Ginger snap
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A gingersnap,[1] ginger snap, ginger nut,[2] or ginger biscuit is a biscuit flavoured with ginger. Ginger snaps are flavoured with powdered ginger and a variety of other spices, most commonly cinnamon, molasses[3] and clove.[4] There are many recipes.[5] The brittle ginger nut style is a commercial version of the traditional fairings once made for market fairs now represented only by the Cornish fairing.Template:Fact
Global terminology
Ginger nuts are not to be confused with pepper nuts, which are a variety of gingerbread, somewhat smaller in diameter, but thicker.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Europe
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In 2009, McVitie's Ginger Nuts were listed as the tenth most popular biscuit in the UK to dunk into tea.[8]
- Oceania
In Australia, produced since the 1900s,[9] Arnott's Biscuits manufactures four different regional varieties of ginger nut to suit the tastes of people in different states.[10] The darker and more bitter Queensland biscuit is Template:Convert in weight and average about Template:Convert in thickness, compared to the lighter South Australia biscuit, which is heavier at Template:Convert in weight, and average about Template:Convert in thickness.
Ginger nuts are the most sold biscuit in New Zealand, normally attributed to its tough texture which can withstand dunking into liquid. Leading biscuit manufacturer Griffin's estimates 60 million of these cookies are produced each year. This has become the title of a book, 60 Million Gingernuts, a chronicle of New Zealand records.[11][12][13]
- North America
In Canada and the United States, the cookies are usually referred to as ginger snaps. Further, they are generally round drop cookies, usually between Template:Convert thick, with noticeable cracks in the top surface.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
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- ↑ Mattila, Anna-Liisa: Piparikirja. Jyväskylä: Atena, 2001. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ "Chocolate digestive is nation's favourite dunking biscuit". The Telegraph. 2 May 2009
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