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Post by Shrikeswind on Apr 28, 2010 23:02:20 GMT -5
SOMETIMES a breakfast food. Biscuits are actually a very versatile food in Southern cuisine, capable of being served as a side dish with every meal. And they're friggin' AWESOME in gravy.
DAMMIT THIS WEEKEND CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH! I want Granny's biscuits now.
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Post by parrothead on Apr 28, 2010 23:25:47 GMT -5
Also, in the southern states, biscuits are a breakfast food. Usually, they're served with some sort of gravy. That's what I said earlier. There is also such thing as chocolate gravy, which one of my grandmothers (who passed away about two years ago) used to make and serve them on American biscuits. My brother was allergic to most bakery products and especially eggs, so he put some chocolate gravy (or maple syrup, if there isn't any chocolate gravy) on his bacon and sausage. It may sound nasty, but it's just like eating a pancake-on-a-stick in school cafeterias, which is like a breakfast version of corn dogs. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 29, 2010 3:48:51 GMT -5
That certainly looks like a scone. And the other photos of the same "biscuit" including cut-open ones, certainly look like scones too. It's a scone, dude. Right... on to some more... Blood/Blud = Friend, but only used by ChavsThis is gangland slang, and I've heard Americans use this way more. Bobby = PoliceOutdated. You rarely hear anyone talking about "bobbies on the beat" any more. They're just policemen or police officers. Although you might still hear "It's the Rozzers/Old Bill/Fuzz" (as anyone who watched Hot Fuzz would know). Dustbin man = Garbage collector Well, "garbage/trash" is "rubbish", we put our rubbish in the bin (or more likely, the wheelie bin) and it is collected by the bin men. You don't hear "dustbin" quite so much. Gaff = HomeOutdated by about 20 years. Jam = Jelly / Jelly = Jello This took ages for me to work out. Isn't Jello a brand name? Mint = GoodThis is outdated, and only said by a very particular kind of person. In short, if you say this here as a tourist, you will have your head kicked in. Noise = Hip Hop Hip Hop is called Hip Hop. I have never, ever heard it referred to as "noise". Smashing = Very goodOutdated. Step = StoopNo it doesn't! To stoop is to bend over at the waist. We call it bending over or stooping. You can also "stoop too low" when you say or do something "below the belt", but I believe these are also shared with America, so God knows where this came from. |
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Post by Old Man Rupee on Apr 29, 2010 4:03:34 GMT -5
Let me clear up a little bit of that confusion for you Fry:
British Porch Step = American Stoop
A stone or concrete slight elevation usually found just outside the door of a property, sometimes used as communal seats (especially if they are of the larger, American variety)
We (well, I) also have an enclosed porch, which is usually a little room you first step into through the front door, before you get into the house itself. Used for hats and coats and shoes and things.
This is my first post here for some time, and I'm going on about steps and stoops. I feel weird.
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Post by Dances in Undergarments on Apr 29, 2010 5:03:59 GMT -5
That certainly looks like a scone. And the other photos of the same "biscuit" including cut-open ones, certainly look like scones too. It's a scone, dude. I really hope its not a scone, just something that looks exactly like it, because if Americans are eating scones with gravy on it they're even more retarded than a previously thought, which is a hell of an achievement, really. You know what I like about this thread? Apparently all of the yanks think all of the poms are 19th Century Englishmen. Pip pip, cheerio, jolly good old bean. |
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Post by Shrikeswind on Apr 29, 2010 12:17:37 GMT -5
It isn't a scone. I maintain this to the fullest. I admit that scones and biscuits look very much alike, but biscuits are not scones. As I said, there are texture differences, flavor differences, several fundamental differences in recipe. We have scones in the States. I'm not interested in scones. I'm interested in biscuits, or what you British call...something. Because I know my biscuit isn't a scone.
Also, you're really not making too much of a surprise comment on calling us yanks stupid because of something the Southerners do, because that's where most of America's idiocy comes from. Now, I'm not saying that being from the South automatically makes you an idiot (especially since that'd call my dad an idiot, and while he's definitely a bit dense, stupid he ain't,) but I am saying that the South is our idiot breeding ground. It's kinda like how you can have one species living in the same area as another, more intelligent species, and while the more intelligent species is predominant in the area, you still have a 1/10 chance of finding a member of the other species. And the other species is migratory.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 29, 2010 16:14:09 GMT -5
After a little extra consideration, I think there's a good chance that your "biscuit" is actually just a ball of puff pastry. Puff pastry goes equally well with sweet and savoury food, but we wouldn't normally have it as a separate ball, but would cook that meat/gravy or cream/jam right into the centre of it! You know what I like about this thread? Apparently all of the yanks think all of the poms are 19th Century Englishmen. Pip pip, cheerio, jolly good old bean. I don't mind that much because, to be honest, I reckon you've got corks in your 'at, boy crikey! Keeps dem pisky bloightahs away! etc. etc.  |
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Post by Shrikeswind on Apr 29, 2010 18:17:24 GMT -5
Puff pastry? Doubtful. I've seen puff pastries and they look nothing like biscuits. I've yet to try one, however, and would like to. But beyond the point: Biscuits. Make a batch. Nao. As the page features several recipes, I advise on the "Baking Soda Biscuits," which is really just the writer's unneccesarily long way of saying just standard, plain-old "Biscuit," probably because the writer had more than one biscuit recipe on the page. While on the subject of baked goods, someone should make a pie with cake for a crust. That would be AWESOME. Especially a banana cream filling with a banana nut crust. Oh, it'd be amazing. I'm getting a gutgasm just thinking about it. Oh, pie with cake crust, you delightful little... Sorry. I'll take this to the dining room. |
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Post by Dances in Undergarments on Apr 29, 2010 19:04:41 GMT -5
Thats not a pie, this is a pie.  Stop getting things wrong America. (I'm actually now genuinely curious if meat pies like this are big in England, or if its more about Shepard's pie (ie the really big dinner ones that you mix your mashed potatoes and stuff into), since my search for Meat Pie redirected me to Aussie Meat Pie) |
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Post by Koopaul on Apr 29, 2010 19:56:44 GMT -5
You know what I like about this thread? Apparently all of the yanks think all of the poms are 19th Century Englishmen. Pip pip, cheerio, jolly good old bean. That's the American media for you. Do you see the way they portray the them? |
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Post by The Qu on Apr 29, 2010 20:39:38 GMT -5
Noise CAN mean hip hop, but it's not a British slang; just hip hop slang in general. And I'm pretty sure it could be applied to music in general too. It's sorta like "jams", as in, "Crank up the jams!"
As for biscuit, this is from Wiki:
* In American English it relates to a small soft leavened bread, somewhat similar to a scone
As far as I can tell, there is no real British name for them.
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Post by Dances in Undergarments on Apr 29, 2010 22:17:32 GMT -5
Do you see the way they portray the them? Want to repeat this in English? Or even in American would do. |
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Post by Shrikeswind on Apr 29, 2010 22:24:26 GMT -5
Thats not a pie, this is a pie. Stop getting things wrong America. (I'm actually now genuinely curious if meat pies like this are big in England, or if its more about Shepard's pie (ie the really big dinner ones that you mix your mashed potatoes and stuff into), since my search for Meat Pie redirected me to Aussie Meat Pie) Yeah, everyone knows that's a pie. All pies are roughly the same with only the filling being different, and how the top is handled. As I haven't eaten meat for almost 2 years now and have no intention of relapse, that pie will not be entering my belly. Actually, it wouldn't if I DID eat meat, since that red stuff looks nasty. BUT! I'm talking a good ol' fashioned dessert pie anyways. Except with cake for a crust. I...I SHALL CONSUME...CONSUME...CONSUME CAKE-CRUST PIE. Cake-crust pie. Even the moon wants a bite before obliterating your planet. |
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Post by wanderingshadow on Apr 29, 2010 23:29:35 GMT -5
You know what I like about this thread? Apparently all of the yanks think all of the poms are 19th Century Englishmen. Pip pip, cheerio, jolly good old bean. You mean this isn't the height of English fashion any more? To be honest, I had some outdated ideas about the rest of the world when I was younger. A lot of it would probably be accurate to the 19th century. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 30, 2010 3:20:17 GMT -5
(I'm actually now genuinely curious if meat pies like this are big in England, or if its more about Shepard's pie (ie the really big dinner ones that you mix your mashed potatoes and stuff into), since my search for Meat Pie redirected me to Aussie Meat Pie) Meat pies like that are a massive deal in England. Although the addition of tomato ketchup is down to personal preference (and not one I partake in). Steak and kidney pie is a lot tastier than it sounds, by the way, as it's mostly gravy. Find a nice canal-side pub, order the beef pie and a pint of dark ale. That's living, right there. Shepard's Pie, Cottage Pie, etc. are still about, but increasingly rare (largely thanks to today's quick-food culture and the fact ready-meal versions are gross). They're tasty, but not quite tasty enough given the effort that goes into them. |
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