Why Are Biscuits Covered in Holes? | Food Unwrapped

Kate Quilton has noticed that most biscuits are covered in tiny little holes... do they serve a mysterious purpose or are they just for show?

Food Unwrapped Season 7 Episode 2

Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.

[gaboper]

I'm waiting for that moment when the person on the other line actually knows the answer to their questions.

[Vanguardkl]

Glad they showed the ones without holes as well.. always good when they think ahead to provide more than the minimum answers

[pooja]

Touchy, isn't she? 😂 Lass probably wanted to bag a lifetime supply of biscuits

[AelwynMr]

In fact most recipes call for pricking biscuits and pie crusts with a fork before baking to let the steam out, it's not much of a secret :-D

[Georgia-Vic]

The holes make them cook to where they are crispy!😋(they help to make it stable also!😉)

[danielpalma]

They have holes to keep them nice and fresh... also, so tiny witches can use them in the cages they trap tiny children in while in the forest. Lets them get fresh air while transporting them to their house.

[NyanyiC]

I love ginger nuts. I can't understand why the only ginger biscuits in Sweden are so thin😭

[ilsunnylo]

Same thing with sausages and pies. Letting the steam escape leaving a flat aesthetic finish.

[iamanidiotbut]

Bourbon is definitely pronounced like the guy said

[jimbond]

She almost mouthed the f word when her biscuit fell 😂

[psychosoma]

Ive always called the alcohol "burbun" and the biscuit "bore-bon"

[PirateOfTheNorth]

I could not work in a biscuit factory as I’d want to eat them all

[kingjames]

they remove small pieces of them to reduce costs.

[francophone.]

In French, Bourbon isn't pronounced either way lol

[sskaioken]

I'm guessing but it's so that the air can pass through while cooking

[ftswarbill]

What the holy god damn hell is boiled sweets? We both speak English but I have no Idea what the hell they are talking about.

[FixerUK]

From Bury, Manchester originally and it was always pronounced "Bor-bon".

[americanrebel]

Those things aren't biscuits, those things are cookies and crackers!

LOL! I know!

[symetryrtemys]

In most cases, they are not holes, they are dimples.

[disappearintothesea]

Ofc they’ll have holes. They’re cookies not biscuits.