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Biscuits???
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Alisium	Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:06 pm Post #1
Womb-Raider Posts: 5,003 Group: maco 5000 post angel Member #1,345 Joined: October 19, 2007	So, my wife are a staying and the luxurious Sandman hotel here in Langley. I just got back up from the lounge below, watched the Cannucks game with some nice folk. Got a little tipsy on some nasty generic Beer called Euro Lgger. Anyhow, U just got back up to my room and had the munchies. So i went to the snack machine to grab something. And you know what I found? M&M Biscuits! These are clearly cookies, they taste like cookies. they're effing cookies. Yet they're called Biscuits. Confusion. In all my years coming up here to Canada, I never realized that you Canadians called cookies, biscuits. BTW... And stay away from Euro Lager. It's some nasty shyte.



AWOLangel	Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:42 pm Post #2
Posts: 36,542 Group: DS9 Nirvana Member #25 Joined: January 17, 2006	i did know they called them biscuits there. but since they do in england & that's a commonwealth (or whatever, forgive my ignorance) of england, it makes sense that they would
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wissaboo	Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:22 pm Post #3
Posts: 25,676 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 16, 2005	we don't call them biscuits we call them cookies. Though once in a while some packaging will call them biscuits.



ReedEnterprise	Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:29 pm Post #4
Posts: 12,406 Group: 10,000 post Spammer Ent Member #6,067 Joined: May 2, 2012	Yeah, I have heard cookies called biscuits as well. Though to me biscuits are doughy things you put butter on.
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spocklet	Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:38 pm Post #5
Live long and prosper.....!! Posts: 24,406 Group: VOY Nirvana Member #5,885 Joined: May 31, 2009	AWOL, forgiven sweetheart. Bits of the world still are 'officially' commonwealth countries, with England as their head. But we're pretty relaxed about it these days !! Ali, biscuits or cookies ?? In Europe they're known as biscuits, only America (that I know of) calls 'em cookies, but why you call 'em that.....I dunno !! And yeah, some Euro lagers are a bit strong for 'soft' palates. Kinda miss 'em, actually...!!
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stigmata	Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:47 am Post #6
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	I've gone off lager in general. My cask ale habit is one reason i'd struggle to live anywhere else.



jespah	Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:45 am Post #7
Published Sentient Marsupial Canid Posts: 1,222 Group: maco 1000 post angel Member #6,082 Joined: September 19, 2012	What amuses me is that doggie treats are generally called biscuits although, to be sure, they are kinda canine cookies. We would call them biscuits or bickies, which is what a British camp counselor called them when I was at summer camp back in, eek, 1977. Here in da US, it seems we think of biscuits as being savory, and vehicles for eggs, butter, sausage or cheese, that sorta thing. Cookies are sweet, with extracts, fruit, nuts, chocolate chips or the like, plus they tend to be round (square or rectangular cookies are generally called bars or they can be brownies or fudge, but that's a function of ingredients rather than shape).
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Alisium	Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:35 am Post #8
Womb-Raider Posts: 5,003 Group: maco 5000 post angel Member #1,345 Joined: October 19, 2007	Went to the store this morning for some stuff. And everything is called cookies. All is right with the world. I new there wasn't a difference, musta been the drunk mind caught by surprise.



CaptainJaneway	Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:43 pm Post #9
The Captain's back... Posts: 1,300 Group: VOY 1000 post angel Member #2,311 Joined: March 31, 2008	spocklet Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:38 pm In Europe they're known as biscuits, only America (that I know of) calls 'em cookies, but why you call 'em that.....I dunno !! so what do you call a biscuit then?



stigmata	Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:17 am Post #10
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	I had to google it because they don't exist. I believe we would call them 'scones that somebody has vomited on'



Lus	Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:07 am Post #11
Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN Posts: 25,544 Group: Vulcan Nirvana Member #14 Joined: November 18, 2005	Yeah always think what is a biscuit in the US is a scone to us.
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VioletCloud	Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:12 am Post #12
Water Tribe! Posts: 18,370 Group: Admin Member #1,331 Joined: October 14, 2007	Lus Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:07 am Yeah always think what is a biscuit in the US is a scone to us. I thought scones where harder than a biscuit.. like a cookie is hard...but that a scone had more height and a cookie is flat
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Lus	Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:20 am Post #13
Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN Posts: 25,544 Group: Vulcan Nirvana Member #14 Joined: November 18, 2005	VioletCloud http://s14.zetaboards.com/wissaboos_board/single/?p=8150750&t=6719658 Lus Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:07 am Yeah always think what is a biscuit in the US is a scone to us. I thought scones where harder than a biscuit.. like a cookie is hard...but that a scone had more height and a cookie is flat Our scones are tall but they aren't hard. They're lovely & soft
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Alisium	Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:20 pm Post #14
Womb-Raider Posts: 5,003 Group: maco 5000 post angel Member #1,345 Joined: October 19, 2007	Scones are dry, biscuit like, but flavored with... sweet / fruity stuff. I'm not really a fan of them. They're like hipster food, IMHO.



Mojochi	Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:35 pm Post #15
........................... Posts: 13,333 Group: Movie Era 10000 post spammer Member #1,478 Joined: November 14, 2007	Frankly, I'd suspect the closet UK equivalent to an American biscuit is a very simplistic dumpling, made similarly to a scone What's funny, is by accounts I've heard, I don't really think Brits would like them, but we think they are AWESOME! I like mine with sausage gravy Now that that's settled... wtf is a crumpet?



AWOLangel	Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:50 pm Post #16
Posts: 36,542 Group: DS9 Nirvana Member #25 Joined: January 17, 2006	a crumpet seems like an english muffin to me about crumpets about english muffins the crumpet might be fluffier though
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stigmata	Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:52 pm Post #17
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	AWOLangel Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:50 pm a crumpet seems like an english muffin to me about crumpets about english muffins the crumpet might be fluffier though No those are two fundamentally different things but I can't really describe either effectively. But if you toast a crumpet and melt cheese onto it you will experience one of the best things in life. I haven't had one for ages. Why are Americans so obsessed with crumpets anyway. Most people don't eat them that often.



Alisium	Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:45 pm Post #18
Womb-Raider Posts: 5,003 Group: maco 5000 post angel Member #1,345 Joined: October 19, 2007	Because... Old woman voice, "Teah ahnd Crrrumpets, Dear?" Vivid stereotype in our movies and tv. Blame Walt Disney.



AWOLangel	Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:16 pm Post #19
Posts: 36,542 Group: DS9 Nirvana Member #25 Joined: January 17, 2006	Alisium Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:45 pm Because... Old woman voice, "Teah ahnd Crrrumpets, Dear?" Vivid stereotype in our movies and tv. Blame Walt Disney. yep. that and watercress sandwiches. cucumber sandwiches too i guess.
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Lus	Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:41 am Post #20
Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN Posts: 25,544 Group: Vulcan Nirvana Member #14 Joined: November 18, 2005	stigmata Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:52 pm AWOLangel Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:50 pm a crumpet seems like an english muffin to me about crumpets about english muffins the crumpet might be fluffier though No those are two fundamentally different things but I can't really describe either effectively. But if you toast a crumpet and melt cheese onto it you will experience one of the best things in life. I haven't had one for ages. Why are Americans so obsessed with crumpets anyway. Most people don't eat them that often. I am not a fan of crumpets but I do like toasted Muffins though, with jam Crumpets have a chewy rubbery consistancy I find.
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