NickwithaC@lemmy.world to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 months agoYou know it to be truelemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down114
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minus-squareAstroturfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·10 months agoI was so confused until I realized this is the UK and you all love “biscuits” with tea.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoNow you know how we feel every time we hear “biscuits and gravy”!
minus-squarestevecrox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months agoBoth the US and UK define a biscuit as a small unleavened cake. For some reason US folks call all but one type of small unleavened cakes “coookies” which is a specific type of biscuit. It would be like calling all beer “stout”.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoAhem, we like biscuits, you like “biscuits” Ftfy
I was so confused until I realized this is the UK and you all love “biscuits” with tea.
Now you know how we feel every time we hear “biscuits and gravy”!
Both the US and UK define a biscuit as a small unleavened cake.
For some reason US folks call all but one type of small unleavened cakes “coookies” which is a specific type of biscuit.
It would be like calling all beer “stout”.
Ahem, we like biscuits, you like “biscuits”
Ftfy
I like both