The Anchorage, Part 3

[Lorraine]

That's what I thought, Miss B, and I wish it had been as easy as rewriting the wiring I'm getting a flash new tool for dealing with wires and my pal just told me I was mad. I said it'll cost a hellava lot less than getting in a tradie to do the jobs. Still thinks I'm mad. No, not mad, just independent to a fault!

 

[Miss B]

No, not mad, just independent to a fault!

Welcome to the club!

 

[quietrob]

Rewatching this thread because of the use of the word, "Knackered."

 

[Lorraine]

Haha, Rob! Is that another word I'm using that means something different where you are? My use of the word 'cracker' raised some eyebrows, means super great and absolutely, positively fabbo down here; knackered meaning utterly and completely exhausted past the point of being able to function.

And we have liftoff! Thunderbirds are GO! New/old battery is installed and I've lectricity to burn! Oh yay, oh yay! I am so damn happy

 

[Rae134]

hey Lorraine, us Aussies use Knackered the same way you guys do but its original meaning is this (from Wikki):

A knacker /ˈnæk.ə(ɹ)/ is a person in the trade of rendering animals that have died on farms or are unfit for human consumption, such as horses that can no longer work.[1] This leads to the slang expression "knackered" meaning very tired, or "ready for the knacker's yard", where old horses are slaughtered and the by-products are sent for rendering. A knacker's yard or knackery is different from a slaughterhouse, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. In most countries, knackery premises are regulated by law.

A horse carcass, rendered, had many uses. In the U.S., the meat could be used as food at a mink ranch, pig farm, fox farm, or greyhound race track, in pet food, or in zoos. Bones were ground up for bone meal fertilizer. Hides were made into leather or, along with joints and hooves, processed to make glue for the furniture and book binding trades (hence the idea of old horses being sent to the glue factory).

there's more if you wanted to have a good look

 

[Lorraine]

Good info there, Rae!

 

[Terre]

That it is.

 

[quietrob]

I'm knackered just reading the definition. And ya, cracker has a few meanings here in the USA and one of them is not so nice.

And biscuits are best served with butter and jam or honey. And Coffee. Best Coffee I ever had? Berlin, Germany.

 

[Pendraia]

I think what you call Biscuits might be similar to our scones which are best with Jam and cream...

 

[Miss B]

Hmmmm, I always think of biscuits as a small roll that can be easily torn apart and dipped into a sauce, depending on what's being served as the main dish.

 

[Pendraia]

So is it more like bread than a scone? Biscuit (bread) - Wikipedia
Scone - Wikipedia

Yep...like scones but looking at that image they haven't risen as much as scones. They look flatter and these days many people use lemonade in them to get them to rise higher.

 

[Satira Capriccio]

Our biscuits (or dinner rolls) are definitely similar to your scones. Especially, those buttermilk scones.

They are a soft biscuit rather than a hard biscuits. In our case, we usually just cut them in half and spread butter on them. We also call them rolls rather than biscuits.

Thanksgiving and Christmas always had to have these babies.

Parker House Rolls

 

[Miss B]

Damn, you ladies are making me hungry!

 

[Rae134]

Me too! I wonder what I can grab for breakfast (really wanting scones jam and cream now!)

 

[Miss B]

I've never thought of having them for breakfast, or even a snack. To me they're dinner rolls, and if my mom made something with a tasty gravy, then I'd dip them in the gravy, with or without some butter spread on the pieces.

 

[Rae134]

I think scones must be slightly different, I really wouldn't eat a scone like I would a (bread) dinner roll.
You can have them sweet or savoury. The texture is a tiny bit dense, crumbly and cake-like (but not quite cake-like either ) and you pretty much need to eat them the day they were made (best when still warm) or they can go dry and yucky.

 

[Miss B]

Ahhhh, OK, so a slightly different texture.

 

[Dragonsegg]

To me, a Tennessee girl, biscuits are totally different than that image you posted @Satira Capriccio . That image shows a roll that is yeast risen, fluffy and very delish. To me a biscuit is a non-sweetened shortbread that is made using a lot of butter, shortening or even lard cut into the flour to make flakey layers. The flour is then moistened with buttermilk, shaped into a loose dough ball and then cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter. Also very delish but a totally different texture. It must all depend on where you are living. Probably all are good too. It would be great if we could all trade around our versions just to see.

 

[Miss B]

Ohhh, those are looking delicious!!

 

[Rae134]

yum Dragonsegg, They look like our scones, but I've been reading and while your's are flaky, ours are crumbly (I've looked at ingredients and they a pretty similar but the differences, well make all the difference hehehe)