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Re:Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrin... by war1025 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:47PM (#26241123)
I may be off here, but I'm guessing based on the tea comment, that he may be British, which means a biscuit is actually a cookie in American terms.
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Re:Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrin... by jonplackett on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:37PM (#26243912)
Correct!

What the hell is an American biscuit then?

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Re:Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrin... by war1025 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:51PM (#26245641)
Via Wikipedia [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit_(bread)

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Re:Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrin... by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:41PM (#26243960)
> What the hell is an American biscuit then?

Basically, a chemically (as opposed to yeast) leavened bread roll.

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Re:Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrin... by dllthomas on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @09:47PM (#26246043)
Typically richer and flakier than a soda bread, though.
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