Who dunks their biscuits?

[Fuzz]

Can somebody tell me what is the fascination with dunking biscuits in your coffee?

I was in a meeting earlier today with a customer and the guy must've dunked 5 Arnott's Milk Arrowroot biscuits in his coffee. I just tried it myself when I got back to the warehouse, but I can't see the fuss. just makes the biscuit mushy.

What gives, people?!

[Rye]

Maybe done by folks with bad teeth to make it easier to chew??

Not a fan myself

[Overproof]

try it with a tim tam.

[Scrubber]

Only with tea. Never coffee.

Tim tams only with hot chocolate. But you can't just dunk them. Need to bite off a tip on either end and slurp up the hot chocolate like the tim tam is a straw. The. Best.

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[JohnS]

Dunking with a Tim Tam at least doesn't leave you with a soggy mess!

[Guest scsi]

I thought biscuits were for kids

[Randolph]

Forget about biscuits! Who dunks their cigars? - and in what???

[JohnS]

Prior to the widespread use of humidification, dipping your cigar in cognac was done to moisten a dry cigar. Apparently Winston Churchill was known to dunk his cigar in cognac or port wine.

Me...no way! But infused cigars are another story.

[planetary]

I'm only a dipper of madeleines into cappuccino. Not quite like Proust (he preferred tea, IIRC), but close enough for an American.

[Fuzz]

I am familiar with the Tim Tam Slam. It's nice, but I prefer just eating the Tim Tam as is.

What is the attraction to dunking biscuits? What do you like about dunking? Seems so unusual to me.

[Olga]

I'll dunk when I'm 90 to help me chew. 'til then no!

[Randolph]

Wasn't Bill Clinton a dunker?

[Alien13]

I'm a dunker. Not all the time, and its drink dependant. Only do it with coffee. I prefer my teas clean (dunking can make a mess in the bottom of your cup).

Milk Arrowroot are great for dunking. To be honest, I've never really thought about "Why?".

Haven't done it in a while, but at a guess, I'd say it's a combo of the biscuit being warm from the coffee, taking on a slight coffee taste, and the texture (which is what most people dislike). The texture, to me, makes the flavours a lot more pronounced, you get a lot more tongue coverage, and on the plus side it doesn't dry out your mouth.

- as written by a 24 year old male

[Warren]

For all of our American friends , a biscuit is not what you think. I remember my first time in the US and seeing a sign outside a diner advertising biscuits and gravy. I turned to my then girlfriend now wife and asked why the hell you would want to smear your Monty Carlo cream biscuits in gravy and felt like puking at the thought. I was quite relieved to find that it was something closer to a scone.

[Dave O)))]

Forget about biscuits! Who dunks their cigars? - and in what???

Laudanum

[westg]

One should never dunk !!! end of storey its gross

[markmurase]

Definitely no dunking here

[Rushman]

I like most biscuits (what we call cookies and other things) dunked in milk. What we call biscuits on the other hand I would never dunk, but I would smother in gravy as mentioned above.

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[Smallclub]

One should never dunk !!! end of storey its gross

Gross? You've never tried a croissant dunked in expresso in a french bistrot… (to be followed with a ERDM demi tasse)…

[westg]

Gross? You've never tried a croissant dunked in expresso in a french bistrot… (to be followed with a ERDM demi tasse)…

I have been to France and a bistro or two ...very beautiful ..no dunking

[LGC]

I like my biscuits with sausage gravy, butter and honey, or butter and jelly. My wife likes to dip cookies in water... gross.

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Yep, banana bread or cookies I dip in tea or coffee sometimes. Depends on my mood

[Cletus]

[CaptainQuintero]

Hobnobs into tea is brilliant! Just makes them a bit juicy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwAYglwe3HU#action=share

[LordAnubis]

All about how you do it. I like dipping crunchy biscuits like Butternut Snaps in to soften them up a bit and make em juicy. Maries i very rarely would dip as they are pretty soft and flakey anyway. Scotch finger you just want to do a quick dip as they are nice a little bit soft, but not mushy.

Just like a tim tam slam. There's a right way, then there's overdoing it.