Nice biscuit

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Nice biscuit
Nice biscuit

Nice biscuits are a type of coconut flavoured biscuit.

The biscuit is thin and near-rectangular with rounded edges, and is lightly covered with a scattering of large sugar crystals and the word "NICE" imprinted on top in san-serif capital letters. It is often served as an accompaniment to hot drinks.

British company Huntley & Palmers made Nice biscuits as early as 1904.[1] According to the Australian firm Arnott's Biscuits Holdings, one of a number of companies worldwide to produce them, the biscuits are named after a French city called Nice, and so should be pronounced 'neese' (IPA: [nis]), rather than as the English word 'nice' (IPA: [naɪs]).[2] Throughout the UK however they are more commonly known as 'Nice' and not 'Neese'

[edit] References

  1. ^ Huntley & Palmer's Collection. Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service). Retrieved on November 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Nice biscuits. Arnott's Biscuit Holdings. Retrieved on November 22, 2007.
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