"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
.. .
> 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".

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