Bin (Dustbin) – container for rubbish (American: trashcan) Biscuits – small, hard, baked product, either savoury or sweet (American: cookies. What is called a “biscuit” in the U.S. is more similar to the English scone) Blast! – an exclamation of annoyance ...
They are close to what the British would call scones. But American scones are different, because nothing about this is uncomplicated. ... These aren't nearly as common in the UK as they are in the US, but when they're made there, they're still calledcookies. ...
In 2022 the blogs covered a lot of ground: there were recipes for some traditional fayre likecheese and leek pieanddigestive biscuits, plusYorkshire pudding,mutton chopsandshoulder of mutton. There too was the traditional Hogmanay treat, theblack bun, plus a niceeggnogto wash it all down. Unu...
A British person would only call chocolate-chip biscuits a cookie. Scones are a baked item made of firm dough. They are neither soft like bread, nor crisp like a cookie or a biscuit, but are somewhere in between: a bit like the shortcake in strawberry shortcake, or American biscuits, ...