[ClassyPenguin]

OP have you ever actually had an American scone? I had one a while ago and besides the dumb name I liked it. color, flavor, harbor, honor, humor, labor, neighbor, rumor

Ever since the Norman invasion, the Brits have always aspired to be French.

[A Pretty Panda]

I made the thread because they were giving away scone samples at Starbucks. Although to be fair, all Starbucks pastries are terrible Still it wasn't the first scone I've had and I can honestly say I've never enjoyed one.

Yeah American food from a UK place doesn't sound so good. The Starbucks factor doubles it.

It's like when you go to a Chinese buffet and see chicken nuggets there. Please fucking do not take the chicken nuggets from the Chinese buffet.

Oh fuck, its Ultimoo.

[ThoseDeafMutes]

ITT I learn that when UK folks talk scones they're actually talking about biscuits.

Talking about what YOU call biscuits. Also, it's not just the UK, it's Commonwealth nations. Such nations also have a very different meaning for "biscuit", which is what you would probably call a cookie (Comm. nations have "Cookies" being a subset of "biscuits", referring to sweetened and slightly softer baked products). Australian biscuits are best biscuits:


(ANZAC biscuits)




(Tim Tams)

[Jables Swan]

(uk scones with clotted cream, jam, and earl grey is delicious)

This is a scone. (I'm from Australia btw.)

[gollumsluvslave]

what the fuck is a scone

A place in Scotland just outside of Perth, pronounced 'scoon'. :P

[The Abominable Snowman]

So no Scone recipes? Don't fail me, GAF. Sunday is my cheat day, and my body is READY!

(uk scones with clotted cream, jam, and earl grey is delicious)

We call them biscuits with jelly in Amurrica.

Where I live, this is what we call scones. Much better than the stuff in the OP. Sunday brunch staple, might have to get some later.

Looks good enough to try. Do you have a recipe?

[VALIS]

I haven't been to an Au Bon Pain in years as the one I used to frequent was destroyed in 9/11, but I'd get their orange scone for breakfast almost every morning for a couple years. Thing was delish. I assume it's an "American" scone.

[Aiko Heiwa]

Wait, British scones are just biscuits.

mind = blown

[kaizoku]

I had a biscuit from america once and while it does look like a UK scone it didn't really taste the same. The texture was more bready. In the UK the best freshly baked scones will be slightly crunchy on the outside and more crumbly inside.

Scones with clotted cream and jam, it really is absolutely amazing. American scones are not even in the same ballpark, other than the name and probable related recipes they dont even belong in the same sweet goods category.

[Log4Girlz]

I'm I the only one who like Red Lobster's Cheddar Biscuits?

[zoku88]

I'm I the only one who like Red Lobster's Cheddar Biscuits?

no, you're not.

No one can not like them, actually.

[DECK'ARD]

Wait, British scones are just biscuits. mind = blown

Scones are scones.

They most definitely aren't biscuits, biscuits are flat and hard. Even the word biscuit sounds hard.

Cookies are soft biscuits.

[Kal]

I hate scones (UKer here). They are very dense and crumbly, and require lots of jam,cream and liquid to eat. And a scone is different from an American Biscuit although they look similar.

[Aiko Heiwa]

I wonder if Britishers ever eat your scones with sausage gravy.

[LadyRiven]

Totally agree with OP. I thought scones were tasteless husks until I had one at a proper British tea room with clotted cream and jam. Oh my gooodddd. One of the most delicious things I've ever tasted, truly.

[BGBW]

America has scones? I thought their obsession with ours whenever they pull a Queen's English stereotype was because it was a novelty unique to Britain like Fish 'n' Chips. And now I find they use the word biscuit to describe one particular tea dunkable like we use cookie to describe one specific type.

So in the UK cookies are a type of biscuit but not all biscuits are cookies.
In the US biscuits are a type of cookie but not all cookies are biscuits.

Am I right in that understanding?

[Aiko Heiwa]

In the US biscuits are a type of cookie but not all cookies are biscuits.

No, in the US, biscuits and cookies are different things.

[freenudemacusers]

So many haven't had a good scone.

Sad, really.

[Vice]

Scones are scones. They most definitely aren't biscuits, biscuits are flat and hard. Even the word biscuit sounds hard. Cookies are soft biscuits.

American biscuits are soft, airy and flaky.

[Log4Girlz]

America has scones? I thought their obsession with ours whenever they pull a Queen's English stereotype was because it was a novelty unique to Britain like Fish 'n' Chips. And now I find they use the word biscuit to describe one particular tea dunkable like we use cookie to describe one specific type. So in the UK cookies are a type of biscuit but not all biscuits are cookies. In the US biscuits are a type of cookie but not all cookies are biscuits. Am I right in that understanding?

US biscuits are a type of bread. Nothing like what you use the word for, ever.

[navanman]

We call them biscuits with jelly in Amurrica.

Scones with jam to me (in Ireland)

Languages are weird some times.

[Ushojax]

Come on, we all know the rule.

When a biscuit (the UK definition) goes stale it turns soft. When a cake goes stale it turns hard.

The US 'biscuit' falls under the 'cake' umbrella.

[Aiko Heiwa]

Also, where my family's from it ain't a biscuit unless it's smothered in sausage gravy.

[Log4Girlz]

Come on, we all know the rule. When a biscuit (the UK definition) goes stale it turns soft. When a cake goes stale it turns hard. The US 'biscuit' falls under the 'cake' umbrella.

Yeah, its not a cake.

[Aiko Heiwa]

Biscuits are bread.

[IGotBillySoSpooked]

I love American scones.

[CRD90]

When I lived in Georgia they use to have biscuits and gravy, which I miss and haven't had since my return to the UK. The gravy was thick and I'm sure had sausage and maybe bacon in it. Any gaffer have a good recipe for it? I'm gonna try make it myself.

[Log4Girlz]

When I lived in Georgia they use to have biscuits and gravy, which I miss and haven't had since my return to the UK. The gravy was thick and I'm sure had sausage and maybe bacon in it. Any gaffer have a good recipe for it? I'm gonna try make it myself.

So you are from the UK originally?

[The_Hitcher89]

Scones:

Biscuits:

Cookies:

Looks like a Scone, tastes like Shit:

[Log4Girlz]

Scones: Biscuits: Cookies: Looks like a Scone, tastes like Shit:

We need to get you to a Red Lobster.

[The_Hitcher89]

We need to get you to a Red Lobster.

I'm being particlarly harsh, as my only experience of American biscuits is from Popeye's. Simultanously bland and rank. The chicken was merely bland. :P

[Log4Girlz]

I'm being particlarly harsh, as my only experience of American biscuits is from Popeye's. Simultanously bland and rank. The chicken was merely bland. :P

I've never really liked ones from fast food places. So, if that's your only experience, then yeah they aren't much to write home about lol.

[Dragonzord]

Flaky layered biscuits are the only biscuits in this household

[freenudemacusers]

Can we please stop using gross store scones and biscuits as reference points.

[Big-E]

There is a small bakery chain back home that does American style scones but puts blueberries and white chocolate in them. Not a fan of white chocolate normally but this combination works.

[The_Hitcher89]

Flaky layered biscuits are the only biscuits in this household

That looks like a weird pastry/cake hybrid

I've never really liked ones from fast food places. So, if that's your only experience, then yeah they aren't much to write home about lol.

It was a lesson for me in not believing hype, especially when it comes out of my cousin's lying mouth. I'd rather have a KFC than Popeye's, although I do quite like KFC so its not saying much

[BlueTsunami]

You.. you know what they say about... about scones and glass houses?

[lenovox1]

When I lived in Georgia they use to have biscuits and gravy, which I miss and haven't had since my return to the UK. The gravy was thick and I'm sure had sausage and maybe bacon in it. Any gaffer have a good recipe for it? I'm gonna try make it myself.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2...scuits_and_gr/

The Pioneer Woman has always been my favorite place for the down home stuff. But making gravy couldn't be easier. You learn how to make it once, you can make it for anything out of any meat's drippings.

I'm sure y'all don't have Pillsbury canned biscuits at the grocery store, but she has a recipe for the homemade ones on her site. They're easier than making scones, because you don't have to deal with cold butter or over mixing.

[The_Hitcher89]

And now the real debate for Brit-Gaf.

Scon or Scoan?

[Log4Girlz]

That looks like a weird pastry/cake hybrid

Looks cakey, actually bready, but super flaky and buttery. Kinda like...its kinda like a really weird american croissant in a way.

[CTE]

When I lived in Georgia they use to have biscuits and gravy, which I miss and haven't had since my return to the UK. The gravy was thick and I'm sure had sausage and maybe bacon in it. Any gaffer have a good recipe for it? I'm gonna try make it myself.

The gravy is just pork sausage browned and crumbled. Then you add a few spoons of flour to the fat that comes out of the sausage to make a roux and then add a cup of milk to make a white gravy. Season with salt and pepper. lots of pepper. Maybe a little extra butter if you want. Add more milk if it's too thick. You don't want wallpaper paste.

No bacon.

As for the biscuits. Alton Brown had a good recipe. Should be you first result when Googling "Southern biscuits".

[BGBW]

No, in the US, biscuits and cookies are different things.

US biscuits are a type of bread. Nothing like what you use the word for, ever.

So on my list of things to remember is I ever go to America:

Don't get your boots and trunks mixed up.
Dunk bread into your tea.
Clap after a film has finished in the cinema theatre.

[Aiko Heiwa]

Dunk bread into your tea.

wat

[The_Hitcher89]

What do Americans call things like Digestives and Rich Tea, if not biscuits? Cookies?

[CRD90]

So you are from the UK originally?

Yeah, I just lived in Georgia for a year on a scholarship.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2...scuits_and_gr/ The Pioneer Woman has always been my favorite place for the down home stuff. But making gravy couldn't be easier. You learn how to make it once, you can make it for anything out of any meat's drippings. I'm sure y'all don't have Pillsbury canned biscuits at the grocery store, but she has a recipe for the homemade ones on her site. They're easier than making scones, because you don't have to deal with cold butter or over mixing.

The gravy is just pork sausage browned and crumbled. Then you add a few spoons of flour to the fat that comes out of the sausage to make a roux and then add a cup of milk to make a white gravy. Season with salt and pepper. lots of pepper. Maybe a little extra butter if you want. Add more milk if it's too thick. You don't want wallpaper paste. No bacon. As for the biscuits. Alton Brown had a good recipe. Should be you first result when Googling "Southern biscuits".

Thanks guys, I'll give them ago!

[Log4Girlz]

What do Americans call things like Digestives and Rich Tea, if not biscuits? Cookies?

WTF are those.

[Aiko Heiwa]

What do Americans call things like Digestives and Rich Tea, if not biscuits? Cookies?

I don't think we have those here.

[lenovox1]

What do Americans call things like Digestives and Rich Tea, if not biscuits? Cookies?

We don't have digestives. The closest thing we've got is the graham cracker. So it'd be a sweet cracker, I guess.

[Aiko Heiwa]

According to Wikipedia, we do have "digestives". They're apparently the cookie part of a Twix bar.

Well, chocolate coated ones, at least.

[The_Hitcher89]

WTF are those.

Digestive's are fantastic. And despite the Rich Tea's appearance, it is in no way a cracker