Which biscuit is named after an Italian patriot who died in 1882?
Garibaldi biscuit very similar), Garibaldi biscuits usually come in four strips of five biscuits each. They have a golden brown, glazed exterior and a moderately sweet pastry, but their defining characteristic is the layer of squashed fruit which gives rise to the colloquial names "fly sandwiches", "flies' graveyards", "dead fly biscuits", or "squashed fly biscuits", because the squashed fruit resemble squashed flies. The Garibaldi biscuit was named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian general and leader of the struggle to unify Italy. Garibaldi made a popular visit to South Shields in England in 1854. The biscuit was first manufactured by the Bermondsey biscuit
Nice biscuit Nice biscuit A Nice biscuit (pronounced () is a coconut-flavoured biscuit. It is thin, rectangular in shape, with rounded bumps on the edges, and lightly covered with a scattering of large sugar crystals, often with the word "NICE" imprinted on top in sans-serif capital letters. It is often served as an accompaniment to hot drinks, such as tea. The name probably derives from the city of Nice in the south of France. 1929 editions of the "Hull Daily Mail" carried an advertisement for Huntley & Palmers Nice Biscuits using the phrase "Delightful as the town after which they are named",