Originally Posted by Bubba
(SPOILER)Yeah, I'm so out of touch here. I've never had a crumpet, and this is what I call a biscuit.
I like to think of myself as an enlightened 21st-century guy. I am happy to accept that the English language is ever-evolving and will always adapt to the need of its users. Hell, the amount of different names the UK has for a bread roll is baffling yet... I can accept this.
However, I'm not sure I can live in a world in which the above picture (containing 6 delicious-looking scones), can be referred to as biscuits.
So Shorty and Sharky... what do you call these peculiar looking things?
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Bubba,
Those are cookies, or maybe possibly crackers. Most likely cookies, from the looks.
Which opens up a new chapter in this whole debacle. Do you have crackers?
Generally for us, one of the main differences is most cookies are sweet, they can be flat bread or leavened with some baking agent. They can contain a lot of different ingredients.
Crackers on the other hand, are always flat and crunchy. They're almost all savory or seasoned in some manner that is not sweet. Except for Graham crackers, because there's always one thing that smurfs up the whole system.
Biscuits are what crackers would if they were given a few more ingredients and allowed to rise as they bake. Biscuits are soft, fluffy, and usually flakey. They're served with a multitude of different things, like your scone. I've had them with honey, jam, butter, applebutter, cheese, ham, sausage, chicken, etc.
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