What is this? (Couch/ BBQ like thread)

[sammyca]

The first picture is a biscuit.
The second picture is a scone and we eat it with jam and cream.
French fries are fries or hot chips.
The last picture is chips too.

[sammyca]

May 23, 2016 20:03:42 GMT -5 @imapenguin said:

May 23, 2016 20:00:02 GMT -5 sammyca said:

The first picture is a biscuit.
The second picture is a scone and we eat it with jam and cream.
French fries are fries or hot chips.
The last picture is chips too.

A scone and an American biscuit are not at all the same. At least no scone I've ever had is like any biscuit I've ever had.

Huh it looks exactly like a scone. I just googled the difference - scones have eggs and biscuits don't.

[shahoi]

michyme123 you are missing out!

[heartofglass]

Well, I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow...

[wegrowsheep]

I put eggs in my biscuits, but not in my scones. Scones have more sugar, and I frequently add lemon zest and blueberries, or orange zest and dried cranberries.
sammyca come visit me, and I'll teach you all about coffee culture and scones!
And cookies for life.

[sammyca]

May 23, 2016 21:10:56 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

I put eggs in my biscuits, but not in my scones. Scones have more sugar, and I frequently add lemon zest and blueberries, or orange zest and dried cranberries.
sammyca come visit me, and I'll teach you all about coffee culture and scones!
And cookies for life.

I'm there wegrowsheep!

We don't put sugar in our scones.

[carolyngrace]

Scones taste like cardboard. Biscuits taste like heaven.

[wegrowsheep]

carolyngrace sammyca make these. These are scones. And I just shape the dough into 3 even circles and slash into quarters and bake 30 minutes.

[carolyngrace]

May 23, 2016 21:25:01 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

May 23, 2016 21:10:36 GMT -5 budders said:

What is a cupcake called elsewhere?

Fairy cakes

[carolyngrace]

May 23, 2016 21:31:01 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

May 23, 2016 21:25:01 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

Fairy cakes

No way

Jinx

[carolyngrace]

wegrowsheep ive had scones made with a similar recipe and they were better than average but I'm still a scone hater.

[carolyngrace]

If I'm being honest... Team muffin.

[carolyngrace]

May 23, 2016 21:39:51 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

May 23, 2016 21:37:59 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

If I'm being honest... Team muffin.

I mean...what kind?

It matters.

Blueberry, chocolate chip, and lemon/ricotta, in that order.

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May 23, 2016 19:50:30 GMT -5 @imapenguin said:

Oh my god. Life without biscuits and gravy is not a life I could live.

I've never had biscuits and gravy before. I need this now!

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May 23, 2016 20:12:21 GMT -5 sammyca said:

May 23, 2016 20:03:42 GMT -5 @imapenguin said:

A scone and an American biscuit are not at all the same. At least no scone I've ever had is like any biscuit I've ever had.

Huh it looks exactly like a scone. I just googled the difference - scones have eggs and biscuits don't.

Scones to me also taste sweeter where a biscuit in the USA tastes more savory
Edit because saw we grow sheep covered this already

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May 23, 2016 21:25:01 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

May 23, 2016 21:10:36 GMT -5 budders said:

What is a cupcake called elsewhere?

Fairy cakes

who are you calling a fairy cake?

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May 23, 2016 21:32:51 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

wegrowsheep ive had scones made with a similar recipe and they were better than average but I'm still a scone hater.

Scones need to be eaten with the English clotted cream on top and jam to taste good. Without them they are dry.

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May 23, 2016 23:09:51 GMT -5 madymoiselle said:

Guys, fries are not french, they are belgian, for real !
Gravy is disgusting, eating this for breakfast is making me gag. Burp.

I kind of agree. Not a huge fan of gravy either.

[purple]

I haven't read the thread. Here are my unbiased answers.

1) It's a biscuit. Chocolate chip biscuits are often called cookies, but cookie is a minor subset of biscuits.

2) I think this is a trick question. It looks like a scone, but many Americans have shouted at me on the interweb for not knowing the difference between a scone and a biscuit. Incidentally, how do you tell the difference at a glance? Because that thing really does look exactly like a scone.

3) That looks like scones (or American biscuits) covered in some kind of white sauce. It made me gag slightly.

4) With that amount of icing it's a cupcake. They are a modern invention. When I was a kid, a bun that size would have a small amount of flat icing on top and it would be called a fairy cake. You can still get fairy cakes and I prefer them. The tower of icing on a typical cupcake makes my teeth hurt.

5) Those are chips. Fries refers only to the thin, skinny ones. Anyway, they're Belgian originally, not French.

6) Those are crisps.

And now I'm going to read the thread :-)

[purple]

May 23, 2016 21:17:07 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Scones taste like cardboard. Biscuits taste like heaven.

If that's your experience, you've never had proper scones and I'm very sorry.

I love scones. They can be sweet or savoury, they are delicious hot or cold, and they're very versatile. And now I'm hungry.

[purple]

May 23, 2016 21:38:08 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

Seriously look it up. Brits call them fairy cakes.

Not when they have that much icing. Fairy cakes are delicious.

[purple]

May 23, 2016 23:09:51 GMT -5 madymoiselle said:

Guys, fries are not french, they are belgian, for real !
Gravy is disgusting, eating this for breakfast is making me gag. Burp.

Gravy is delicious, but chips / fries were invented in Belgium. And that picture made me gag, too.

[purple]

May 23, 2016 23:16:04 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

May 23, 2016 21:32:51 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

wegrowsheep ive had scones made with a similar recipe and they were better than average but I'm still a scone hater.

Scones need to be eaten with the English clotted cream on top and jam to taste good. Without them they are dry.

They can be a bit dry, but the crumbliness is part of the charm. Cheese and chorizo scones need a good slathering of butter, not cream and jam.

[purple]

May 24, 2016 2:55:55 GMT -5 Joolschweets said:

May 24, 2016 0:59:28 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

What situation would you not eat a fairy cake?

Good answer! Fairy cake is a specific type of cupcake/bun to me, with fairy wings on it!

To me, those are butterfly cakes. If you cut the top off but don't make it into wings, it's a queen cake. If you don't cut the top off and put glacé icing on top rather than butter icing inside, it's a fairy cake.

[purple]

May 24, 2016 4:08:18 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

Going to add more. This is cotton candy.

This is candy floss.

[purple]

May 24, 2016 8:52:50 GMT -5 @imapenguin said:

I just can't with the biscuits and gravy hate. It's my #1 favorite breakfast!

I've never had the opportunity to taste it. The biscuits look like scones and the sauce looks flavourless. I'm sure it's delicious, I just can't help translating the picture into what I think it would taste like. Everyone does that with unfamiliar foods.

It also looks like a huge amount of food for breakfast.

[purple]

Scones are round 98% of the time. I have seen triangular ones, but the default scone shape is round.

[purple]

Most people I know have a bowl of cereal or a slice of toast for breakfast. Since I got pregnant the first time I find I need both.

The concept of huge breakfasts certainly exists over here, but it's a holiday thing for me, not even weekly. That's a holiday as in a time when you're staying somewhere that is not your home and doing fun things, not whatever Americans mean by holiday, which I've never really worked out.

[mrsdee1982]

Ok, for all of you that have never had/heard of Biscuits and Gravy, I challenge you. This is my granny's recipe. She was raised on a Texas Chicken Ranch. This is a tried and true, ride or die, biscuits and gravy recipe. I challenge you to make it for breakfast and then report back.

Gravy:

12 oz of pork sausage
1/3 cup of flour
3 cup of milk
1/2 tsp salt
lots of ground black pepper

Cook pork sausage in cast iron skillet, breaking up into small chunks as it cooks. Once cooked through, remove sausage from pan, but leave in sausage drippings. Add flour, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, for about 30 seconds. Gradually whisk in milk. Make sure to break up any flour clumps. Cook, whisking often, until thick. Add sausage crumbles back in. Spoon on top of split biscuits.

Buttermilk Biscuits:
1/2 cup cold butter
2 1/4 cup flour
1 1/4 cup buttermilk

Using 2 sharp knives, a pastry blender or a food processor, cut butter into small slices. Toss butter slices and flour into a large mixing bowl (or bowl of food processor). Cut butter into flour until crumbly (pea size crumbles). Cover and chill 10 minutes. Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are mixed in.

Turn dough out onto a floured surface; and knead 3 or 4 times. (This next part sounds tricky, but it's not). With floured hands, fold dough into a rectangle (a little less than an inch thick). Sprinkle top of dough with additional flour. Fold dough over onto itself in 3 sections, starting with 1 short end. (Like you're folding a letter to fit into an envelope) Repeat entire folding process 2 more times.

Pat dough down to 1/2-inch thickness on a floured surface; cut with a 2-inch round cutter (you can use a water glass if you don't have one), and place on a parchment paper-lined or lightly greased pan. (Biscuits should be touching each other.)

Bake at 450° for 13 to 15 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from oven and brush tops with melted butter.

[purple]

Thank you, mrsdee1982.

Unfortunately that recipe isn't straightforward for me.

Step one, convert all the measurements to weight.

Step two, find a shop that sells buttermilk.

Also, when you say "pork sausage", do you mean sausages or sausagemeat, or something else?

I might be up for cooking this, but I really couldn't bring myself to serve it for breakfast. Also, any sauce that includes milk is definitely not gravy, by definition. (It's completely possible that you have a different definition of gravy over there!)

I'm not trying to be awkward, I promise!