The Anchorage, Part 3

[Pendraia]

One place that I was reading said we use butter and they use animal fat or lard which could explain some differences I suppose.

I have made recipes with a casserole with scones on top which was really nice.

 

[Dreamer]

I made cheese scones for lunch with lots of whipped cream and strawberry jam.
@Pendraia those sound like what we would call dumplings

 

[Pendraia]

They were scones used like dumplings...I don't normally like dumplings in stew but these I did like. Different texture...Mum used to make stew with dumplings when I was a kid.

 

[Dreamer]

They were scones used like dumplings...I don't normally like dumplings in stew but these I did like. Different texture...Mum used to make stew with dumplings when I was a kid.

Ah ok. Yeah dumplings can be rather stodgy

 

[Pendraia]

Yep...they can. Never liked them much when I was growing up and still don't but the scones cooked on top were nice. Australia and New Zealand are very similar in some ways but then we both have a lot of English, Scottish and Irish ancestors...

 

[quietrob]

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.

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Now that's what I'm talkin' about Southern Gal! My Mom is from Virginia and if I ask her very nicely she'll make me a batch of biscuits with the caveat that I some save some for my brother and sister. By some, I take it to mean, one for each of them. Maybe one for Dad. Southern girls just know how to cook. Is New Zealand gals considered biscuit cookin' southern girls too? Anyway. YEAH! Gimme those biscuits with butter and Honey!

Lard? Does that taste good if you use Lard?

 

[Lorraine]

Scones over here are made with butter, mixed with milk, never sweetened and can be eaten with jam and lashings of cream or buttered to go with soup etc. My mum made the best scones ever and mine are but a pale version. She also made the best sponge sandwich in the world, so high it would not fit in your mouth vertically but needed to be tipped sideways to get a good bite. It's Mother's Day here tomorrow and I shall make some scones in her honour and remember her with love.

 

[Mythocentric]

I hate you lot! I've just been out to the shop, forgot the butter and coffee but, for some reason bought two packs of scones, cream and strawberry jam!

 

[Miss B]

WOW, talk about the power of suggestion.

 

[Mythocentric]

Must have had a senior moment Miss B. I mean I love scones with cream and jam but me forgetting the coffee is about as rare as a politician keeping their pre-election promises!

 

[Terre]

It's Sunday Down Under now right?
Happy Mother's Day!

 

[Miss B]

I mean I love scones with cream and jam but me forgetting the coffee is about as rare as a politician keeping their pre-election promises!

 

[Miss B]

It's Sunday Down Under now right?
Happy Mother's Day!

Yes!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all those already celebrating it.

Only 6 more hours here on the East Coast of U.S.A.

 

[quietrob]

Must have had a senior moment Miss B. I mean I love scones with cream and jam but me forgetting the coffee is about as rare as a politician keeping their pre-election promises!

I told you! BISCUITS which are apparently an offshoot of scones sent by the gods, are best with coffee. Yes to Sugar and Cream, Thank you very much. Don't forget your coffee! That is paramount to pleasure and the last thing that is good for you.

 

[Mythocentric]

Just to throw in a bit of added confusion, in the UK biscuits (a.k.a. Cookies in the Colonies, etc) are usually flat, round things (other shapes are available including fig rolls!). Their prime purpose is for uncouth people (like me) to dunk into their coffee, or tea in the case of tea biscuits. This behavior is not as slovenly as it sounds. In fact some expert dunkers have raised the practise to a fine art. Too short a dunk gives you a firm biscuit with a hint of coffee, whereas the ideal is to achieve a softened, coffee soaked biscuit which melts in the mouth. The other extreme is the overdunk which causes the biscuit to plop into the coffee. Even this has its adherents (grandaughter Lucy springs to mind here!) and has the added benefit of allowing you to drink your coffee ending with the satisfying slurp as one devours the sludge at the bottom!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

 

[Rae134]

Hey Myth, do you get Tim Tams over there? There is a practice here to bite the ends off and suck the hot liquid of choice though it like a straw.
How to Do the Tim Tam Slam

 

[Terre]

Just to throw in a bit of added confusion, in the UK biscuits (a.k.a. Cookies in the Colonies, etc) are usually flat, round things (other shapes are available including fig rolls!). Their prime purpose is for uncouth people (like me) to dunk into their coffee, or tea in the case of tea biscuits. This behavior is not as slovenly as it sounds. In fact some expert dunkers have raised the practise to a fine art. Too short a dunk gives you a firm biscuit with a hint of coffee, whereas the ideal is to achieve a softened, coffee soaked biscuit which melts in the mouth. The other extreme is the overdunk which causes the biscuit to plop into the coffee. Even this has its adherents (grandaughter Lucy springs to mind here!) and has the added benefit of allowing you to drink your coffee ending with the satisfying slurp as one devours the sludge at the bottom!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I'll throw in some added confusion: In Spanish (at least the Mexican version) Galleta is used for both what we Americans call "cookies" and "crackers".

 

[Miss B]

Hey Myth, do you get Tim Tams over there?

My supermarket used to sell Tim Tams. Haven't looked for them in quite a while, so not sure if they still do.

 

[Mythocentric]

Hey Myth, do you get Tim Tams over there? There is a practice here to bite the ends off and suck the hot liquid of choice though it like a straw.
How to Do the Tim Tam Slam

That's a new one on me Rae but I'm gonna keep my eye's peeled. Sounds like a perfect pastime for any respectable Skiver!

 

[Pendraia]

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in this thread. Tim Tam's Yummmy! They never last long enough to be dunked I'm afraid...they just get eaten so quickly in this house. It's the quick and the dead...or should I say those who miss out!