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Question About Biscuits

posted 8 years ago by highpriestess32
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Hi all,

Brilliant film and very emotive. I just have a query about biscuits. In the UK biscuits are what the Americans call "cookies" obviously. Given that Karl is American and likes "biscuits" with mustard on, can I assume that Karl is referring to some other form of biscuit? Linda agrees to make him some on evening like she was knocking up an omelette when in fact she'd have to make up a mixture and bake for over an hour 

"These days you have to boil someone before you can sleep with them"

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] highpriestess32 8 years ago

Thank you for your reply! Ah yes maybe some kind of savoury biscuit which would explain his preference for a mustard accompaniment lol! We do have scones but they are generally eaten with cream and jam (called a cream tea when eaten in cafes with a pot of tea)! I hear bacon is quite a popular ingredient to all manner of baking in the States so mustard doesn't seem too bad lol.

"These days you have to boil someone before you can sleep with them"

[–] Elephantlips 8 years ago

We have scones as well, they are not biscuits.

What we call biscuits are savory and essentially just flour-based. They're kind of like a dinner roll.

[–] PenTheater 8 years ago

You don't have biscuits? Well that's just.......sad.

http://mrbsfrozenfoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jumbo.jpg
Here is a photo of Mrs' B's Biscuits, if you can't make your own.

Good with mustard,
or jam,
or tomato gravy,
do you have tomato gravy?

I am sure if Karl had stayed with Linda and Frank and little longer she would have gotten around to making tomato gravy.

Ephemeron.

[–] highpriestess32 8 years ago

Yes we do but ours are sweet generally like chocolate chip cookies or some filled with jam et cetera. I see now that the US alternative is generally a savoury alternative.

"These days you have to boil someone before you can sleep with them"

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[–] LordManhammer 8 years ago

American biscuits aren't simply savory versions of cookies, they are a very different baked item that for whatever reason has the same name as a sweet British item. And I don't think Karl had a preference for mustard on his biscuits so much as that's what his parents could afford to feed him and what he was used to. This is a food combination that viewers are supposed to see as odd.

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Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"--Pres. Merkin Muffley

[–] highpriestess32 8 years ago

Yep, definitely odd. During wartime Britain it was not uncommon for poor families to feed their children condensed milk sandwiches I am told, among other culinary oddities.

"These days you have to boil someone before you can sleep with them"

[–] LordManhammer 8 years ago

I really want to know how a condensed milk sandwich would work! I'm imagining something like eggy bread...?

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Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"--Pres. Merkin Muffley

[–] highpriestess32 8 years ago

I've never tried one but here are some images to feast thou eyes upon 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=condensed+milk+sandwich&rlz=1C1CHWA_enGB596GB597&espv=2&biw=1269&bih=615&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrkbeC957RAhUoDcAKHV32AVIQsAQIHQ&dpr=1.5

"These days you have to boil someone before you can sleep with them"

[–] PenTheater 8 years ago

condensed milk sandwiches....

We don't need that, we have Krispy Kremes.......HOT

. Ephemeron.