# Chicken In A Biskit Crackers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 8, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736 "2013-02-08T22:16:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/1 "2013-02-08T22:16:03Z")
I bought some of these, as they were on sale and I never tasted them before.
Are they supposed to taste like Chicken? They taste like crackers that are way over salted to me.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/2 "2013-02-08T22:17:24Z")
Put tuna salad on them.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/3 "2013-02-08T22:21:07Z")
Yum…one of my favorite crackers, but only once in awhile. They are very heavily seasoned. I like mine with swiss cheese.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/4 "2013-02-08T22:22:45Z")
Tuna salad with swiss cheese, just long enough in the mircrowave to make the cheese soft.
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### Author:  [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/5 "2013-02-08T22:27:22Z")
I used to love them as a kid. Think they’re basically made with something like chicken bouillon powder, or that’s how I remember them tasting.
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/6 "2013-02-08T22:31:26Z")
I used to love those things. I haven’t had them in a while.
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### Author:  [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/7 "2013-02-08T22:35:46Z")
They probably are made with chicken bullion which would probably explain the over-salty flavor as bullion is very heavy on salt.
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/8 "2013-02-08T22:37:29Z")
We like 'em with cheese from a can, and with devilled ham spread.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/9 "2013-02-08T23:08:51Z")
Yeah, dad always liked them with spray cheese.
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### Author:  [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/10 "2013-02-08T23:25:46Z")
I like them in the same way I like Chef Boyardi mini ravioli. I know they’re not good food, and would never serve them to company. Once in a while I’m feeling nostalgic and they fit the bill. I don’t think though, that if they weren’t a part of my past I’d try them now.
And yes, to me they don’t taste so much like actual chicken as they taste like cup-a-soup mix.
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### Author:  [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/11 "2013-02-08T23:38:31Z")
They are hands down the absolute BEST crackers in the world. I would serve them at all my parties (and do), and they are always the first to go. I can never keep a box around for more than a day or two.
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/12 "2013-02-08T23:54:54Z")
Yep, they taste like they have bouillon sprinkled on top and I rather love them.
I’m reminded of the time I thought I’d try to make chicken (or bouillon at least) popcorn. It didn’t work, but the idea was glorious! 😃
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/13 "2013-02-09T00:01:24Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> They are hands down the absolute BEST crackers in the world. I would serve them at all my parties (and do), and they are always the first to go. I can never keep a box around for more than a day or two.
They may be the best crackers in the world _right now_, but if Nabisco ever brings back the original Vegetable Thins-- the ones with the crackers shaped like onions, celery and bell peppers-- your claim will no longer be valid.
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### Author:  [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/14 "2013-02-09T00:06:32Z")
Mmmm. It took me years to resist CiiB crackers on an end cap. Then I’d eat the whole box and say never again… until the next time.
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### Author:  [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/15 "2013-02-09T00:07:31Z")
My grandmother loved these…she ate them plain.
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/16 "2013-02-09T00:09:10Z")
> [@NitroPress](#):
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> Mmmm. It took me years to resist CiiB crackers on an end cap. Then I’d eat the whole box and say never again… until the next time.
And then your feet would be the size of basketballs because of all of the delicious, delicious sodium, right? 😃
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### Author:  [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/17 "2013-02-09T00:21:54Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> And then your feet would be the size of basketballs because of all of the delicious, delicious sodium, right? 😃
I already wear so-many-E’s-it’s-ridiculous, whaddya want?
I’ve never been given to issues with salt intake or fluid retention, fortunately. I don’t eat snack crackers by the box anymore, either, though.
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### Author:  [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/18 "2013-02-09T02:28:54Z")
When they first came out back in the 60s, they were advertised on TV a lot, and they had this jingle with a hoe downie, square-dancy kind of flavor (heh):
There’s a new kind of biscuit,
CHICKEN IN A BISKT,
AH HAH,
Everybody should.
And in my 12 year old (or so) mind I was wondering why they were calling a cracker a biscuit, but mostly I wondered why they didn’t finish the line…
_Everybody Should_
Everybody should what?😕
So I’d go around the house singing,
“Ah Hah, everybody should” as an answer to just about everything. Cracked my Mom and her friends up pretty good.
I still sing it (to myself) when I see them in a store.
Oddly enough, I’ve never actually eaten one.
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/19 "2013-02-09T03:27:35Z")
Oh, I used to love them. I’m not sure I could tolerate all the salt now.
But I’d try.
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### Author:  [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-a-biskit-crackers/649736/20 "2013-02-09T04:26:09Z")
I feel like a few years ago they came out with a “new and improved” formula that doubled down on the salt and halved the chicken flavor. Still the best damn things in the world.
Also, old vegetable thins were fucking amazing.
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