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    "excerpt": "Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit is the strawberry version of the biscuit everybody can picture: two rounds of shortcake with a fruit middle and the heart-shaped window cut through the top, in the standard 140g pack. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the rounder, sweeter of the two fruit directions this biscuit is built around.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list it is made with wheat flour, a strawberry flavour apple jam and vegetable oils; there is no butter in it. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Strawberry sits alongside the shortcake where raspberry cuts through it, so take the tea strong rather than light. Two seconds in the cup, holding it by the edge away from the window.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage notes and pairing guidance are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit is the strawberry version of the biscuit everybody can picture without being shown: two rounds of shortcake with a fruit middle and a heart-shaped window cut through the top. The interest here is the flavour direction rather than the format. Strawberry and raspberry are the two fruits this biscuit is usually built around, and they pull in different directions: strawberry reads rounder, softer and sweeter, raspberry sharper and brighter. That is a general truth about the two fruits rather than a statement about this recipe, and which one you want depends entirely on whether you like the fruit to cut through the shortcake or to sit comfortably alongside it. The brand names this one as strawberry flavour on the front of the pack, and the declaration behind that wording is printed on the current pack rather than repeated here. The Taste Profile\n\nStrawberry middle: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The rounder, sweeter of the two usual directions, arriving first and doing most of the talking.\nShortcake rounds: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Short, sweet and mild, framing the middle rather than competing with it.\nSweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) High, and a little higher in effect than the raspberry version, because strawberry brings less acidity to push back.\nDunk tolerance: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Better than a cream-filled biscuit and worse than a digestive. Two seconds is the sensible limit.\n\n4.2 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk\nThat profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. The Story Behind The Pack\nThe jam sandwich biscuit with a window in it is one of the fixed points of the British biscuit tin, and the window is doing more work than it appears to. It shows the filling, which is most of the sales pitch to a child, and it lets the middle set properly in manufacture rather than being trapped under a solid lid. It also puts filling directly on the tongue at the first bite, which is why the fruit reads first even though there is more shortcake than filling in the biscuit by weight.\nThe 140g pack is the standard size, the one that lives in a cupboard and gets finished in a week. If these disappear faster than that in your house, the jumbo pack is the household size, and the shortcake keeps well enough to justify it.\nPackaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet\n\nBuy the size you will finish. A 140g pack eaten in a week beats a larger one that goes soft, and a shortcake round keeps better than most filled biscuits do.\nRecycling follows the pack. Packs, trays and films can take different routes and councils differ, so read the current pack and your own local guidance.\n\n How Does Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g Compare to:\n\nThe raspberry version in the same 140g pack: the same biscuit with the sharper of the two fruit directions. Raspberry cuts through the shortcake; strawberry sits alongside it. Neither is better and most households have a firm opinion.\nThe 16-biscuit jumbo pack: the same idea in a household quantity, which is the right buy if the pack gets finished.\nA jam and cream sandwich biscuit: the cream version is richer and stays on the palate longer. This one finishes cleaner, which is why a second is easier.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions\nA shortcake round with a fruit middle is more forgiving in a mug than a cream-filled biscuit, but not by much. The Afternoon Mug\n\nTea: one bag of ordinary black tea in 200ml at a full boil, three minutes, with milk. Strong rather than light, because the strawberry direction brings less acidity to balance the sugar than raspberry does.\nNo sugar: there is nothing in the tin that needs it less.\nTwo biscuits: the shortcake is sweet enough that a third stops being enjoyable.\n The Two-Second Dunk\n\nCount: two seconds, holding the biscuit by the edge away from the window.\nWhy it fails: the middle softens faster than the shortcake does, so a long dunk drops the filling rather than the biscuit.\nCold option: cold milk suits it better still, and mutes the sweetness into the bargain.\n Serving Notes For Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g\n\nPortion: two biscuits with a mug; one in a lunchbox.\nStorage: airtight and cool. The shortcake keeps well; the middle is what suffers in a warm cupboard.\nBest with: cold milk, strong black tea with milk, whipped cream and fresh strawberries, or crushed over an Eton mess.\nNot for: a cheese plate, a long dunk, or anyone who finds a sweet biscuit too sweet.\n Safety And Purity\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list it is made with wheat flour, a strawberry flavour apple jam and vegetable oils; there is no butter in it. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\nOn the filling: the brand names it as strawberry flavour on the front of the pack, and we use the brand's own wording. The full declaration, including any fruit content, is printed on the current UK pack.",
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                "content": "How does strawberry differ from the raspberry version?As a flavour direction, strawberry reads rounder, softer and sweeter; raspberry is sharper and brighter. That is a general truth about the two fruits rather than a statement about either recipe. Raspberry cuts through the shortcake, strawberry sits alongside it. What is the filling?The brand names it as a strawberry flavour middle on the front of the pack, and we use the brand's own wording. The full declaration, including any fruit content, is printed on the current UK pack and we do not restate it. How long can I dunk one?About two seconds, holding it by the edge away from the window. The middle softens faster than the shortcake does, so a long dunk loses the filling rather than the biscuit. Why is there a hole in the top?It shows the filling, which is most of the sales pitch to a five-year-old, and it lets the middle set properly in manufacture instead of being sealed under a solid lid. It also puts filling straight onto the tongue at the first bite. Should I buy the standard pack or the jumbo?The shortcake keeps well enough to justify the larger jumbo pack. Buy this 140g one if it will be finished in a week or so, or if cupboard space is short. What should I drink with it?Cold milk for a child, strong black tea with milk for an adult. Keep the tea on the strong side and leave the sugar out: strawberry brings less acidity to balance the sweetness than raspberry does. How do I keep them in condition?Airtight and cool. The shortcake keeps well, which is unusual for a filled biscuit, but the middle is what suffers in a warm cupboard and the biscuits start sticking to one another. Can I cook with them?They crush into a short, jammy crumb that is very good over an Eton mess or a bowl of stewed fruit, and they stack well with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Both are in the recipe ideas tab. Is it a good lunchbox biscuit?One at a time, yes. If you want them sealed and portioned, the minis snack packs do that job. This pack is the cupboard at home rather than the school bag. When is this the wrong buy?If you want the fruit to cut rather than to soothe. Strawberry is the softer direction, and anyone who finds sweet biscuits too sweet should take the raspberry version instead, or a plain tea biscuit."
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                "content": "Ingredients, as published for this barcode: wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron and thiamin), strawberry flavour apple jam (27%) (glucose-fructose syrup, apples (sulphites), sugar, humectant (glycerol), acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), gelling agent (pectin), flavourings, colour (anthocyanins)), vegetable oils (sustainable palm, rapeseed), sugar, partially inverted sugar syrup, colour (beetroot red), salt, flavourings, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate).Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list it is made with wheat flour, a strawberry flavour apple jam and vegetable oils; there is no butter in it. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsStrawberry flavour middlethe fillingThe brand's own wording for the centre, and the part that arrives first on the palate. Strawberry is the rounder, sweeter of the two directions this biscuit is usually built around.Shortcake roundstwo per biscuitShort, sweet and mild. They frame the middle rather than competing with it, and they give the biscuit enough structure to survive a short dunk.The heart windowcut through the top roundPack weight140gThe standard pack rather than the jumbo. The piece count is printed on the pack and we state none.Pack: Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g; the standard pack of shortcake sandwich rounds with a strawberry flavour middle. Best before the date printed on the pack, and best kept airtight and cool once opened.Sourcing & blend. Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g is the strawberry direction of a biscuit that has been one of the fixed points of the British biscuit tin for generations: two rounds of shortcake, a fruit middle holding them together and a window cut through the top so the filling shows. The pack you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe for another market. The characterisation of strawberry as the rounder and sweeter direction and raspberry as the sharper one is a general observation about the two fruits, and the reading of the shortcake as mild enough to frame the middle rather than compete with it is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.What is in Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g, and what is not:In: a 140g pack of shortcake sandwich rounds with a strawberry flavour middle.Not a low-sweetness biscuit: this is a children's biscuit that adults eat, and the strawberry direction reads sweeter still because it brings less acidity than raspberry.Not a long dunker: the middle softens before the shortcake does, which is an editorial reading of how a filled round behaves in hot liquid rather than a claim off the pack."
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                "content": "The flavour of Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g is built in three layers, physically stacked rather than blended, which makes them easy to follow.The outer layer is the shortcake, and it is deliberately quiet. A short dough is built for tenderness rather than snap, so a Dodger breaks with a crumble instead of a crack, and its flavour is understated because anything assertive would argue with the middle. The rounds are there to frame the filling and to give the biscuit enough structure to survive being picked up, dunked briefly and carried about in a lunchbox.The flavour spike is the middle, and the window puts it on the tongue first. The practical effect is that the strawberry version reads sweeter overall even if the sugar were identical, because there is less acid pushing back against it.The base structure is the finish, and it is cleaner than a cream-filled biscuit gives you. There is no fat-heavy filling to coat the palate, so the sweetness clears reasonably quickly and the mouth is ready for the next sip of tea. That is the main argument for a jam sandwich over a cream one, and it is why two of these are easy where two custard creams are not.Getting it right in the cup. Brew one bag of ordinary black tea in 200ml at a full boil for three minutes with milk, and take it strong: this matters more with the strawberry version than with the raspberry one, because the cup has to supply the balance the fruit is not supplying. Leave the sugar out entirely. Dunk for no more than two seconds, holding the biscuit by its edge away from the window, because the middle softens before the shortcake does and a long dunk drops the filling. Cold milk is the better match for a child, and it mutes the sweetness into the bargain. Keep the pack airtight and cool once opened; the shortcake holds its condition well but the middle does not.How water and temperature change it. Warmth softens the middle first and the shortcake second, so a pack left in a sunny kitchen loses structure from the inside out and the biscuits begin sticking to one another; a cool cupboard keeps the crumb short and the biscuits separate. In the cup, hotter water and a longer steep give a fuller, more astringent tea that balances the sugar properly, which is exactly what a sweeter fruit direction needs, while a light cup or a very milky one leaves the biscuit dominating the sitting."
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                "content": "Jammie Dodgers Strawberry Flavour Jam & Biscuit, 140g is the softer, sweeter fruit direction of a familiar biscuit, which makes it better in cold puddings than the sharper version. Five builds below cover the afternoon mug, an Eton mess, the two-second dunk, a cream and strawberry stack and the lunchbox pair.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Afternoon Mug\n \n How to serve strawberry Jammie Dodgers with a proper mug of tea.\n \n 4 min\n 1 serving\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 biscuits\n 1 bag ordinary black tea\n 200ml water at a full boil\n A splash of milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew one bag in 200ml straight off the boil for three minutes, strong rather than light. The cup has to supply the balance the strawberry does not.\n Leave the sugar out. No biscuit in the tin needs it less.\n Stop at two. The shortcake is sweet enough that a third stops being enjoyable.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A tea break where the cup does the work and the biscuit stays a treat.\n\n \n Eton Mess With Dodgers\n \n How to use strawberry Jammie Dodgers in an Eton mess.\n \n 10 min\n 4 servings\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 biscuits\n 300ml double cream\n 300g fresh strawberries\n 2 meringue nests\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Whip the cream to soft peaks and crush the meringue into it roughly.\n Halve most of the strawberries and fold them through, keeping a few back.\n Crush the biscuits coarsely and fold half through at the last moment, scattering the rest over the top at the table.\n Serve immediately, while the biscuit crumb is still crisp against the cream.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The classic pudding with a short, jammy crumb running through it, for the cost of four biscuits.\n\n \n The Two-Second Dunk\n \n How to dunk a Jammie Dodger without losing the middle.\n \n 1 min\n 1 serving\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 biscuits\n 1 mug of hot tea\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Hold the biscuit by its edge, away from the window, so your fingers are not on the part that softens.\n Count two seconds. The middle gives way before the shortcake does.\n Eat the dunked side first and immediately, which is the only way to keep the filling where it belongs.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A dunked Dodger that arrives intact, which is more than most filled biscuits manage.\n\n \n Cream And Strawberry Stack\n \n How to build a quick shortcake stack with Jammie Dodgers.\n \n 10 min\n 2 servings\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 6 biscuits\n 150ml double cream\n 150g strawberries, sliced\n 1 teaspoon icing sugar\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Whip the cream with the icing sugar to soft peaks.\n Stack biscuit, cream, sliced strawberry, biscuit, three high on each plate.\n Build at the table. Cream softens a shortcake round within minutes.\n Eat with a spoon rather than in the hand, because the stack will not survive being picked up.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A strawberry shortcake in ten minutes, using the biscuit as the pastry.\n\n \n The Lunchbox Pair\n \n How to pack Jammie Dodgers for a lunchbox.\n \n 2 min\n 1 serving\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 biscuits\n A carton of cold milk\n A piece of fruit\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Wrap two biscuits face to face rather than loose, so the windows are protected and the filling does not stick to the box.\n Pack cold milk rather than a warm drink, which mutes the sweetness.\n Keep the rest of the pack airtight at home, because an open pack in a warm kitchen loses the middle first.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Two biscuits that arrive whole, which loose in a lunchbox they usually do not."
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