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no_hypocrisy

(46,312 posts) Sat Mar 23, 2024, 08:11 AM Mar 23

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Malted Milk Biscuits

https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/malted-milk-biscuits/product/88266

My kindergarten teacher tried to hoist these "cookies" on my class 60+ years ago.

One bite and I roundly rejected them. White milk was bad enough, but these things were more vile.

My teacher tried to gaslight me. Said they tasted like chocolate chip cookies. With the naivety of a child with suspension of disbelief, I tried the cookie again. Worse than the first time.

Back in the day, teachers got nervous when conformity was threatened in their classroom.

We compromised: I was provided Nabisco Saltine Crackers during milk-and-cookie time.

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Malted Milk Biscuits (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Mar 23 OP

Hunh. I'm of an age where I SHOULD know these, but have never heard of them. flor-de-jasmim Mar 23 #1

You had milk-and-cookie time in kindergarten?? Diamond_Dog Mar 23 #2

Yeah, right after nap time, which also was a grand waste of time. no_hypocrisy Mar 23 #3

Nap time in a half day class AND malted milk biscuits? Might posh sounding to me. All we got to eat was craft paste. marble falls Mar 23 #4

It was all a waste of my valuable five-year old time. no_hypocrisy Mar 23 #7

He's not a former inmate from Cleveland Public Schools, is he! marble falls Mar 23 #5

Haha! yes sounds quite posh! Diamond_Dog Mar 23 #6

Love malted milk. My grandfather sold Watkins products door to door in the 1930s-1950s. Watkins made a sinkingfeeling Mar 23 #8

The Watkins guy was looked forward to by my grandmother. She thought highly of their vanilla extract and ... marble falls Mar 23 #9

The reviews on those biscuits are very positive. IcyPeas Mar 23 #10

flor-de-jasmim

(2,128 posts)

1. Hunh. I'm of an age where I SHOULD know these, but have never heard of them.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 08:27 AM

Mar 23

Probably a good thing, given your description, and not to mention that they highlight the malt, which means I wouldn't be able to stop eating them!

Diamond_Dog

(32,196 posts)

2. You had milk-and-cookie time in kindergarten??

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:07 AM

Mar 23

no_hypocrisy

(46,312 posts)

3. Yeah, right after nap time, which also was a grand waste of time.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:32 AM

Mar 23

Not to mention uncomfortable. Lying down on thin blankets on a solid wood floor.

marble falls

(57,540 posts)

4. Nap time in a half day class AND malted milk biscuits? Might posh sounding to me. All we got to eat was craft paste.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:40 AM

Mar 23

no_hypocrisy

(46,312 posts)

7. It was all a waste of my valuable five-year old time.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:55 AM

Mar 23

I barely "graduated" with a complete knowledge of the alphabet. Forget numbers.

marble falls

(57,540 posts)

5. He's not a former inmate from Cleveland Public Schools, is he!

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:41 AM

Mar 23

Diamond_Dog

(32,196 posts)

6. Haha! yes sounds quite posh!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:52 AM

Mar 23

Warren City Schools here. And I remember the craft paste. You scooped it out of a big plastic jug with a wooden ruler.

sinkingfeeling

(51,499 posts)

8. Love malted milk. My grandfather sold Watkins products door to door in the 1930s-1950s. Watkins made a

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 10:00 AM

Mar 23

malted milk powder and also little disks of malted milk, like the centers of today's Whoppers, but not covered in chocolate. Loved them.

marble falls

(57,540 posts)

9. The Watkins guy was looked forward to by my grandmother. She thought highly of their vanilla extract and ...

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 10:42 AM

Mar 23

... kitchen stuff. When we cleared her house she still had Watkins paring knives, and old spice bottles from the fifties.

IcyPeas

(21,955 posts)

10. The reviews on those biscuits are very positive.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 03:59 PM

Mar 23

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