In article >, Gary > wrote:
>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> I'm not a baker, but I do bake
>> occasionally. Just couple of months ago, I made U.S. biscuits. Perhaps
>> I'll do it again next month.
>
>WTH is a U.S. biscuit?

A small pastry made from flour, shortening (butter or lard, preferably)
leavening, salt, milk/buttermilk (depending on the leavening).

I qualified "biscuit" with "U.S." so as not to be confused by the former
British Empire use of "biscuit" to describe what we here in the
United States of America call a "cookie".

Cindy Hamilton
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