[TAG] Work In Progress

[Jimmy O'Regan]

Mike Orr wrote:
> On 11/9/05, Jimmy O'Regan <jimregan at o2.ie> wrote:
> 
>>Mike Orr wrote:
>>
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>>>On 11/9/05, Jimmy O'Regan <jimregan at o2.ie> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Um... 'biscuit'? With gravy? Care to describe that? (I'm pretty sure
>>>>you're not talking about the kinds of biscuits we get, though digestive
>>>>biscuits *do* go well with a good cheddar).
>>>
>>>
>>>American biscuits are globs of dough.
>>>http://static.flickr.com/2/1391594_15a763a08e.jpg
>>>http://www.hollyeats.com/images/South/Arcade-Biscuit.jpg
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>>Oh! Biscuit == scone, gotcha.
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> 
> The scones here are sweeter than biscuits, and in a triangle shape.
> 

Sweeter, yes; they also come in triangles here.

> 
>>>Note to yanks: digestive biscuits are these small flat unleavened
>>>things that pass for cookies in Europe.  They make you go, "but a
>>>cookie is supposed to be bigger and chewy!"  They're sold in the US
>>
>>I take it you don't get ginger snaps, custard creams, Jaffa Cakes,
>>Hobnobs, etc.? :)
> 
> 
> Ginger snaps, yes.  But fresh ginger snaps are softer than digestive
> cookies.  The others I haven't heard of.

Softer? You mean they don't... snap?