The Biscuit Supremacy

[amberdreams]

I'm happy to report we have survived a crisis in our household this evening. Paul brought home some cute little Scottie-dog-shaped shortbread biscuits the other day, and tonight I decided to open the packet, grabbed a handful and popped the rest in Paul's biscuit tin - WITH HIS DIGESTIVE BISCUITS. So go on, tell me how many of you knew that this was a terrible breach of biscuit etiquette? You should have seen Paul's look of horror and disgust. HOW COULD I NOT KNOW SHORTBREAD MAKES DIGESTIVES GO SOGGY?

So now the wee shorties are decanted safely into an empty tin of Quality Street and Paul has gone to have a nice relaxing bath to recover from the trauma.

Comments

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Please educate me....

What is a digestive biscuit?

For this Southern-raised American, biscuits are big, fluffy things used to hold sausage patties or dip in sausage cream gravy.... Not quite making the Brit-connection.

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Basically, what you Americans call cookies, the Brits and us Aussies call biscuits. Digestives are just a type of biscuit:



What you Southern-Americans call biscuits, judging by the pictures and recipes I've seen online, we would call scones:


Hope this helps! It's another one of those 'divided by a common tongue' things. :)

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Also...this conversation inspired me to make Southern-style chicken and biscuits for dinner. BIG hit with hubby! :D So you see, ask a random question and half way across the world you effect someone's dinner plans! :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I've seen your biscuits - my hubby would say they are a travesty. LOL This probably explains it better than i could...