Questions

[shadowkat]

1. How do you insert images into a post without using photobucket? I tried using flicker and it did not work. The only thing that worked is photobucket and apparently I can't use that any longer.

2. Is there a British version of an American Biscuit and what is it called? Note the American version of a British Biscuit is called a cookie and the reason we call it a cookie, is well, because our biscuit isn't a cookie.

I was pondering this while watching the Great British Bake-Off...in which they were doing savory biscuits and I thought, I don't like those..then realized their idea of a biscuit is not what I'm thinking of at all.

I have a craving for bread, but can't eat bread...I blame the Great British Bake-Off. Going to try an almond flax roll.

Comments

[shadowkat]

Eh...actually they were a Southern tradition, originated in the South. You get biscuits and gravy a lot in the South-Eastern US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit

"A biscuit in the United States and parts of Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada, and widely used in popular American English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English, is a small bread https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread with a firm browned crust and a soft interior. They are made with baking powder or baking soda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baking_soda as a chemical leavening agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavening_agent#Chemical_leaveners rather than yeast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast although they can also be made using yeast (and are then called angel biscuits) or a sourdough starter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough_starter.

They are traditionally served as a side dish with a meal. As a breakfast item they are often eaten with butter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter and a sweet condiment such as molasses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses, light sugarcane syrup, maple syrup, sorghum syrup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum_syrup, honey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey, or fruit jam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam or jelly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_(fruit_preserves). With other meals, they are usually eaten with butter or gravy instead of sweet condiments. However, biscuits and gravy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuits_and_gravy (biscuits covered in country gravy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_gravy) or biscuits with sausage are usually served for breakfast, sometimes as the main course. A biscuit may also be used to make a breakfast sandwich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_sandwich by slicing it in half and placing eggs and/or breakfast meat in the middle."

• scones frequently contains eggs, biscuits do not
• scones always call for sugar and are generally (but not always) sweeter than biscuits, which calls for much less sugar (or no sugar at all).
• scones have a heavier and denser characteristic making them more cake-like than biscuits, which have a light, fluffy texture
• scones recipes utilize more liquid than biscuit recipes
• scones are usually triangular shaped, biscuits are round
• scones are Scottish in origin, biscuits are often associated with the Southern United states
• scones often contain dried fruits, biscuits don't
• Biscuits and gravy are common, scones and gravy are not

Feathery, light biscuits originated in Southern plantation kitchens but, now are popular throughout the United States. Rolled biscuits were a staple at most meals, but beaten biscuits became another Southern favorite. Beaten biscuits are made light by beating air into the dough with a mallet or a rolling pin (up to 100 strokes “or more for company”). Beaten biscuits are typically thinner and crispier than baking powder biscuits.