Scones, Biscuits and Cookies... Do people eat scones in the USA.. ?

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Scones, Biscuits and Cookies... Do people eat scones in the USA.. ?

Answer 1

Naja...the sugary biscuits are cookies, salty ones are crackers.



After the war of Independence, Americans adopted the word cookie to represent "hard, twice baked" product... rejecting the traditional word "biscuit" for same.



The "scones" are biscuits if they don't include sugar. Drier than bread rolls and easier to make. More a pastry or muffin if they have sugar.

Answer 2

Yes, they have scones at Starbucks. I used to make them a lot since we are Irish American. **scones and biscuits are 2 very different things* (in US)

Scones are a circle cut into 4 so they are triangular in shape. They are a little sweet.- many variations-pic of my style of scone: http://www.joyofbaking.com/IrishSodaScones.html

Biscuits are considered baking powder bread which are not sweet. - I roll them out and cut with a flour dusted water glass. American biscuit pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BiscuitsAmerican%26British.png

Cookies are very sweet. -http://www.joyofbaking.com/ChocolateChipCookies.html

The reason for the different US terms is likely: (1) Our (American) early Dutch heritage and (2) Our revolutionary tradition of separating ourselves from "all things British."

"Early English and Dutch immigrants introduced the cookie to America in the 1600s. The English primarily referred to cookies as small cakes, seed biscuits, or tea cakes, or by specific names, such as jumbal or macaroon, the Dutch called the koekjes, a diminutive of koek (cake)...Etymologists note that by the early 1700s, koekje had been Anglicized into "cookie" or "cookey," and the word clearly had become part of the American vernacular. Following the American Revolution, people from other parts of the country became familiar with the cookie when visiting New York City, the nation's first capitol, a factor that resulted in widespread use of the term."

Answer 3

Love scones and make a variety of different types. Holly best described a true scone. I've never heard of the triangle shaped item as being called a biscuit or cookie in the US. Biscuits, at least in my part of the country are like rolls (shape of rolls) and smaller.

Answer 4

During the time I spend in St Pete, Florida, many times I saw American customers of the surprisingly, for the US, extremely popular British Pub run by an Englishman named Bernie & his wife not only order scones in the form of 'English Cream Teas' but also the traditional British roast dinner including Yorkshire pudding & veg. Cucumber sandwiches (Ugh!) were equally popular. But they would never ever drink the wonderful bitter beer brewed at the Chiswick brewery 'Fullers', their choice was always that ice cold pizz with no flavour (flavor)!!!!!!

Answer 5

yes, yes they do

Answer 6

I make scones, which I make like biscuits- they are fluffy and buttermilk based. I'm told by a British friend that biscuits are actually supposed to be cookies, and scones are some other odd thing, not like biscuits at all. It's all very confusing in my opinion- like football/soccer.

Answer 7

ive eaten a scone... i like orange cranberry. so ya. scones became something people like my mom eat. yum.

Answer 8

to me scones look like this http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=starbucks+scones&FORM=BIFD#focal=57bf31fb41375c49aae0901f7adf5a37&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fz.about.com%2Fd%2Fkidscooking%2F1%2FI%2F9%2F6%2F-%2F-%2Fmaplescones.jpg



i live in america btw

Answer 9

yes USA has those, here they are called cookies, this is what a scone is here in america



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3221303714_2d3f4830dc.jpg



basically a really fat cookie

Answer 10

Okay Jen -



An American biscuit is a soft fluffy scone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit_(bread)



An American cookie is an English biscuit.



An American cracker is also an English biscuit but used to eat with cheese or soups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(food)



An American English muffin, is a round, yeast-leavened form of bread almost always dusted with cornmeal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin_(English)



The closest thing we have to Crumpets is the English muffin



An American bread roll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_roll



It changed in the American colonies as early as the 1500's.

Too many Irish convicts from the Poor Houses and Scottish POWs.... they really had no earthy clue which was which, only hearing the names from their English masters ....cookies, crackers, crumpets, corn, maize ......words are the first things that assimulates to a new situations.



Here's you a bonus;



American Jello ---- Gelatin dessert, referred to as jelly in Britain, callrf by its brand name Jell-O



British Jelly ---- Gelatin dessert, referred to as jelly in Britain and other countries, popular brands include Jell-O



American Jelly ---- Fruit preserves, called 'jelly' in North America, specifically a clear fruit spread

Answer 11

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Scones, Biscuits and Cookies... Do people eat scones in the USA.. ?

Ok having a discussion with some americans..

In the UK and Some Commonwealth nations we have scones..



Now scones look a like this : http://www.shepherds-pie-recipe.com/images/scones.jpg

BUT my american mates say these are biscuits.



BUT in the UK and commonwealth nations.. these are what...

Answer 12

I ate my first and so far, only scones, at the Puyallup Valley Fair in 1970. As I recall, they seemed to be a cross between a cookie and what we in the US call a biscuit. I thoroughly enjoyed the ones I ate and having recently relocating to the Pacific Northwest, am hoping to try them again soon.



Isn't the confusion in terms, as it relates to english speaking countries, wonderful?

Answer 13

Cookies

Scones a rarity here

Answer 14

what you in England call biscuits is what we call cookies because it resembles the cookies that we normally purchase. The scones that you guys say that we call biscuits look like biscuits because they look like the biscuits that we bake. there are some of use who have been introduced to the scone, like I was, and found that they are pretty good with clotted cream.

Answer 15

Hear in the west/Utah.A scone is a fried bread.A pan cake like batter pored from a ladle in to hot cooking oil.No uniform shape.Then served with a sweet serape.The triangle shaped breads we call a type of Ecler

Answer 16

American Scones

Answer 17

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Answer 18

And shepard's pie the way I grew up was made up of mashed potato's on top. then baked God I love Shepard's Pie



Hamburger, whole kernel corn, onion diced browned up, add bit of seasonings we add some hot sauce and maybe a bit of green pepper diced again



topped with mash potato then browned

Answer 19

i know a place that sells them