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Since Ted Lasso premiered in 2020, I’ve yearned to try Ted’s (Jason Sudeikis) buttery biscuits.
I know I’m not alone here. The first time Ted shows up in his cranky boss Rebecca’s (Hannah Waddingham) office, he totes along a miniature pink box of three soft, golden, shortbread-style cookies (sorry, biscuits, for the Brits) to win her over. This becomes tradition: Ted brings Rebecca biscuits; she slowly acquiesces to his charm. Biscuits with the boss.
In the show, the biscuits don’t look that good, to be completely honest. They look like any standard Walkers shortbread cookies. But in Ted Lasso, looks can be deceiving! The real reason the cookies seem so scrumptious is because of the reactions to them—Rebecca crumbles at the sight of the baked goods. The faces she makes while eating them are reminiscent of the faces I make while sinking my teeth into a perfectly cooked, juicy burger.