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Q: Afghan Biscuits ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Afghan Biscuits
Category: Family and Home > Food and Cooking
Asked by: robertskelton-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 12 Oct 2003 17:35 PDT
Expires: 11 Nov 2003 16:35 PST
Question ID: 265581
Afghan Biscuits are a popular biscuit / cookie in New Zealand. How did
they get their name?
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Subject: Re: Afghan Biscuits
From: justaskscott-ga on 12 Oct 2003 17:55 PDT
 
Here's the best indication of origin I could find:

Errol Cavit, "Re: WI: Different name for Afghan Hounds?", online
posting (2003-03-18)
<soc.history.what-if> via Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3abd9d15.0303181516.55499cf1%40posting.google.com
Subject: Re: Afghan Biscuits
From: leli-ga on 13 Oct 2003 05:00 PDT
 
Another theory:

"A yummy crunchy chocolate biscuit, traditional in New Zealand, and
nothing to do with people from Afghanistan! It was so named because of
the dark colour of the biscuit."
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=85229

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