Published by Swiss James on 12 Dec 2007 at 12:08 pm
Crispy Chicken Biscuits
There are plenty of things I see in China that I can imagine taking off in the UK: paying bills via ATM, traffic lights that count down to tell you how long it will be until the lights change, widepsread government corruption- but one thing I don’t expect to be washing up on the shores of Blighty any time soon are Crispy Chicken Biscuits.
The main reason I can’t see them taking off is that the name sounds horrible.
I like biscuits, I love chicken, (crispiness I can take or leave), but some things should not be brought together. I mean, Chimpanzee tea parties are fun, and smear tests aren’t- but having them both in the same place is a recipe for disaster.
Things get no better when you try one either, they taste like bits of gingerbread that’ve been coughed up by a Cocker Spaniel.
Thumbs DOWN.
Yes James but they’re safer than street food because they come in sealed packs!
WoAi - You think things are safe just because they’re in sealed packs? Have you read the four million food scare stories in the past few months?
James - I try to steer clear of most biscuits and sweets over here, as far too many of them contain things like beef or fish, which is just what you don’t want when you’re expecting to tuck into a chocolate treat.
By the way, where is everyone today? It’s 4.30 and there’s only one comment. Is there something exciting happening that no one told me about?
CP it’s an in joke, sorry. Referring to a post on Shanghai Expat forums - there’s this guy who says only stupid people eat street food and that your health insurance will not cover you for “self inflicted” problems.
www [dot] shanghaiexpat.com/index.php?name=MDForum&file=viewtopic&t=69608
If I post a link it needs moderation hence the [dot].
I done fixed it for you WoAi- James
CP it’s 4.30pm which means we’re all hard at work - I usually inly start reading blogs after office ours, same as Facebook and MSN. We can’t all live the life of a structural engineer!
Although it seems that their spelling skills are better than the average marketing executive Woai
To be more precise Dingle, it’s typing skills, but your point has been noted and will not be forgotten!
You can’t be having this “I’m a good speller, just a bad typer” nonsense, it’s the worst kind of chicanery. Would Lee Harvey Oswald have gotten away with:
“I’m a good citizen, just a poor shot- I was aiming at a pigeon!” I think not.
Biscuits and snacks here are a bloody minefield, but am I really expected to have nothing to eat between my lunch and post-work KFC? Never!
i don’t know about those biscuits in particular, but here we have chick biscuits crackers - they’re like crackers but with more sodi-yum and are great for putting in your soup.
WOAI: i don’t think poor spelling can be attributed to poor typing all the time either . . .
If I named them by looks, I’d come up with “Sesame Seed Shortbread”. You have the funniest descriptions in your comments (something a cocker spaniel coughed up). Creates quite a visual. Enjoyed taking a look back at your early day photos of Shang Hai. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy, and healthy New Year. From your photos and personality, I see a really neat person in you.
Talk about kicking a man while he’s down. Yes ok I’ve always though “only” was spelt “inly” and it’s pure coincidence that “i” is dangerously close to “o” on my keyboard, and always spelt “office ours” without an “H”.
Shy, you’re obviously James pretending to be not James. Stop it you really neat person you!
Woai, for the record “thought” has a “t” at the end and you shouldn’t use a comma before “and”.
ahaha.
Funny stuff.
“Things get no better when you try one either, they taste like bits of gingerbread that’ve been coughed up by a Cocker Spaniel.”
Ha. If you have the time, have a look at a site called “Steve Don’t Eat It!”. Similar food reviews in there.
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php
Thanks for that Dingle. Something else that has always bothered me - can you start a sentence with “And”? How about comma AFTER “and”? These are the sorts of things that keep me up at nights!
no comma before and in British English. And you can’t start a sentence with and.
The English teacher has spoken.. or something like that
(checks all spelling before posting..)
Chick Biscuits Crackers - shouldnt that be Chick Biscuits? Crackers!
the whole meat biscuits thing takes the sweet and meat fiasco to a whole new board game.
sorry - that last one was me, i left my amusing nom de plume in the wotsit by mistake
of course i have now unveiled myself. silly bozzle
Wow, you guys suck, you can’t even spell.
Thanks for stopping by Evan- congratulations on your recent victory by the way.
Bozzle- I’ll bring some back for you if you like, we can enjoy them over a glass of mulled wine