小饼干大讲究：从饼干看英国各地的饮食差异
<p><span word="Soggy">Soggy</span> <span word="bottoms">bottoms</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="preferred">preferred</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> – <span word="but">but</span> <span word="southerners">southerners</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="favour">favour</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quick">quick</span> <span word="dunk">dunk</span>.</p><p>北方人通常把饼干底部都泡得软软的，而南方人则只是蜻蜓点水般稍微泡一下。</p><p><span word="Yes">Yes</span>, <span word="England">England</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="biscuits">biscuits</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poll">poll</span> <span word="showing">showing</span> 65% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Stoke">Stoke</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="dippers">dippers</span>.</p><p>没错，在吃饼干的正确方式这个问题上，英国内部意见不一，一份民调显示，斯托克城以北地区，65%的人都喜欢把饼干泡久一点。</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="happily">happily</span> <span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biscuit">biscuit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="soft">soft</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="tucking">tucking</span> <span word="in">in</span> – <span word="risking">risking</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="ending">ending</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mug">mug</span>.</p><p>他们满怀欣喜地等着饼干慢慢泡软之后才吃——虽然有可能一不小心就让饼干在杯子里化掉了。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="tentative">tentative</span> <span word="South">South</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tea">tea</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="breakers">breakers</span> <span word="minimise">minimise</span> <span word="moisture">moisture</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brief">brief</span> <span word="plunge">plunge</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="delicate">delicate</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="bite">bite</span>.</p><p>不过在更加谨慎的南方住民里，超过50%的人都只是把饼干稍稍蘸一下茶或者咖啡，再小小地咬下第一口。</p><p><span word="Custard">Custard</span> <span word="creams">creams</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="king">king</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Waitrose">Waitrose</span> <span word="Food">Food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Drink">Drink</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="chocolate">chocolate</span> <span word="digestives">digestives</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lancs">Lancs</span>, <span word="Oxford">Oxford</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Cambridge">Cambridge</span>.</p><p>《维特罗斯(<span word="Waitrose">Waitrose</span>)食品和饮料报告》显示，蛋奶冻夹心饼干在约克郡(<span word="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</span>)的人气无人能敌，而在兰开夏郡(<span word="Lancs">Lancs</span>)、牛津郡和剑桥郡，巧克力消化饼干才是王道。</p>
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