"JohnJohn" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:57:31 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>>"JohnJohn" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:22:16 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>On Saturday, October 25, 2014 1:49:23 AM UTC-5, JohnJohn wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:14:36 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >"sf" > wrote in message
>>>>> .. .
>>>>> >> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:37:15 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>> >>> ...
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > Oh, you can also just use a simple pepper gravy as you would for
>>>>> >>> > country fried steak.
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Hmmmm ... I feel a stirring in the salivary glands.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> You know what pepper gravy is?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Is there some eason why I shouldn't? I like it with white pepper.
>>>>> >It's
>>>>> >milk, flour, butter and pepper. It's been known to go well with
>>>>> >biscuits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Biscuits with gravy? The cultural divide widens as I type this.
>>>>>
>>>>The things that we Americans call "biscuits" are just not very good.
>>>>Even
>>>>the best of them aren't. They are basically a way to scarf down starchy
>>>>white flour, and by themselves are unappealing to anyone with any taste.
>>>>However icky it might seem to put that pepper gravy--almost always the
>>>>pepper
>>>>gravy has pork breakfast sausage crumbled into it--onto them, it does
>>>>improve
>>>>them.
>>>
>>> Are we talking about the same kind of biscuits? To me a biscuit is the
>>> most basic type of cookie. Tea with biscuits is one step above water
>>> and bread. That biscuit?
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>>That is a biscuit for you and me ... but not for the USIANS)
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> That would explain it, because I can't imagine pouring gravy over our
> type of biscuits. Well I can, but I wouldn't want to eat the result.

I think that what they call biscuits, we call scones and no, I wouldn't
fancy pouring gravy over it either.

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