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Just in case Americans are confused as to how us Brits distinguish Definitely biscuits: https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/chocolate-chip-digestives-mr-organic http
by nly 4y ago
Just in case Americans are confused as to how us Brits distinguish
Definitely biscuits: https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/chocolate-chip-digestives-mr-organic https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/chocolate-chip-digestives-mr-o...
Obviously cookies: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/258025719 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/258025719
I hope things are clear now.
Now if someone could explain to me how a shit savoruy scone is a "biscuit" on your side of the pond... I'd appreciate it
- totalZero 4y ago> Now if someone could explain to me how a shit savoruy scone is a "biscuit" on your side of the pond It may be because "scones and gravy" sounds like it would taste, well...British.
- Veen 4y agoAre those American biscuits like scones? I thought they were akin to dumplings. We really are "two countries separated by a common language". (To be clear, these dumplings: https://www.errenskitchen.com/suet-dumplings/ https://www.errenskitchen.com/suet-dumplings/ Not these dumplings: https://omnivorescookbook.com/recipes/how-to-make-chinese-dumplings/ https://omnivorescookbook.com/recipes/how-to-make-chinese-du... )
- OJFord 4y agoI believe they're essentially scones (though no sugar which I suppose is optional in a scone) but eaten like dumplings. Dumplings are of course far superior. (And clotted cream & jam is a better way to eat a scone.)
- mattl 4y agoOr the madness that is jam & then clotted cream…
- OJFord 4y agoThat really does just objectively make less sense, I don't understand that debate - you don't try and apply butter to your sandwich after layering cheese and tomato or whatever, you spread the more solid thing first.
- mattl 4y agoYep. I don’t get it, and I’m sure the Cornish apologists will be here shortly to explain why it makes sense.
- drcongo 4y agoThis is exactly why we should all support Cornish devolution.
- zeristor 4y agoPerhaps there is a culinary 3D printer than can print in 3D, jam and clotted cream.
- ChrisRR 4y agoCornwall has to cling to it, because otherwise all they have is cornish pasties and incest
- Veen 4y agoI live in Devon, so I'm compelled to agree. Cream goes first, no matter what the Cornish have to say on the matter. Although, apparently the late Queen preferred the Cornish method.
- mjul 4y agoHow to pronounce scone is another divisive topic in itself. Does it rhyme with gone or cone? Linguists at Cambridge University have published a map of the regional variations: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-app-maps-decline-in-regional-diversity-of-english-dialects https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-app-maps-decli...
- pwagland 4y agoThere's a third common sound where it rhymes with "on": 1. /skɒn/ 2. /skoʊn/ 3. /skɑːn/ But I guess that also depends on how you pronounce gone, as to whether it rhymes with 1 or 3…
- Lio 4y agoI've always pronounced scone as scone myself but my wife insists on saying scone as scone. Madness.
- zeristor 4y ago“Home to Scone” to paraphrase Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony.
- bodge5000 4y agoI've never in my life heard someone say "Backend" instead of "Autumn"
- stcroixx 4y agoI make biscuits and scones regularly and yes, it's the same recipe minus sugar, which is similar to the suet dumplings recipe here EXCEPT you would not boil/poach a biscuit - that would make it a dumpling. I'd say it's more the method of cooking that defines a dumpling than the dough recipe - you could use biscuit dough but it doesn't have to be and often isn't.
- egeozcan 4y agoLanguages are fun. In Turkish, Bisküvi (Biscuit): https://www.akakce.com/biskuvi/en-ucuz-ulker-potibor-800-gr-fiyati,470262378.html https://www.akakce.com/biskuvi/en-ucuz-ulker-potibor-800-gr-... In German, Kekse: https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/4360170_-trekking-kekse-125-g-trek-n-eat.html https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/4360170... Again in Turkish, Kek: https://www.akakce.com/kek/en-ucuz-balocco-panettone-500-gr-fiyati,1475930177.html https://www.akakce.com/kek/en-ucuz-balocco-panettone-500-gr-... But if it's a wet cake, then, "Pasta": https://www.carrefoursa.com/pastalar/c/1289 https://www.carrefoursa.com/pastalar/c/1289 What you consider to be pasta is "makarna": https://www.carrefoursa.com/pastalar/c/1289 https://www.carrefoursa.com/pastalar/c/1289 So, makarna/Macaroni is normally considered to be a sort of pasta, but in French there is, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron I love this madness :)
- pilsetnieks 4y agoThere's not just macarons but also macaroons which are a completely different type of cookie/biscuit.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoIn UK we have French macarons, but also macaroons ... which are one of two distinct types of biscuit, both with the same name -- one made of almond and one made of coconut, although the latter is more like a flat cake.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoAnd in France they also have Macron to make matters even more complicated :)
- djbusby 4y agoThose both in USA too, same spelling.
- DonaldFisk 4y agoThere are also Scottish macaroons, which are covered in chocolate and desiccated coconut: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scottish+macaroons&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scottish+macaroons&t=h_&iax=images...
- OJFord 4y agoI think it is pretty clear - cookies are a doughier cake-like (but not risen) mixture containing egg, biscuits are just flour/sugar/butter.
- _joel 4y agoDon't get anybody started on the tax status of Jaffa cakes
- Waterluvian 4y agoRandom observation: Tesco’s website reminds me so much of Costco brand and feel that I had to check if one owned the other.
- gertrunde 4y agoFor me, the best description I've been given comes down to the way that they are baked: Cookies - Starts from a ball or blob, which spreads into a flattened shape during baking. Biscuits - Starts from a shape cut from a flat rolled sheet, that mostly retains its shape during cooking.
- pronik 4y agoWhich would make biscuits "Plätzchen" in German.
- oblio 4y agoI guess you're being sarcastic? Based on the pictures, those look more or less the same to me...
- emsixteen 4y agoNo, they're very different, but I agree that the pictures look alike.
- bodge5000 4y agoVery different, to the degree that if you were offered one and given the other you'd be confuse (but of course, you wouldn't vocalise it).
- oblio 4y agoSarcasm, if this is sarcasm, doesn't scale well across cultures, and especially not online, in addition, in text form :-) That's if you're being sarcastic in addition to OP's original comment.
- bodge5000 4y agoThis is not sarcasm. I have a distinct idea in my head of what a cookie should generally look like, and it doesn't look like a biscuit. I can see the confusion, both have chocolate chips in and your classic digestive usually doesn't, but I'd put good money on my ability to identify one or the other
- tailspin2019 4y agoIt's definitely sarcasm :) Most Brits would likely identify the first link as "cookies" too (based on their appearance at least)