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Embracing Britishness: biscuits
- Thread starter terse
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Yum!Inspired by you Jeffrey, I made a baked tomato pie. I wasn’t sure what it would be like because there’s cheddar, mozarella and mayonnaisein the topping. But it’s delish! I didn’t use pastry as the base, but sliced potato. Then tomatoes that had been salted and left to drip, basil and spring onions chopped and then the cheesy mayonnaisey mix and Bob’s your jolly old!
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The link was rather humorous in the lengths it went to nail down fine distinctions about biscuits.
If the British use the word biscuit for cookies then what word do you use for biscuits, as in tea biscuits, similar to an English muffin or a scone, a fairly flat-topped round and fairly dense bread roll.
As for logo text on biscuits, isn’t this just a way of branding their products to thwart imitations by other makers? It would be too easy for a rival company to duplicate the shape and appearance, and even taste, of a biscuit but also using the text would lead to copyright violations. Everything else is branded these days. Dare, Christie, Peek Frean, and even product line names like Breton (made by Dare). Anything that will hold an impression has one.
It surprises me we don’t already have logos impressed on fruits and vegetables. People hate stickers on fruit so impressed logos is the logical next step. Next they will be genetically modifying vegetables to produce the logo.
If the British use the word biscuit for cookies then what word do you use for biscuits, as in tea biscuits, similar to an English muffin or a scone, a fairly flat-topped round and fairly dense bread roll.
As for logo text on biscuits, isn’t this just a way of branding their products to thwart imitations by other makers? It would be too easy for a rival company to duplicate the shape and appearance, and even taste, of a biscuit but also using the text would lead to copyright violations. Everything else is branded these days. Dare, Christie, Peek Frean, and even product line names like Breton (made by Dare). Anything that will hold an impression has one.
It surprises me we don’t already have logos impressed on fruits and vegetables. People hate stickers on fruit so impressed logos is the logical next step. Next they will be genetically modifying vegetables to produce the logo.
For those aghast at the mention of biscuits and gravy, here's a description from an American chef in the South that may explain why you'd want to eat such a thing. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-American-food-biscuits-and-gravy-in-British-food-terms
Ugh....nooooo!!!! I don’t want pre-bruised fruit & veggies, thank-you-very-much.
Maybe tattoos? Edible ink printing?Ugh....nooooo!!!! I don’t want pre-bruised fruit & veggies, thank-you-very-much.
I had it when we were in Canada jonks ago. Loved it! Are grits made from corn? Reminds me of ‘pap’ that we used to have in South Africa, gritty stodgy maize meal that we had with farm sausage and tomato ‘bredie’ - thick fresh tomato sauce. To die for. Old Dutch tradition.
LOVE mushy peas especially with a steak pie.
Oh doesn’t it! GF too.That cafe looks like my kind of place. Amazing food, drink AND a shop. My idea of heaven.
Or grown in an embossed mold?
Clever idea really. Simply shading a part of the Apple with a sticker to make a logo.
rizole
It's not even my banana.
Bread.
rizole
It's not even my banana.
Pap is a word my mum used for any pulpy semisolid mush. She also told us we were talking pap when we were lying, waffling or talking rubbish.
Your mum was well brought up - we would call that talking sh*t.
rizole
It's not even my banana.
She was. As we got older she might have used crap but she had to be very cross to drop the s word.Your mum was well brought up - we would call that talking sh*t.
My ears perked up today as Fabi took some fresh baking out of the oven and said, “Now that’s what I call some nice biscuits.” And that was interesting because she knew nothing about this thread.
Fusion.
Fusion.
rizole
It's not even my banana.
Nice bread.
How beautiful!
Your mum was well brought up - we would call that talking sh*t.
Sounds similar to my household.
YUM
I suddenly craving Chicken and Gravy!
Oh, my. My mother never used words like that no matter how upset she was. My father, likewise. They preferred specific descriptive words rather than generic substitution words.Your mum was well brought up - we would call that talking sh*t.
So far we have:
Cookie = Biscuit
Biscuit = Bread
And now, Bread = ?
