Tortillas and enchiladas and other nonBrit Food (Was: Yorkshire pudding)

[Goddlefrood]

> Goddlefrood:
> > 
> > Crackers or cabin bread depending where you're from.
> 
> Carol:
> 
> "Crackers" for "biscuit" as "biscuit" is used by Americans? 
> Really?
> 
> Crackers for Americans are flat and crispy; biscuits are fluffy 
> and use baking powder rather than yeast to make them rise. 
> They're generally served with butter or margarine, sometimes 
> with honey or jam. 

Goddlefrood:

Then you speak of cookies. The term is borrowed from the Americans. 
I've also come across biscuit used in parts of America (and last 
time I counted I'd been to 23 of your States) to describe what I 
would usually call a cracker.

> Carol:
> Possibly you're thinking of tortillas, 

Goddlefrood:

I wasn't thinking of anything in particular, merely answering 
Catlady ;-)

> Carol:

> What we call Indian fry bread 

Goddlefrood:

Having grown up in a non-PC world those of a certain age in 
Britain would distinguish between Indians from North America 
and Indians from India by adding the descriptor "Red". It's also 
in the Disney Peter Pan film, which my son enjoys.