[ukus]

I have tried umpteen sorts of cracker's (and I don't think I have ever tried a cracker I haven't liked) but my very favorites are still regular water crackers. I always bought Carr's but when they jumped to $3.79 a box I tried a store brand at $1.99. This is when I found out a water cracker is a water cracker and have enjoyed the store brand ever since.

Running a very close second are Jacob's cream cracker's. I always think of the many suppers my Grannie made for me, including Jacobs crackers with Cheddar cheese and a plonk of Branston pickle or pickled onions.
I even picked up some lower fat ones in Fiesta the other day.

Being partial to a nice blue cheese I like a flavorful cracker to go with it and have found the perfect cracker in Randalls (Safeway)...... LU Herbes de Provence flatbread crackers ....yummy



So what's in your cracker cupboard?

[kitchenwitch]

Triscuits, and Wheat Thins are almost always in my cupboard. I really like Carr's whole wheat crackers, they're almost a cookie to me, and especially good with a smear of brie. I recently found some cornbread crackers at Aldi that are very good. Unfortunately they don't always carry them and I haven't found a national brand that are similar, so I stock up when I see them.

[mr dragon]

I like Jacob's but you have to put something on them otherwise it's like chewing on pieces of dried up tasteless matter. I got some localy made Shropshire Blue from my folks last week. I don't normally like strong Blue cheese, but this stuff was pretty good and I've eaten most of it already

Last time I was in the south west I went to Cheddar Gorge and bought a giant chunk of their locally made proper mature Cheddar. Boy oh boy was it good.

[SilverMiniCooperS]

I've always loved Jacobs but for the past several months I've had a problem finding them - like my PAXO sage and onion.

Like Karen the Carr's water biscuits were too expensive and I've been buying the Kroger brand which in my opinion are just as good and a lot cheaper. I love them with cheese - some good blue cheese, brie or another favorite of mine is Laughing Cow. I know, I know, it's processed, but its good!

Kroger has a pretty good selection of imported cheeses, including some damn good English Cheddar, and Stilton etc. But the prices make you go A lot of it I think is the import duty that was imposed years ago by I think President Clinton's admin. I just cannot see spending 5 or 10 dollars on a little sliver of cheese. On the weekends Kroger puts out samples with crackers and always have more than a few!

[ukus]

I've always loved Jacobs but for the past several months I've had a problem finding them - like my PAXO sage and onion

Oh dear Jen ... what about Fiesta? They still have a good selection of Brit stuff here and have a whole middle isle display of Christmas fare just in. I bought two Christmas puds, a Quality st. jar and some Robinson's (with suet) Mincemeat .... so I can make some individual pies for my dad.
Let me know if you have a prob cos I am sincerely happy to post you a goodie box.

[wakeyboy]

Yay, christmas pud and mince pie time is almost upon us!!!!

[ukus]

I like Jacob's but you have to put something on them otherwise

... otherwise it's just plain torture (kinda like eating an under ripe Persimmon)

Never, never try and eat Jacobs cream cracker's without anything on 'em (shudder)

[ukus]

Yay, christmas pud and mince pie time is almost upon us!!!!

I like a taste of Christmas pud also John ....Christmas cake , not so much.

I squash some sixpences into mine and like to pour Crosse and Blackwell brandied flavor hard sauce over my puds .... and bring it all to the table a' flaming !

[kitchenwitch]

I always make mince pie for Thanksgiving which is only 2 weeks away. ( This year is flying by!)
My Dad and I are the only ones who like it (there's no accounting for taste, I know) so I end up with a lot of it leftover.

The one local store of ours that carried a lot of Brit food stopped doing so, and I was able to get a lot of goodies for cheap since they put it on clearance. Unfortunately that means my only source for tasty snacks - especially baked beans might be the over-priced gift shop several miles away. Oh well, I guess it's worth it, but I blame you all for making me a Heinz baked bean and HP Sauce addict. I never would have tried it otherwise. And there is no substitute.

[Caer Ibormeith]

Carr's assorted cheese crackers have always been my go to crackers, but the Lu crackers look really good, Karen. It's a quality Canadian brand. I also like the Stoned ( ) Wheat Thins crackers, also from Canada.

[Mr Retro]

I rarely have crackers in my pantry. But when I do I like;

*Triscuit- Roasted garlic & Olive Oil flavored
*Ritz crackers- great for making "mock apple pie."
*Carr's- any flavor

[mr dragon]

Yay, christmas pud and mince pie time is almost upon us!!!!

I like a taste of Christmas pud also John ....Christmas cake , not so much.

I squash some sixpences into mine and like to pour Crosse and Blackwell brandied flavor hard sauce over my puds .... and bring it all to the table a' flaming !

I like a good piece of Christmas pud as well- especially with rum butter. My Mum used to put a fifty pence piece in when she used to make them herself. She doesn't make 'em anymore- it's too much effort, and she did actually prepare them properly months before Christmas and then store them as you're supposed to. Her home made rum butter is still a killer though. Where do you get your sixpences from Karen?

[SilverMiniCooperS]

I've always loved Jacobs but for the past several months I've had a problem finding them - like my PAXO sage and onion

Oh dear Jen ... what about Fiesta? They still have a good selection of Brit stuff here and have a whole middle isle display of Christmas fare just in. I bought two Christmas puds, a Quality st. jar and some Robinson's (with suet) Mincemeat .... so I can make some individual pies for my dad.
Let me know if you have a prob cos I am sincerely happy to post you a goodie box.

Yes I know - I'll have to make a trip there. Unfortunately the closest Fiesta is over 30 miles from us - at Willowbrook. I love their Christmas display of imported stuff. I always spend a small fortune there as they usually have a lot of German Christmas biccies and choccies and such also. Kroger stopped selling PAXO also and I'm out. Hopefully Fiesta has some. Kroger also stopped selling my Typhoo tea (sorry Ben) so I'll stock up on that too at Fiesta as well as my German coffee.



I make my own mince pies also - I used the Pepperidge Farm puff pastry and they turn out lovely. My mum always made Christmas puds and cake months in advance and my father decorated the cake with marzipan and royal icing. I can only eat a very small portion of either so I don't bother with them anymore as Klaus didn't care too much for them either.

[wakeyboy]

No one in my family likes Christmas puddings so I buy a small one from the shop. No way as good as a home made one but its better than nothing.

Mince pies (briefly heated in microwave with a splash of pouring cream or a heaped teaspoon of clotted cream) DIVINE!

I'm also a fan of Christmas cake (wedding cake at any other time of year - )

and Yule log...

and trifle...

and lebkuchen...

and all the sweets...

and the dinner!!!!!!





Its like the best time of the year or summat.

[Caer Ibormeith]

No one in my family likes Christmas puddings so I buy a small one from the shop. No way as good as a home made one but its better than nothing.

Mince pies (briefly heated in microwave with a splash of pouring cream or a heaped teaspoon of clotted cream) DIVINE!

I'm also a fan of Christmas cake (wedding cake at any other time of year - )

and Yule log...

and trifle...

and lebkuchen...

and all the sweets...

and the dinner!!!!!!





Its like the best time of the year or summat.

Have tried stollen (especially baked with marzipan) yet? It definitely needs to be added to your Christmas sweets menu. Pfeffernesse cookies are really good, too. Lots of spice.

[wakeyboy]

Yes I do like stollen! and it is on my list, just forgot it! Theres so much.

[mr dragon]

My folks like stollen. It's kind of inevitable when I go round there nowadays that my Mum tries to palm me of with bits of food to take home- and sometimes it's a nice piece of stollen. I don't have much of a sweet tooth- I rarely eat deserts, but stollen is nice, real Xmas pud and mince pies are fab once a year, and I do so like proper cheesecake.

[wakeyboy]

I think it would be easier to write a list of food I dont like.

[SilverMiniCooperS]

Cost Plus World Market always has lebkuchen and stollen this time of the year. I buy a bunch and freeze them to eat later in the year. The marzipan stollen is divine.

[wakeyboy]

I love eating soft amaretti biscuits with a mug of coffee...

[kitchenwitch]

My folks like stollen. It's kind of inevitable when I go round there nowadays that my Mum tries to palm me of with bits of food to take home- and sometimes it's a nice piece of stollen. I don't have much of a sweet tooth- I rarely eat deserts, but stollen is nice, real Xmas pud and mince pies are fab once a year, and I do so like proper cheesecake.

My mom always sends me home with way too much food after Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner as well. And since the boy is now in Florida there is no way we'll be able to take half of what she usually gives us. She makes too much food no matter how many of us are at the table. And while I'm truly grateful for the abundance I also feel bad about the waste. I need to remind her to plan smaller portions this year, no matter how futile that may be.

[JuanaLaLoca]

I think it would be easier to write a list of food I dont like.

I agree!

I like Pepperidge Farms 'Entertaining Quartet' - wheat, sesame, butter, and water crackers. I buy them alternately with one called 'Whole Grains' or something like that, from Dare. They have sesame and poppy seeds. I do occasionally buy Carr's - my favorites of theirs are the Rosemary, but I also like the Cheese Assortment and recently tried some cheesy ones that were good on their own.

[wakeyboy]

I've neglected to mention crackers!


I like (I think they're Carr's) cheese melts.

I also like jacobs cream crackers. If you get a selection box of crackers from Jacob's they're best. You get wheat ones, a salted one, water crackers, hovis cracker (its like a sweet biscuit).

Its always best to have something on them but I can eat the salted ones, the water crackers and the hovis biscuit without if I must.

I also like oatcakes, which really are like eating cardboard in terms of taste but I like it in a strange way. It also disintergrates into a rich sticky paste in your mouth. - I'm really selling it aren't I?!

[ukus]

which really are like eating cardboard in terms of taste...It also disintergrates into a rich sticky paste in your mouth.

Eewwww and I've just bought some Walker's Scottish biscuits for Cheese . A fine selection of Scottish digestives and OATCAKES !

[SilverMiniCooperS]

I may just have to try them...

[wakeyboy]

Karen, just nibble a bit and see. Kind of like porridge with all the moisture removed ?

They are nicer with things on them. Look up what to put on them because i tend to eat them plain so I wouldnt know what to do with them.

[bll]

I like plain crackers or twonhouse style with rondele garlic cheese on them, yum!

[Caer Ibormeith]

Karen, just nibble a bit and see. Kind of like porridge with all the moisture removed ?

They are nicer with things on them. Look up what to put on them because i tend to eat them plain so I wouldnt know what to do with them.

I like my oatcakes slathered with butter, I'm ashamed to say.

[Druid 2156]

Hmmmmmm, I like oatmeal slathered in butter. Not the same, I realize...