[TAG] Work In Progress

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Thu Nov 10 02:03:09 MSK 2005


Quoting Jimmy O'Regan (jimregan at o2.ie):

> Oh! Biscuit == scone, gotcha.

Close.  'Merkin biscuits are in general and a lot smaller.  If they were
sweet, they'd be classified as "cookies".  What are called "saltine 
crackers" are a fairly typical subcategory of American biscuits, e.g.:
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/the-saltine-challenge

> I take it you don't get ginger snaps, custard creams, Jaffa Cakes, 
> Hobnobs, etc.? :)

Ginger snaps, custard creams[1], Jaffa Cakes, and McVities Hobnobs would 
all be classified as "cookies", on account of being sweet.

[1] Mind shipping me some Bolands?  Thanks very much.






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