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I have recently been having a couple of discussions in passing about the different names American English and British English have for the same things, and the even more confusing way we use the same word for two different things. Particularly in the world of baked products!
The prime example seems to be the word ‘biscuit’, and associated terms.
American friends have biscuits with gravy on them. We pause here for the Brits to stop clutching their stomachs and groaning.
But an American doesn’t mean that he or she pours Bisto onto jammy dodgers or custard creams, or even digestive biscuits.
I have spent time trying to work the differences and similarities out by comparing basic recipes and illustrations.
( So for comparative recipes, pictures, and more about biscuits, cookies, muffins and even tea-cakes – click here! )
Beware the pictures under the cut, if you are on dial –up it might take a little while, and if you are on a diet they might well give you the urge to go and eat things full of sugar, or covered in butter – you have been warned!
The prime example seems to be the word ‘biscuit’, and associated terms.
American friends have biscuits with gravy on them. We pause here for the Brits to stop clutching their stomachs and groaning.
But an American doesn’t mean that he or she pours Bisto onto jammy dodgers or custard creams, or even digestive biscuits.
I have spent time trying to work the differences and similarities out by comparing basic recipes and illustrations.
( So for comparative recipes, pictures, and more about biscuits, cookies, muffins and even tea-cakes – click here! )Beware the pictures under the cut, if you are on dial –up it might take a little while, and if you are on a diet they might well give you the urge to go and eat things full of sugar, or covered in butter – you have been warned!
