Biscuit or cookie? Let's war it out at [archived] word wars!

Pat Buchanans with milk are the best!

With gravy? For real? O.o

Yes of course with gravy. Biscuits would be pretty plain if you didn't cover them with something delicious. I really thought either sausage or chipped beef gravy over biscuits wouldn't be that odd of a dish to explain out of all the weird stuff we cook.
Also there are fig bars (or something similar looking) mixed in and I really wouldn't think of them as cookies.

THE SILENT MAJORITY STANDS WITH COOKIES.

There are custard creams and bourbons in this picture.

Custard creams are popular in Britain. As Wikipedia correctly states, custard creams are a type of biscuit.

Bourbons were created by the biscuit company Peek Freans of London.



Also in the picture is a couple of McVitie's Fruit Shortcakes. McVitie's is a UK food brand which is owned by its parent company United Biscuits. See their description on their own website: "Here at McVitie's we’ve been crafting the UK’s favourite biscuits and cakes since 1830." I used to live down the road from a McVitie's factory. I once went on a tour of it as a child. I can tell you with full certainty that McVitie's make biscuits and some cakes.

I'm also fairly certain (although can't be 100% sure) that there are fig rolls pictured underneath the top level. A fig roll is not really a biscuit but is also definitely not a cookie.

Furthermore, the items in the picture are in a biscuit tin.

Given the above evidence, it is clear to me that these are indeed biscuits. There are three clear identifiable types of British biscuits in the photo, and they appear to be in a biscuit tin, which is typically found in Britain and other Commonwealth countries. Contextually, it would be bizarre to call these cookies.

i like biscuits and gravy but chocolate cookies chip are my weakness.

@LadySpark
look there is scientific proof that those are biscuits

It confuses me that American "biscuits" are basically scones. And yet still no one puts scones with gravy...

From the american perspective:

Spoiler

these are pastries


this is a scone


these are biscuits


These are (some kinds of the very varied) cookies



these are dry, tasteless, crumbly diappointments of cookies

fortis wrote:From the american perspective:

Spoiler

these are pastries


this is a scone


these are biscuits


These are (some kinds of the very varied) cookies



these are dry, tasteless, crumbly diappointments of cookies

I'm going to ignore the dig at the bisuits and ask WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR SCONES AMERICA


^^What would you call these if not scones? I knew you call biscuits cookies but how far does the madness go?

Also upon looking up that picture I found out there is an Australian town called Scone, so now I dream of having a scone in Scone. And now I've types 'scone' so many times it's lost all meaning.

@TriSARAHtops, in America, those are biscuits. Scones are something else more pastry-like, while biscuits are more bread-like.

@fortis: MY MOUTH IS WATERING.

@TriSARAHtops: Look at this scone recipe! http://www.browneyedbaker.com/pumpkin-s ... ced-glaze/

*drools*

Apparently, you can make savory "biscuit-like" scones, but um... those are biscuits with pretentious names so you can sell them at fancy coffee shops for triple the price.

Okay, so last night I tried out the scone recipe that I posted, and it was delicious and you should make it too.

British scones and American biscuits are similar but not the same. Ours are fluffier not as dense, no where near as sweet, and tastes more like a bread, hence the pairing with savory things.







Though they also can be served with jam & butter too...

as long as you can eat it who cares