Taxonomy of biscuits

Following on from the news that chocolate teacakes are a cake rather than a biscuit, here's a link to a taxonomy of biscuits from the NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown.com website. Biscuits explained expounds on the difference between biscuits, cakes, crackers, chocolate covered biscuits, and chocolate bars.

If you are still not sure how to spot biscuits, here are three clues:

• They come in packets
• They have two sides
• You could dunk them in tea