
Originally Posted by
Tallulah
In this context, digestive =/= laxative. A digestive is a kind of cookie in Britain, often covered in chocolate, plain or milk, and most recently, with Cadbury's chocolate.
An actual study (a proper study funded by a university, though I forget which one...) was taken as to the best cookie (or biscuit as we say) to dunk. Hob Nobs (an oaty cookie) won out, as they stand up to the temperature of hot drinks, whilst other inferior types of cookie (such as Rich Tea) will just disintegrate and leave you with that sloppy crumby stuff in the bottom of your cup!