flavours and I doubt most people would be able to tell the difference.
Of course, I had to do a bit of taste testing:
They all dunk really well and, while there is still a hint of a grainy texture, I truly believe anyone who didn’t know would enjoy these for what they are: distinctively premium biscuits – something to sing and dance about I’d say.
I have also tasted these biscuits, and whilst they are truly scrumptious, I would like to direct coeliacs and those who choose a wheat free diet to another brand which is comparable if not better than Doves. I presume the Feed Me Right brand is relatively new, as the oddly titled ‘Cuddles’ appeared in my local health food shop only recently. I also had to do a little taste testing…
The lemon biscuits are fresh and zesty, the coconut biscuits surprisingly moist for gluten free.
The viennese biscuits were a little bland after these flavours, but I was instantly impressed by the aromatic orange within the choc chip and orange flavour.
The cherry and almond flavour was delightful, also being full of flavour, and poles apart from other gluten free biscuits I have tried. My favourite has to be the ginger biscuits, which were spicy, and you would not believe they were gluten free biscuits if you did a comparison with regular biscuits. Feed Me Right did just that!