are they called biscuits for co.uk sites?
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Easy fix: Don't. I'll open KeepAssXC and manage my own access tyvm.
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When you disable saving cookies in your browser, you'll get this all the time. YouTube is the worst offender, because it takes ages to load (not because of internet).
Meme is true, sure, but that cookie looks effin delicious
In America cookies are called cookies but all other biscuits are also called cookies. In Australia lollipops are called lollies but all other kinds of sweets are also called lollies. I don’t really know where I’m going with this.
English as a language was seen as too easy. So we decided to mix it up.
Why would you ever be the global language of trade and commerce and the go between for multiple nations, whose entire structure is a hodgepodge of latin, Germanic, and mistranslated root structures and made up rules, if you didn't decide to mix it up from time to time and region to region?
Embrace the bastard language standard. This is the way.
I don't either, but in America biscuits are savory or near flavorless, not sweet like cookies.
I do be wondering what a British person would call a Southern style US biscuit... Which is sweet (they're usually glazed with honey), but still not like a cookie.
Not usually glazed with honey, but sometimes (and it's good too). Most are buttery flaky goodness you cover with sausage gravy or cut in half to sandwich a slice of cheddar.
The key when making them is not to crush your butter too much with your fork.
I think they are closest to a scone. There's a YouTube series I can't recall the name of that has British teens try American foods. One of the ones they did was biscuits and gravy. The Brits were mostly in shock at how good it was.
We’re pretty obsessed with gravy tbh. Never had a savoury scone but expect it must be a similar vibe to dumplings in a stew.
In Australia KFC automatically comes with a crappy little bread bun called a dinner roll and I don’t see the appeal.
I've never met someone that actually wanted that little roll and I'm not sure I'd trust someone that did. Begrudgingly eat with apathy? Sure that's fine. But actively want it? Nah.
They need to get better biscuits then!
What British people call biscuits are called cookies in America. American biscuits are more like what British people call scones
But a cookie is still a cookie - e.g. the one in the meme. That bit is universal.
Sweet is not inherently better than savory. Some of us think it's worse.
Yes, ours are all limp.
Tell me what you’re gonna do now.