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Itasan Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Cookie/biscuit

0 The 'cookie' in the US seems to be the 'biscuit' 02br
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0 Yes, you are. 02br 00Clive 0-

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0 Yes, you are. 02br
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0Come on, Clive, give some info please. I knew there was a difference but I kept visiting the thread to read about it. 050010id1
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0 Biscuits in UK are crackers, I think. 02br
00American biscuits are "bread" made with flour and butter (don't have a whole list of ingredients though). They are round little things that get served with lunches and dinners. 0-
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0 Cookie/biscuit are US/UK versions of much the same thing - although you can also buy cookies in the UK which are large gooey often warm biscuits. 02br
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00In the UK a cracker is a thin hard dry savoury biscuit, the sort you balance a lump of cheese on. 02br
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00I think the UK equivalent of a US 'biscuit' is either a dumpling or a scone...but I don'
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0 Hi Miche, 02br
00Sorry, language information is free, cooking information costs money! 05002br
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00They are round little things that get served with lunches and dinners. 12blockquote
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00I've found a recipe for it: 02br
00[url="05000"] buttermilk biscuit[/url] 02br
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00Sorry Clive. Don't mean to ruin your cookbook business. 0510240hrefhttp://southernfood.about.co
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0Ok...not quite like anything we have then (the thought of UK biscuits in a sausage gravy 05000 ).02br
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00Halfway between a dumpling (cooked in liquid - usually in stews) and a scone (cooked like small cakes, often served with jam and cream). 010id36
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0 Here is a nice one for Justine: 02br
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0 Many cooks in the UK and other countries differentiate between cookie and biscuit as follows: 02br
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00- a biscuit is crunchy and crisp. After cooking, it is allowed to cool on the tray to acheive this 02br
00- a cookie is chewy in the middle. It is often thicker than a biscuit and may not be cooled on the tray 02br
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0 The precise definition of a biscuit derives from the meaning of its name, which is French for "twice cooked". A real, true and proper biscuit is indeed crisp and crunch, which is achieved by par-baking it, colling, then baking it again. 0-
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