One word, indestructible! There was always a rumour going around that they were used in early body-armour testing for ballistic resistance. They were also a handy digging tool.
You had to be seriously hungry to eat them on their own. They had to be accompanied with something. Jam, cheese possessed or condensed milk. Biscuits AB is the reason I have no teeth now. They should have been called ABH biscuits. I think they’re still around, nowadays they call them biscuits Brown.
I haven’t got a clue what they were made of, back then. After chatting to an Ex-army slop jockey, who I can’t name, he gave me what is thought to be the top-secret ingredients; 500mg bromide, 300mg cement, 250 mg sand and 2 spoons of gunpowder mixed with Swarfega, then cook at 550 C for 36 hours. That was the reason why they were known as the Aldershot Concrete Company. Endex rating… WMD.
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