The 4Food biscuit dunk off

There are a few sporting occasions that have assumed such global significance as to change the world forever: the 1936 Olympics, for instance, or the 1966 World Cup final.

To these 4Food can now proudly add a new sporting triumph. An event that will change tea breaks across Britain forever – the 4Food biscuit dunk off.

For years the Rich Tea has been taunted by its Ginger Nut rivals over its ability to withstand a steaming hot beverage. The Hobnob has carried the shame of its crumbly texture with a heavy heart. Such supposition must stop. 4Food invited the nation’s biscuits to step up to the mug and show once and for all who can dunk for longest.

The contenders:

• Ginger nut
• Rich tea
• Digestive
• Garibaldi
• Lemon Puff
• Jammy Dodger
• Bourbon
• Hobnob
• Shortbread
• Pink Wafer

The brew of truth
The 10 brave biscuits are primed and ready for their first dunk as the 4Food tea lady brings in the brew.
And they’re off…
Barely has the Jammy Dodger felt the sweet steam of the tea before he’s down. There had been talk of a jam-cement effect. That talk was wrong.
And wait a minute what’s this…the Ginger Nut, the bookie’s favourite, is beginning to wobble. And he’s down, with a mighty splash he sinks into the milk-based foam. Mr Rich Tea can hardly contain his delight.
They’re dunking again and the Bourbon is gone – that creamy paste filling seriously undermining his biscuity strength.
Hobnob: gone.
Digestive: gone.
One more dunk and the Rich Tea is down. But what a brave display from the sweet biscuit underdog. He can hold his wheat-based head high.
Back to the mugs and the Garibaldi is gone.
Shortbread: gone.

The dunking final
We’re down to the last two and it’s time to make those dunks a little longer. The Lemon Puff and the Pink Wafer go head to head in a series of 5 second submerges.
A surprising finalist, the Pink Wafer seems to many to lack substance but that complex wafer layering supports a rigid structure that can more than withstand your average dunk.

But what a competitor to be up against. The Lemon Puff is varnished with a lemony coating for extra strength – some may argue this puts him at an unfair advantage but I assure you a lemony varnish is well within the confines of the rule book.
They’re dunking again and I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Both biscuits are fraying but neither contender will let go. They can’t be going again, surely? But they are.

And it’s all over. The Pink Wafer is down. The Lemon Puff has been proven the 4Food ultimate dunking biscuit 2008. A brave fight and a glorious victory.

A true fight – or did we leave out any key contenders from the bread and biscuit aisle? Let us know.

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