The American concept of what a “biscuit” is will forever be weird to me.
Biscuit of a synonym for what you guys call cookies and, no, I will not be dipping them in gravy.
Biscuit of a synonym for what you guys call cookies and, no, I will not be dipping them in gravy.
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These are a pretty good local option.
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American biscuits aren't impossible to make, but there is a knack to getting them from good to incredible. Google a recipe on a website that looks like it's from the South. Use bacon grease as your fat.
I’m keen to try making them but without having experienced the real thing I won’t really know what I’m going for or whether I’ve achieved it. Would rather buy first then try to emulate.
My guy, no one cares. Lets be honest, if you call cookies biscuits then you probably come from somewhere that shouldn’t be giving anyone culinary advise.
advice, but you’re screwed (both politically and terminology wise).
The things you call biscuits appear to be scones and they look like they would definitely go well will gravy.
Biscuits are steeped in southern American culture and are phenomenal with a sausage gravy! Scones, at least in the USA are typically sweet. Not sure if that is the same elsewhere 🤷🏼♂️
The terminology is now too ingrained and nobody can change it now lol.
Just nobody tell him the rest of the world knows how to format a date…
Had one in Nashville and it was kinda “eh, this is just a scone with goop.”
Do not get the hype.
Always got teased for my “yank” terminology when teaching biz English (or engrish) in Japan back in their Bubble heydays and the great collapse.
Plenty of Aussies, Kiwis and Europeans to mix up the vocabs…then the Japanese engrish to make fun of everyone
But I believe the Japanese biscuits are probably
Personally I’m keen to try it and have collected some recipes through this discussion!
Calling them biscuits is weird to non American English speakers because biscuits are something else to us. Talk of biscuits with gravy weird for the same reason.
Lighten up?
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, cold, cut into Tablespoons
3/4 cup buttermilk, cold (or milk plus 1 tsp of lemon juice; allow to sit for 5 minutes before using
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1. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
2. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until pea size pieces.
3. Add the cold buttermilk all at once and form into a ball.
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5. Stack each third on top of one another and roll the dough into a 6×9-inch rectangle again.
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