Not completely true. When I stayed at the Reuben Hotel in London they had something called "American Muffins" on the continental breakfast cart. They were the somewhat mushroom shaped baked goods that we simply call a "muffin" here in the US. I don't know how they tasted since they also has chocolate Croissants.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> I know that what we call cookies, you call biscuits. >> >> What do you call what we call biscuits? >> > > What do you call biscuits? > >> American biscuits? > > No. We never attach the word American to anything that's supposed to be > food. > > Over here a biscuit is crisp and crunchy made from short pastry and > typically quite thinnish, except for Jaffa cakes. A cookie is fatter and > less crunchy with a soggy middle. A bit like the difference between Mark > Roberts and Cotty, really. > > <http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/week.php3> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
