The Art Of Dunking

[mothhawk]

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Drat, someone's already invented summat for clumsy dunkers

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[mothhawk]

Experience counts, BM. You just haven't dunked enough to be able to accurately calculate dunking time, a complicated equation based on tea/coffee temperature, percentage milk, sugar to liquid ratio, biscuit thickness, biscuit variety, and biscuit crispness (whether dunked direct from the packet, H/M, or after x number of days in the biscuit tin).

Once you have mastered these factors you will have dunking perfection.

[mothhawk]

And yes, ninety eight percent of rich tea biscuits contain a hairline crack. Beginners should practice with ginger nuts.

[Nicos]

The science....

Why do biscuits go soggy quicker in milky tea? - The Naked Scientists

[Bren In Pots]

I give my biscuits a very quick in out dip rather than dunking them because I hate having to fish them out with a spoon.

[noviceveggrower]

The science....

Why do biscuits go soggy quicker in milky tea? - The Naked Scientists

I was going to say didn't some scientist spent a large amount of money and time on how to dunk properly and what was the best biscuit?
I personally am not a dunker. Prefer my digestive with a scraping of marg

[Glutton4...]

You still dunk your bisquits!? I thought only kids did that!? luckily for me, I was sitting on the loo whilst watching the Peter Kay vid - I'm not as daft as I look!

Firstly r!ch t€a are the best for dunking, And my theory is, if it breaks after two dunks, your drink is too hot!

[Hazel at the Hill]

I personally am not a dunker. Prefer my digestive with a scraping of marg

With butter and cheese for me!

And my theory is, if it breaks after two dunks, your drink is too hot!

Or too wet?

[Noosner]

Ooh, the Independent have done some research that says Rich Tea are better than Hobnobs! Lionel Richtea approves:



And:

"A chocolate digestive lasts over six times longer than the naked digestive in prolonged dunking."

[Lumpy]

After reading the last few threads it occurs to me that...
the nation is secretly obsessed with dunking
huge amounts of money is spent on scientific analysis
there is a national divide between rich teas and hobnob type biscuits - does it depend on social class or birth place I wonder?
chocolate is good for some things
people have strange reasons for buying incontinance pads
and finally.....
is this an issue the election could be won or lost on?

[Nicos]

Some of the ones I don't dunk...

Garibaldi
Bourbon
jammy dodgers
fig biscuits
I'm sure there are plenty of others???

( just don't 'improve' with dunking in my opinion!)

Arrowroot and rich tea need skill

Personally, I'm a...
ginger biscuit
Cream custard
digestive
hobnob

dunker - kind of gal!

[alldigging]

Bite of biscuit and sip of tea.
No disgusting mush in the bottom of the cup.

[Martin H]

I really only dunk ginger nuts.

But I do like to do that thing with Tim Tams where you bite off diagonally opposite corners and suck your tea through it as if it were a drinking straw. The whole biscuit turns into a lovely warm syrupy thing that you can eat in a single huge mouthful of deliciousness.

I just discovered that this has a name: The Tim Tam Slam.

[JanieB]

Wot's it got to do with class ? Personally, I think it's a disgusting habit, but each to their own. I like my bisquits crisp and undunked.

[Guest]

No one has mentioned the standing time. Like leaving meat to stand before carving. So in dunking terms taking the biscuit out and leave ?secs. also while maneuvering the perfect standing angle before shoving in ya gob

I love how some people have issues with dunking (in a good way) and it gets put in the realms of picking ya nose, farting in public and other things.

Anyhoo, my top 3 biccies

Choc. digestive
Crunch cream
Oat biscuits