Date:04/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/04/stories/2008070453432000.htm

International

Custard cream makes it to Oxford dictionary

London: It is a defining moment for the humble custard cream: the crispy biscuit has finally made it into the Oxford English dictionary.

Literary experts included the popular vanilla-filled snack after nine out of 10 people in the U.K. voted it their top biscuit in a survey.

“Noun. Biscuit with vanilla-flavoured cream filling,” reads its definition .

The treat was invented 100 years ago. — PTI