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Re:Handling cookies is a minefield by thaumasiotes on Thursday November 21, 2024 @06:55PM (#42209904)
What do the British call biscuits?

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Re:Handling cookies is a minefield by michaeljsmith on Thursday November 21, 2024 @09:13PM (#42210558)
The closest thing is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scone.
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Re:Handling cookies is a minefield by thaumasiotes on Thursday November 21, 2024 @11:41PM (#42211255)
I've had something (in the US) that was called a "scone", and it was rigid, which disqualifies it from being similar to a biscuit in my mind.

Is that generally true of scones?

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Re:Handling cookies is a minefield by lmm on Friday November 22, 2024 @03:40AM (#42212153)
The thing the US call scones is different from the thing the UK calls "scone".
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