All a 'digestive' is and ever has been to me is a tasty biccy that you dip in your tea!!
Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:22 AM Subject: [USMA:16403] More metric items > Picked up the following items at a Stop & Shop in Middletown, New York. > They had a large selection of foods imported from England, most with no > colloquial units on them. I only bought a representative sample. > (Categories per USMA consumer page.) > > beans Batchelors Curried Beans (UK) 400 g > > other sauces HP Curry Sauce 250 g > > ketchup Chef Tomato Ketchup 340 g > (Nestle, Switzerland) > > onions Haywards Traditional Onions 270 g > (bottled, UK) > > cookies McVitie's Shortcake (UK) 200 g > > Jacob's Chocolate Digestive 150 g > (UK) > > candy Yorkie Chocolate Bar 70 g > (Nestle, Ireland) > > > The "Digestive" appears to be a type of cookie. Can one of our English > members tell me what "Digestive" means to English citizens? Sounds like a > medicine to me. > > Jim Elwell >
