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The humble cream crackers

I wonder why cream crackers are called cream crackers? Because there is no cream at all. Only bland biscuits.
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I notice that each country has their own version of biscuits. Cream cracker has to be the most common biscuits around here. It is bland in taste and is something one will eat when sick. People usually bring tins and packets of cream crackers to give away as gifts when visiting patients in hospital.

The above is a photo of cream crackers with sugar granules. I took the photo because I think the sugar looks nice in macro mode. My kids love the biscuits because of the sugar.

Are cream crackers found all over the world, I wonder.

Posted by on April 27th, 2005 under Biscuits

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  1. Dhana Says:
    April 27th, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    I miss cream crackers- especially those with sugar. It’s so delicious with tea tarik. Well, I have tried looking for cream cracker here in the US, but I have not really found any. They have something called saltine crackers here which resembles cream crackers but extremely salty. A few weeks ago, I found something like cream crackers on the Spanish aisle, but that was too brittle. My quest for cream crackers seems to be too tasking.

  2. Silencers Says:
    April 27th, 2005 at 5:41 pm

    I think they’re called cream crackers because they’re supposed to be eaten with cream. I mean, those things come from Europe as tea-time biscuits anyway.

    I like taking a stack of 4 pieces, and dunk all of them at once into a cup of hot Milo of teh-o, let it soak for 2-3 seconds, and give it a big nasty bite. yummeh.

  3. Eileen Chua Says:
    April 27th, 2005 at 10:06 pm

    I found cream crackers in the supermarket here.. by Jacobs but can’t find any cap Ping Pong one… and there’s none with sugar granules.

  4. pompit Says:
    April 27th, 2005 at 11:00 pm

    And they are also part of confinement food … dunked in Milo …. yum yum ….

  5. sbd18 Says:
    April 27th, 2005 at 11:04 pm

    oooo cream crackers…a simple yet very tasty treat…especially when mixed about with stuff…my fav is to eat with cheddar cheese or just apply strawberry jam on it…*drool*…

    the sugar ones are also my fav…sugar is always good right..=)

  6. lance Says:
    April 28th, 2005 at 5:58 am

    You’ll find cream crackers in Hawaii. Covered with jam or peanut butter, or butter and sugar or condensed cream or anything else to your heart’s content.

  7. romantic Says:
    April 28th, 2005 at 6:46 am

    They have both the plain and sugared Jacobs here in Canada. Evry now and then I craved it the way my grammy made when I was ill- slivers of cold butter on the cracker. Yum … comfort food.

  8. lilian Says:
    April 28th, 2005 at 3:15 pm

    Thanks for all the international input.
    Romantic - Cold butter tastes good, all the time. But if only we can take away the calories and cholestrol. I love it too, especially on hot buns.

    Lance - cream crackers with condensed milk is messy and nice.

    sbd18 - Sugar is always nice, and sinful too.

    Eileen - Cap Ping Pong is nicest because it is oilest!

    Pompit - Yeah, I would buy a tin to last me the whole month.

    Silencer - Wah you must have big mouth to accomodate a stack of 4.

    Dhana - Hope you find the right one.

  9. boo_licious Says:
    May 21st, 2005 at 3:58 am

    I love the sugar sprinkled crackers. We used to get them at our office pantry but now they have switched to the plain ones.

  10. chrissy Says:
    May 24th, 2005 at 2:29 pm

    superb to go with local (like Aik Cheong) kopi-O….syiok!

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