As rare as a Lincoln Biscuit

For weeks, I have been trying to remember something.

Nothing of any major importance, just something of yesteryear that would not come to mind.

Suddenly, tonight, it did.

The Lincoln Biscuit.

Gone, but not forgotten.

Although, if it had been ‘not forgotten’, I wouldn’t have spent the last few weeks trying to remember what it was.

Some odd things come to mind at times, don’t they?

I can’t remember the last time I had a Lincoln Biscuit. I can’t remember what they actually tasted like, but somewhere in the back of my mind, I must have enjoyed them.

A quick internet search has told me that they are no longer available in my part of the world, for reasons I have yet to fathom.

Which is mightily inconvenient, if you ask me, considering I could do with one right now. Sigh. Never mind.

I’ll look for something else instead.

Spangles.

Sep 10, 2012

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19 responses to “As rare as a Lincoln Biscuit”

Visionkeeper

Sep 10, 2012

Wow….i had never even heard of one…It is a British thing? With the name Lincoln it sounds like USA….Either way haven’t heard of it or tasted it…Looks kind of like a short bread cookie…VK

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Sep 11, 2012
  
  Hi VK… yes, I think it is -or was- a British thing. It was a shortcake biscuit, but I haven’t seen them on sale for many a moon now…
  
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lameadventures

Sep 11, 2012

I have no idea what a Lincoln biscuit is but I am a fan of McVittie’s.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Sep 11, 2012
  
  McVities used to make Lincoln biscuits as well as all of the others – in the middle of all of the bubbles they’d add the word Lincoln! Wikipedia gives some great trivia at times, LA!
  
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  1. lameadventures
    
    Sep 11, 2012
    
    Wikipedia does much of my thinking for me Tom.
    
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shreejacob

Sep 11, 2012

Mhmm we have a biscuit called Tiger Milk biscuits that look like that! What are Spangles?

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Sep 11, 2012
  
  Spangles are old boiled sweets that are no longer available, Shree. Even looking at the images on Google shows how old-fashioned they were!
  
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prenin

Sep 11, 2012

I prefer custard creams myself, or fig rolls (I have two packets in the kitchen in case I need a treat!), however I can quite remember having one of these from a selection box of biscuits I got one Christmas! 🙂

God Bless!

Prenin.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Sep 11, 2012
  
  Yes, I’m partial to the odd custard cream or two, Prenin.
  The Lincolns were great with a cup of tea!
  
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europasicewolf

Sep 11, 2012

Lincoln biscuits are lovely 🙂 I prefer plain biccies as a rule and now I can’t stop thinking about that lovely nobbly Lincoln biccy!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Sep 11, 2012
  
  If you see them in the shops, please tell me which one… I really need to have one now myself!
  
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  1. europasicewolf
    
    Sep 12, 2012
    
    SluuuUUUrrRRRRPP~! SlooOOObbbEErrRRR!! MuuUUNnnNCCCChhhhH!! 🙂
    
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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
      
      Sep 12, 2012
      
      😯
      * eats a custard cream and has done with it *
      
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      1. europasicewolf
        
        Sep 12, 2012
        
        Since reading this post I have developed “Lincoln Neck!” It has never happened before but last night I made the mistake of looking in the mirror…in the bathroom… 😉 and horrors of horrors my neck had gone all knobbly!!! Seriously…! I actually think it maybe a reaction to a new cream I bought, It says it’s based on plant extracts but I’m beginning to think it was in fact based on Lincoln biscuit extracts!! That or I’ve got some wierd disease like Lincoln Pox!! Oh Wolf! Hope it clears up soon 😀
        
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        Tom (Aquatom1968)
        
        Sep 12, 2012
        
        Crikey Icewolf, a knobbly neck!
        I hope it clears up for you soon as well… you don’t want that hanging around, do you? Lincoln Pox indeed!
        
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Let’s CUT the Crap!

Sep 15, 2012

I hate when something like this happens. Here one moment and gone the next. Have you checked out copy-cat recipes? Might need to bake some yourself.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Sep 15, 2012
  
  Since I remembered the name of them Tess, I have done a quick internet search and it seems there are some recipes out there.
  I may have a go at baking them at sometime… but I don’t really want to spoil the memory I have of them… which I may just do, considering some of the concoctions I’ve created food-wise over the years!!
  
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sylvia

Jan 16, 2013

I thought jacobs made lincoln? Yes i miss them very much too

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Jan 16, 2013
  
  They may have done, Sylvia, I also recall shops’ own brands having their own varieties too, but they no longer seem to be available anywhere… 😦
  
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