[HPFGU-OTChatter] Answer the biscuit question already

[Jen Faulkner]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Neil Ward wrote:

> Biscuits usually refers to sweet biscuits, but there are also savoury
> biscuits (which we'd also call crackers).  One that always confuses me is
> "Graham crackers" - I can't remember if these are the same thing as our
> digestive biscuits or our cream crackers (square, crisp, savoury - go
> well
> with cheese?).

Nope, graham crackers are sweet, in either the regular or cinnamon
varieties.  They're often used to make s'mores (melted marshmallow and
chocolate between two graham crackers) or as part of a crust for pies,
cheesecake, etc.

> Is tollhouse a brand?

Yes, as a manufacturer of chocolate chips, but it's really the only
company (it's a subdivision of Nestle) that makes chocolate chips, at
least in this part of the US (near NYC).

> Next question: What do Americans call dog biscuits?  Dog cookies?

Nope, dog biscuits, not dog cookies.  ('Dog cookies' sounds, to me at
least, like a cookie made out of dog *g* -- or at least shaped like
dogs.)  You can also call them 'dog treats', or use the brand-name
generically and say 'Milk-bones'.

Are digestive biscuits (which I've often read of, like many British
foods, and had no idea what they were) supposed to be good for digestion
then?

--jen, who has this sudden, inexplicable urge to make cookies :)

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