Delicious things can sometimes be found in the most ridiculous places.
I just recently got back from a trip to Chicago, and on the flight from LAX to ORD, I came across the most incredible tasting cookie. It was on the plane. Certainly, airplanes, once purveyors of rubber Denver omelets and pencil eraser potatoes, now serving generic adult version of Lunchables, are the last place I would ever think to find something worthy of culinary raves. But these biscuits, as the Biscoff company calls them (oh, those Europeans!), were so caramel ever-so-softly sticky chewy on the outside and sweet, light, crisp tender spicy on the outside that I almost snatched away 39F's from his tray table while he was asleep.
Too bad I just got pretzels on the return flight.
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11-16-2005 @ 9:25AM
Jeredb said...
Your biscuits look like the charcters from Katamari Damacy. How odd.
http://www.namco.com/games/katamari_damacy/
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11-16-2005 @ 11:27AM
Steve said...
I love these things! I used to have to hoard them every time I was lucky enough to get them on a flight. Fortunately, my local Kroger (grocery store) now stocks them in the produce section. Jealous much? Check around. You may find a local supplier to tide you over until your receive your family pack from the Gourmet Center.
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11-16-2005 @ 11:35AM
Fazal Majid said...
Those are actually Speculoos (sometimes spelled spekuloos or spekulaas), traditional Flemish spice biscuits made in Belgium, the North of France and parts of the Netherlands.
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11-16-2005 @ 1:43PM
sarah said...
you have them at kroger?!?!
i must check the ralphs here in LA to see if they have them as well...but i would never guess that they were in the produce section! maybe with the cookies and crackers, on the one shelf that has "international" - LOL!
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1-03-2006 @ 8:28PM
Gary Payne said...
I loved reading the notes about Biscoff. Yes, they are a traditional Belgian speculoos cookie and have a unique flavor unlike any domestic cookies. Yes, they are now available at Kroger and Dillon's stores, but in the bakery department, not produce. Sorry, Ralph's has not yet started to offer them. They are also at Hannaford (New England) and Food Lion in the gourmet cookie section or at our web site, www.biscoff.com.
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