Afghan biscuits
The New Zealand company Griffin's makes 'Afghans', which are crispy
biscuits, flavoured with cocoa powder and with a milk chocolate coating on top. A recipe for a domestic version of Afghan biscuits evidently appeared first in Edmonds "Sure to Rise Cookery Book". The 1914 edition of this book is online at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-EdmCook.html Yet there is no recipe for Afghan biscuits in this edition. The book has been through many editions since 1907. Does anybody know when the recipe for Afghan biscuits first appeared? Incidentally, there is no entry for Afghan biscuits in the Oxford English Dictionary. Does anybody know of a dictionary where the phrase appears? |
Afghan biscuits
In article >, Richard Wright
> wrote: > The New Zealand company Griffin's makes 'Afghans', which are crispy > biscuits, flavoured with cocoa powder and with a milk chocolate > coating on top. > > A recipe for a domestic version of Afghan biscuits evidently appeared > first in Edmonds "Sure to Rise Cookery Book". > > The 1914 edition of this book is online at > > http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-EdmCook.html > > Yet there is no recipe for Afghan biscuits in this edition. > > The book has been through many editions since 1907. > > Does anybody know when the recipe for Afghan biscuits first appeared? > > Incidentally, there is no entry for Afghan biscuits in the Oxford > English Dictionary. Does anybody know of a dictionary where the phrase > appears? I know it's a long way away from NZ, but it's worth bearing in mind that Australia introduced a huge number of camels (which have since gone feral) and Afghan camel drivers in the 19the century to explore the red centre. The crack train from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs is still known as the 'Ghan' in their honour. Lazarus |
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