Where I grew up we had:
Cookie = biscuit
Biscuit = scone
Bread = bread
And where I grew up :
Cookie = we didn’t have cookies
Biscuit = biscuit
Bread = bread
Scone = scone, with or without currants or cheese. AKA biscuit in the USA.
Where I grew up we had:
Cookie = biscuit
Biscuit = scone
Bread = bread
That’s fine, except that biscuits and scones are not the same thing, and have different recipes. Muffins, English muffins, bagels, and probably a few more fit in this category. The most bread-like among them would be dinner rolls.Where I grew up we had:
Cookie = biscuit
Biscuit = scone
Bread = bread
I'm very fond of a well placed generic substitution word.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.
Scones.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.
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Fusion.
Well, you've never tasted my delicious homemade chewy oatmeal raisin cookies, eh?I’m of the opinion that cookies are crisp, crunchy, definitely not bendable.
Agh, I want some now!Well, you've never tasted my delicious homemade chewy oatmeal raisin cookies, eh?
When you look in the (North American) recipe books biscuits and scones have different recipes.And where I grew up :
Cookie = we didn’t have cookies
Biscuit = biscuit
Bread = bread
Scone = scone, with or without currants or cheese. AKA biscuit in the USA.
Me too!!Agh, I want some now!
Yes, that’s my kind of cookie.Me too!!
I also believe that chocolate chip cookies should be crispy around the edges and soft and chewy in the middle parts. I don't like a hard, crunchy one.
Biscuits are not sweet, scones are, so really the main difference is the added sugar, and the shape if you want to make your scone a triangle. Or if you add things like currents or cheese. But that's like saying that white rice is different from another white rice just because you added mushrooms to one. The base is the same, it's just how you ad-lib it that makes it different.When you look in the (North American) recipe books biscuits and scones have different recipes.
Oh dear. I’m in trouble now. I’m sure they are delicious. I will confess, though, that I would much prefer them crisp.Well, you've never tasted my delicious homemade chewy oatmeal raisin cookies, eh?
There's no such thing as "biscuit bread" in my house. A biscuit is a biscuit. Bread is bread, though it may be sourdough, or rye, or 7 grain, or whole wheat. Rolls are a bit different than bread, mostly in their shape.The question about bread has not yet been resolved. If someone at the table asks if you could pass them some bread would you pass them the sliced bread or the biscuit bread?
Biscuit bread? Never heard of it. It certainly doesn’t exist here in the UK.The question about bread has not yet been resolved. If someone at the table asks if you could pass them some bread would you pass them the sliced bread or the biscuit bread?
Oh, no. Please not soft in the middle. I don’t like a hard cookie, either. I like a cookie with a nice consistent crunchie texture, all the way through.Me too!!
I also believe that chocolate chip cookies should be crispy around the edges and soft and chewy in the middle parts. I don't like a hard, crunchy one.
We should do a poll. I dislike hard cookies as much as you dislike the soft ones.Oh, no. Please not soft in the middle. I don’t like a hard cookie, either. I like a cookie with a nice consistent crunchie texture, all the way through.
Let’s say, shortbread cookies are a nice hardness while scotch cookies (another kind of shortbread) are a bit on the hard side.
The texture of food is probably as important as, or perhaps a bit more important than, the taste.
I wrote that poorly I guess. I meant the things we call biscuits and you call bread. How do you differentiate them from bread. Verbally. I know you could point and say, do you mean this bread or that bread.Biscuit bread? Never heard of it. It certainly doesn’t exist here in the UK.
Done!We should do a poll. I dislike hard cookies as much as you dislike the soft ones.
There would be no place for what you think of as a biscuit on the UK dinner table, so the question would never arise.I wrote that poorly I guess. I meant the things we call biscuits and you call bread. How do you differentiate them from bread. Verbally. I know you could point and say, do you mean this bread or that bread.
Interestingly, when I type bread I get a bread emoji. But when I type biscuit no emoji appears.
I think we can agree that crunchie cookies and soft bendable cookes are different enough that they don’t belong in the same category.We should do a poll. I dislike hard cookies as much as you dislike the soft ones.
I think we can agree that crunchie cookies and soft bendable cookes are different enough that they don’t belong in the same category.
What’s next? Chocolates with cream centres or with solid centres?
Ok then, sliced bread or scones.There would be no place for what you think of as a biscuit on the UK dinner table, so the question would never arise.
Hmmmm.... I don't agree. They are most definitely in the same category which is "cookie". There are sub-categories though, which could include hard/crunchy or soft/chewy. The same with chocolates. One category, many sub-categories.I think we can agree that crunchie cookies and soft bendable cookes are different enough that they don’t belong in the same category.
They are never seen together.Ok then, sliced bread or scones.