Crackers are biscuits, and so are biscuits. Cookies are cookies. Unless you’re a Brit, then everything seems to be a biscuit or a cake. Some biscuits seem to be cakes, and some cookies also seem to be cakes. Most cakes are cakes.
This said I’m not British and I’m talking out of my shitpost.
Tbh I don’t know why we call some things cookies. I have heard people say cookies have the softer ce ter buy that doesnt track 100% from brand to brand.
On American biscuits nope I didn’t know they were a thing rill a long time friend from the states who likes playing with these language quirks as much as I do
If you ever visit (probably don’t, it’s a hellhole) try biscuits and gravy. Preferably from someone’s southern grandma or a gas station in rural Georgia. But if all else fails, Hardee’s is acceptable for someone without something to compare it to.
If there’s a question about whether it’s a biscuit or a cake, leave it out for a few days, if it gets softer it’s a biscuit, if it gets harder it’s a cake, and if it gets covered in ‘gravy’ there’s an American in your house.
Indeed they are, as adjudicated by the courts of the land. I like the reporting here, especially:
Customs and Excise had accepted since the start of VAT that Jaffa Cakes were zero-rated as cakes, but always had misgivings about whether this was correct.
Crackers are biscuits, and so are biscuits. Cookies are cookies. Unless you’re a Brit, then everything seems to be a biscuit or a cake. Some biscuits seem to be cakes, and some cookies also seem to be cakes. Most cakes are cakes.
This said I’m not British and I’m talking out of my shitpost.
Brit here most things are biscuits except some that are cookies e.g. chocolate chip cookies, crackers are crackers.
I hope that clears things up
I’m just trying to confuse the Americans. You blew my cover!
I thought y’all didn’t have cookies? Like, I thought everything we called cookie you call biscuit?
Also, have you ever had an American style biscuit?
Tbh I don’t know why we call some things cookies. I have heard people say cookies have the softer ce ter buy that doesnt track 100% from brand to brand.
On American biscuits nope I didn’t know they were a thing rill a long time friend from the states who likes playing with these language quirks as much as I do
If you ever visit (probably don’t, it’s a hellhole) try biscuits and gravy. Preferably from someone’s southern grandma or a gas station in rural Georgia. But if all else fails, Hardee’s is acceptable for someone without something to compare it to.
If there’s a question about whether it’s a biscuit or a cake, leave it out for a few days, if it gets softer it’s a biscuit, if it gets harder it’s a cake, and if it gets covered in ‘gravy’ there’s an American in your house.
Jaffa cakes are cakes then
Indeed they are, as adjudicated by the courts of the land. I like the reporting here, especially:
The British courts and Proctor and Gamble arguing over wether Pringles are actually chips always makes me laugh.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560995/are-pringles-potato-chips-britain-high-court