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lowri

Joined: 18 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 8:08 am Post subject: Graham Crackers - substitute?

I have a recipe for Brandy Balls which includes Graham cracker crumbs. Yahoo and Wikipedia say the British equivalent is digestive biscuits. This is what I used, and the sweets taste of - digestive biscuits with a faint brandy flavour. There might well be no ground almonds in there at all! My sister in Canada, who gave me the recipe, says there is no good equivalent, and the flavour gets stronger if they are kept in an airtight container for as long as possible.
Anyone had this sort of problem with British conversions of North American recipes?

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 9:43 am Post subject: Re: Graham Crackers - substitute?

lowri wrote:

Pumpkin Pie.....all the recipes I found used canned processed pumpkin but adapted it and is now fine....

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: cambridge

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 9:58 am Post subject:
I think most recipes which call for graham crackers in the US seem to use digestive in this country but I don't know how equivalent they are

nats

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 6:47 pm Post subject:
would rich tea biscuits work? Or even half and half rich tea and digestives?

Effie

Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Posts: 1087

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Graham Crackers - substitute?

Ian33568 wrote:

lowri wrote:

Anyone had this sort of problem with British conversions of North American recipes?

Pumpkin Pie.....all the recipes I found used canned processed pumpkin but adapted it and is now fine....

I found that - I LOVE pumpkin pie, it's one of my all time favourite things in the world.

Helen_A

Joined: 26 Jan 2005
Posts: 1548
Location: MK, Bucks.

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 11:20 pm Post subject:
Doves farm digestives aren't quite as sweet as others, American friend says that they are the closest she has found in UK to the 'classic' graham cracker. Helen_A

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 08 11:29 pm Post subject:
What is all purpose flour in North Amaerica?

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: shropshire

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 08 8:10 am Post subject:

Mr O wrote:

What is all purpose flour in North Amaerica?

Plain flour

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: shropshire

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 08 8:14 am Post subject:
I am reliably informed by relatives in Canada that there is no equivalent to Graham crackers in the uk - digestives do not taste the same. However, if you are passing a Selfridges at any time go into their food hall and you will be able to get all sorts of US ingredients in there

lowri

Joined: 18 Oct 2006
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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 08 8:24 am Post subject:

I googled "graham flour" on my sister's advice and have found a recipe which I may try at some time. The yield given is 72! Think I shall have to halve it, but being American it is all CUPS! I have a set of measuring cups, but the exercise may involve frightful arithmetic, which may stall me!!
Thanks for everyone's comments - I prefer Dove's Digestives too, so might try them instead of the Co-op's!!

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 08 9:03 am Post subject:
my wee two have become addicted to smores with graham crackers and hershey kisses.... sent to us by an american friend. they travel well by post...can anyone send you some? perhaps you could paypal the money over to one of our american counterparts?????

Effie

Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Posts: 1087

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 08 1:24 pm Post subject:
Very pricey, but I think you can get them here from this website. There is also a US foodstuffs ebay shop selling them here. Still quite expensive though.

Caparn

Joined: 31 Dec 2012
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 12 6:03 pm Post subject:

nats wrote:

would rich tea biscuits work? Or even half and half rich tea and digestives?

The best match I've found is Malted Milk biscuits. Digestives crumble too easily and are too sweet. Mallted Milk are about the right texture and flavour. Maybe add a few ginger nuts of a proportion 3 malted milk to 1 ginger nut to get even nearer.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 12 7:37 pm Post subject:

Caparn wrote:

nats wrote:

would rich tea biscuits work? Or even half and half rich tea and digestives?

What a very useful first post!

Welcome to the forum

WandaBlue

Joined: 03 Feb 2011
Posts: 40
Location: Sanday, Orkney

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 13 3:52 pm Post subject:
Tower Gate digestives from Lidl are not too sweet and have quite a grainy texture compared to many. Unfortunately I have become addicted to them!

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