On 2016-11-03 6:42 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>> The scones I grew up with were always triangular or diamond shaped.
>> Those cloying sweet scones they sell in Starbucks are triangular. I was
>> surprised to see the things in that video being cut in circles. That is
>> a biscuit. Biscuit and scone recipes vary a lot, with scones tending to
>> be richer, but biscuits are round.
>
> Can you articulate why the shape matters? I can see clear differences
> in the ingredients (scones vs. biscuits), but I can't see why the
> shape matters.

It probably doesn't matter a heck of a lot, though cutting them allows
them to be formed in one shot without having to roll up the in between
bits and doing them again.

> Drop biscuits are no particular shape at all, although
> they are round-ish.

Drop biscuits are a little different from regular biscuits, which are
usually cut with a crinkled edge.