H'okay, you silly English types

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:43 pm

I know:

Crisps=chips
Chips=fries
Biscuits=cookies
Crackers= exploding party favors

but what do you call the thin dry things which sometimes have salt that we call crackers?

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:44 pm

I just made some killer pate that is too salty for saltines and the like, so I'm going to have to buy those pasty English crackers without salt.

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:45 pm

And what do you call the things that we call biscuits?

TARTANSPECIAL · Post by **TARTANSPECIAL** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:54 pm

Savage Swiller wrote:And what do you call the things that we call biscuits?

Well personally i would call them biscuits, but then again i'm Scottish not English.

bottomsup · Post by **bottomsup** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:58 pm

Savage Swiller wrote:And what do you call the things that we call biscuits?

scone's

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:00 pm

I thought scones were more like pastry? and the gummy things we call English muffins are like your crumpets???

thirsty4beer · Post by **thirsty4beer** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:01 pm

what do you call biscuits, Savage?description please. the dry things you describe are called crackers

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:04 pm

For a biscuit, I'd take flour, baking powder, salt, maybe a bit of sugar. Mix in some kind of fat--butter, crisco, lard, whatever. Moisten it with milk, cream, or buttermilk. Gently gently knead. Press out and cut into shapes. Bake. Serve split and buttered.

thirsty4beer · Post by **thirsty4beer** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:13 pm

yeah that sounds like scones. mmmmmmm.......scones

bottomsup · Post by **bottomsup** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:28 pm

I'm no Martha Stewart but that sounds like scones to me, however i could be wrong. When you say biscuit are you refering to something like a dinner roll?

The Pooba · Post by **The Pooba** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:36 pm

I think something like this is what she's referring to:

at least that's what they look like without gravy

thirsty4beer · Post by **thirsty4beer** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:39 pm

scones

bottomsup · Post by **bottomsup** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:53 pm

That's what i was picturing...ummm pass one of those over.

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:10 pm

dinner rolls have yeast, biscuits baking powder or baking soda or both

TARTANSPECIAL · Post by **TARTANSPECIAL** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:23 pm

Savage Swiller wrote:dinner rolls have yeast, biscuits baking powder or baking soda or both

Damn now i'm hungry :twisted: