il Tue, 18 May 2004 22:06:11 -0000, Derric ha scritto:

>
> > As for soft and fluffy, well I understand American scones are what I
> > would call biscuits which are hard and crunchy. Not as soft as sponge
> > mind you.
>
> Well... in the US southeast, biscuits are "soft and fluffy." I don't
> hear the the word "scones" around here very often.
>
>
> > 1 cup wheat flour :1 teaspoon baking powder type thing that
> > rises when baked and gets cut in half and eaten with jam and cream or
> > maybe with cheese added (no jam and cream.)
> >
> > Mine are soft and fluffy because I eat them still warm mmmmmm
>
> Sounds like a biscuit down here! Served for breakfast with butter,
> jelly, jam, or syrup.

It's soooo hard to visualise a biscuit like that especially dog
biscuits, or even harder, a gingernut biscuit. :-))

NZ biscuit = am. cookie
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