Don’t think of a sweet dry disc (what Americans call a “cookie”), think of a thick round doughy scone, slightly salty and buttery, designed to receive either sweet (various jams or jellies) or savory (fried cured meats, eggs, cheese) accompaniment.
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Rooty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Biscuit in a tin
Is this some American thing I’m to European to understand?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
bricklove@midwest.social 10 months ago
It’s funny that this distinction needs to be made every time biscuits are mentioned in the post. There were some very confused non-Americans in the comments of a biscuits and gravy meme the other day
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Too late, I’ve already dipped me Hob-Nob in me mug o’ Bisto.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
But we also have cookie dough in a tube too
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
True, but in my experience opening the tube is nowhere near as violent. Biscuits in particular, I suspect by virtue of their yeast content, cause the kind of danger referenced here.
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
think of a thick round doughy scone, slightly salty and buttery
If they’re made right, they’re close to cylindrical croissants.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Every biscuit I’ve ever had has been way more dense than a croissant
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You should be able to tear the biscuit apart into thin layers that are only a little more dense than a croissant.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I’ve actually seen these for croissants and pains au chocolat
If you like incredibly shit-tier croissants and pains au chocolat
tja@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
There are also a lot of dough based things in a tin sold in Europe. I know that a French company is selling everything in cans under the german brand “knack & back”; bread rolls, croissants and even pizza dough
M137@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m European, Swedish, and these have been common for over a decade. Most common here is in “pizza kits”, you get one tube like in the post but with pizza dough and a glass jar of tomato sauce with herbs.
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 10 months ago
American biscuits, closest you have are scones iirc
jaybone@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Funny. I’m American but I don’t eat cookies or biscuits. So I figured this was a British thing.
frank@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
They’re self rising Pillsbury biscuits (or similar). Not what Americans call cookies that Brits call biscuits
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MutilationWave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hyper sensitive people can be terrified of them. It’s kind of funny in a mean way, like tossing a firecracker at an unsuspecting friend.
lolrightythen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tossing a lit firecracker at an unsuspecting friend is a bit beyond mean.
And the biscuit tube is frightening. Sometimes, I chase my girlfriend around with a half-peeled one.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
The little metal end part can become a projectile and hit you in the face.
frank@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Surely that attachment is significantly stronger than the sidewall. Even if you tried I think you’d just split the sides along the spiral impression and couldn’t launch the top
dumbass@leminal.space 10 months ago
Well don’t face the metal part towards you then!
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sounds fun to me. I would laugh if it happened to me.
aviationeast@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People with broken flight or fight responses (usually due to trauma, not always involving loud noises) hawe issues with the loud pop, even when you know its coming causes the flight or fight response and takes a lot of effort to calm yourself down.
Its not scary per se, its aggravating a broken somatic response.
frank@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Totally fair!
bitchkat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Loud pop? It just makes a little thud when you whack it.