American biscuit

[Trappa]

Can any of our american members tell me what a biscuit is please? Im reading a lot of john grisham books at the moment and he keeps referring to biscuits-biscuits for breakfast,biscuits with butter etc
In england your cookies are our biscuits so what is your biscuits!?cheers

[Dave G]

its more than likely a giant cookie as they have things bigger and better than us brits lol

[BrianM]

they are like scones, but the yanks have them with everything ,,,eg,, go into KFC and you will get chicken, gravy and biscuits , yuk

[Wilded]

They are a soft bread made with flour, eggs, salt, milk and baking powder baked to a golden brown. They are wonderful with gravy or jams. Don't knock em till you have had homemade biscuits. :)

[Misty]

they sound perfect for mopping up the gravy:D
can you send some over??

[young falconer]

lol i love jammy doggers lol
just thought i would share dat with u all :cool:

[BlackShaheen1]

They are a soft bread made with flour, eggs, salt, milk and baking powder baked to a golden brown. They are wonderful with gravy or jams. Don't knock em till you have had homemade biscuits. :)

please dont start the great yorkshire pudding debate have you no soul it will start a war over hear in the uk

[BlackShaheen1]

please dont start the great yorkshire pudding debate have you no soul it will start a war over hear in the uk

cos i recon thats why they invented gravy

[Kentish Falconry]

they are like scones, but the yanks have them with everything ,,,eg,, go into KFC and you will get chicken, gravy and biscuits , yuk

No Brian all you will get here is Hawks & Falcons and no Gravy M8 :lol:

Terry

[BrianM]

been looking at that for 5 min terry , then the penny dropped ,, lol ,, blond moment:roll:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Right - thats the mystery of the american biscuit cleared up...


What the hell are "grits" then??????

FHF

[BrianM]

boiled corn is it not hattie??

[Trappa]

cheers you lot! its like a lesson in cultural studies!
'er indoors wants to go to florida next year for a holiday:(, so maybe i will try some.

[TexasFalconer]

"What the hell are "grits" then??????"

Grits are made from corn. You soak the corn in lye (which creates Hominy.) You then dry it out and ground it up. Next you boil it in water, add milk and butter. Essentially, it's a lot of work to create a not-so-good-tasting breakfast thingy. It came about in the deep South about the time of the Civil War, because soldiers could carry the dry grits forever. Made them mean, too. :yawinkle:

And don't you lads go knocking good southern American food- I tried Haggis....once....:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Lascelles]

"What the hell are "grits" then??????"

Grits are made from corn. You soak the corn in lye (which creates Hominy.) You then dry it out and ground it up. Next you boil it in water, add milk and butter. Essentially, it's a lot of work to create a not-so-good-tasting breakfast thingy. It came about in the deep South about the time of the Civil War, because soldiers could carry the dry grits forever. Made them mean, too. :yawinkle:

And don't you lads go knocking good southern American food- I tried Haggis....once....:confused: :: ::

Sounds like a lot of hard work coming from the country that invented cornflakes.

1) Pour on milk.
2) Eat
:lol:

[Gozzhawk]

Ye cannae beat a black pud supper wi broon sas! ahhhh.
whitaboot this thing they have in Wales like pate in batter , kinda like a Scotch Egg but no , whits that??

[FlameHairedFalconer]

And don't you lads go knocking good southern American food- I tried Haggis....once....:confused: :confused:

Mmmmmm Haggis :D

Not knocking southern American food at all....but in relation to American food I have to point out ------> Twinkies------>:vom:

FHF

[BrianM]

"What the hell are "grits" then??????"

Grits are made from corn. You soak the corn in lye (which creates Hominy.) You then dry it out and ground it up. Next you boil it in water, add milk and butter. Essentially, it's a lot of work to create a not-so-good-tasting breakfast thingy. It came about in the deep South about the time of the Civil War, because soldiers could carry the dry grits forever. Made them mean, too. :yawinkle:

And don't you lads go knocking good southern American food- I tried Haggis....once....:confused: :confused: :confused:


whats not to like about sheeps liver ,& lungs onion wheat and barley, boiled in a sheeps stomach ,,, MMMMMMMM