British biscuits

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins?

Horribly dry crackers/cookies.

-sw

Oh pshaw, on Sun 28 Oct 2007 09:40:04a, Terry meant to say...

Quoted message said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins? lol

The British typically refer to our equivalent of cookies as biscuits.
Perhaps he meant scones, probabaly the closest british item to US biscuits.

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Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins? lol

Scones? Real British scones are more like biscuits (unlike the super-
cakey glazed things that pass for them here).

Otherwise, they might mean cookies, which they refer to as biscuits.
But I doubt that's for breakfast! But not a bad idea...

Good luck,
Kris

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins? lol

Probably scones. The normal use of the word biscuit means what Americans
call either cookies or crackers, neither being typical breakfast food
over there. Scones aren't usually for breakfast either; neither are
crumpets.

Arri London said:

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins? lol

Probably scones. The normal use of the word biscuit means what Americans
call either cookies or crackers, neither being typical breakfast food
over there. Scones aren't usually for breakfast either; neither are
crumpets.

Aren't crackers "wafers" over there?

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:17:30 -0700, Arri London <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins? lol

Probably scones. The normal use of the word biscuit means what Americans
call either cookies or crackers, neither being typical breakfast food
over there. Scones aren't usually for breakfast either; neither are
crumpets.

I should mention that he lives in Alabama. He was told that they were
English muffins. English muffins - British biscuits. He was close.

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Pennyaline said:

Aren't crackers "wafers" over there?

No.

Crackers are either crackers or "water biscuits".

Wafers are thin, sweet biscuits that are often served with ice cream.

Miche

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Sqwertz said:

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins?

Horribly dry crackers/cookies.

No. Same as US "English muffins".

Miche

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Before enlightenment: fetch mail, shuffle paper
After enlightenment: fetch mail, shuffle paper

Miche <[email hidden]> wrote in news:micheinnz-
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Pennyaline said:

Aren't crackers "wafers" over there?

No.

Crackers are either crackers or "water biscuits".

Wafers are thin, sweet biscuits that are often served with ice cream.

Miche

S'bout time those Yanks learnt the difference between a biscuit, a
wafer, and a scone.

http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/WaterCracker.aspx

http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/TripleWafer.aspx

http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/ArnottsAnzacBiscuits.aspx

http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1579082.htm

"biscuits/scones with sausage gravy"......... *BLECH*!!!!

Now, scones with fresh made strawberry jam and whipped cream is a better
option!!

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Sqwertz said:

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins?

Horribly dry crackers/cookies.

No. Same as US "English muffins".

Miche

http://www.wolfermans.com/store/SHOP_BY_PRODUCT___English_Muffins?
Args=&page_number=1

http://tinyurl.com/2z9mv4

The same sort of thing (but plain) that they use for 'Slack Macs' breakfast
burgers.

Miche said:

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Sqwertz said:

Terry said:

I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.

English muffins?

Horribly dry crackers/cookies.

No. Same as US "English muffins".

That's 10 votes for cookies/crackers and 1 vote for English
muffins. You've got some catching up to do.

-sw

Terry said:

I should mention that he lives in Alabama. He was told that they were
English muffins. English muffins - British biscuits. He was close.

Just don't send him to culinary school.

S.

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Sqwertz said:

Miche said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sqwertz said:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:40:04 -0500, Terry wrote:

> I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
> were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.
>
> English muffins?

Horribly dry crackers/cookies.

No. Same as US "English muffins".

That's 10 votes for cookies/crackers and 1 vote for English
muffins. You've got some catching up to do.

I live in New Zealand, where British meanings tend to match ours.

Maybe it's the US that's out of step, here? Nah, couldn't be.

Miche

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Miche said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sqwertz said:

Miche said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Sqwertz <[email hidden]> wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:40:04 -0500, Terry wrote:
>
>> I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
>> were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.
>>
>> English muffins?
>
> Horribly dry crackers/cookies.

No. Same as US "English muffins".

That's 10 votes for cookies/crackers and 1 vote for English
muffins. You've got some catching up to do.

I live in New Zealand, where British meanings tend to match ours.

Maybe it's the US that's out of step, here? Nah, couldn't be.

So in NZ, you call cookies English muffins?

-sw

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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:08:54 +1300, Miche wrote:

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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sqwertz said:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:01:24 +1300, Miche wrote:

> In article <[email hidden]>,
> Sqwertz <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:40:04 -0500, Terry wrote:
>>
>>> I was talking to my nephew on the phone this morning. He said they
>>> were having sausage, eggs and British biscuits.
>>>
>>> English muffins?
>>
>> Horribly dry crackers/cookies.
>
> No. Same as US "English muffins".

That's 10 votes for cookies/crackers and 1 vote for English
muffins. You've got some catching up to do.

I live in New Zealand, where British meanings tend to match ours.

Maybe it's the US that's out of step, here? Nah, couldn't be.

Quoted message said:

So in NZ, you call cookies English muffins?

No.

This is a picture of what people in England call a muffin. They are
not called biscuits.

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/english-muffins,1588,RC.html

Is that picture, the same thing Americans mean when they refer to
"English Muffin"?

Janet.

RIPVANPETERLOCO;:

YOU AINT NO TEACHER. A TEACHER AINT IGNORNT.,

IT DONT GET BETTER THEN GRAVEY AND BISKITS. YOU BEEN DOWN IN AURSTRIA TOO
LONG,. WAKE UP/?.

FATTY WHO NOES ABOUT EATIN

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Miche <[email hidden]> wrote in news:micheinnz-
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Pennyaline said:

Aren't crackers "wafers" over there?

No.

Crackers are either crackers or "water biscuits".

Wafers are thin, sweet biscuits that are often served with ice cream.

Miche

S'bout time those Yanks learnt the difference between a biscuit, a
wafer, and a scone.

http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/WaterCracker.aspx

http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/TripleWafer.aspx

http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/ArnottsAnzacBiscuits.aspx

http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1579082.htm

"biscuits/scones with sausage gravy"......... *BLECH*!!!!

Now, scones with fresh made strawberry jam and whipped cream is a better
option!!

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RIPVANPETERLOCO;:

A TEACHER AINT IGNORNT.,

No, a teacher isn't.

That's how I can tell the difference between someone with half a brain, and
someone without a brain at all.

You are the latter, twonk.

Goodbye, troll.

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Quoted message said:

I live in New Zealand, where British meanings tend to match ours.

Maybe it's the US that's out of step, here? Nah, couldn't be.

Miche

ROFL!!!! Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it absolutely *couldn't* be the Yanks out of
step..........

Could it???

Was watching TV tonight and once again saw the great advancement that the
US has made with the English language.

Ask a Yank how to say 'ask'.

Most will say "axe"

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Terry said:

I should mention that he lives in Alabama. He was told that they were
English muffins. English muffins - British biscuits. He was close.

Just don't send him to culinary school.

I bet you he even says "axe" instead of 'ask'.