Britpick?

[amberfocus]

What do you call these in the U.K.?



We call them buttermilk biscuits, but since your biscuits are what we call cookies I am guessing this is not the term used.

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[essie007.livejournal.com]

We have 'scones' in the US too and they're sort of like buttermilk biscuits only they're more crubly than flakey and more sweet than savory, and they tend to have dried fruit baked in. Whereas 'biscuits' are more like croissants and they're served as a bread course with butter and gravy and such. What I'm wondering is are both those things called 'scones' in the UK or are the scones scones and the buttermilk biscuits something else?

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

As far as I'm aware, we don't have anything remotely like those buttermilk 'biscuits'. Scones are an afternoon tea/dessert item. The only savoury version of scones would be cheese scones, where of course there would be less sugar than in plain, raisin or cranberry scones.