chicaboo wrote:Can we start an "American Biscuit" campaign. I mean, it looks like some kind of scone...?
How do you pronounce scone?
Rhymes with gone or stone?
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chicaboo wrote:Can we start an "American Biscuit" campaign. I mean, it looks like some kind of scone...?
chicaboo wrote:We mainly say Skong. Skoan is a bit posh for these parts.
But the American Biscuit still remains a mystery to me...
you you wrote:
They're not really regarded as being English, never mind British. I think that's just a bit of branding at your end.
The only time we'd really come across them is at a certain American fast food restauran.
You are both correct. They are very much alive and well but not very prevalent. You can find them in all larger supermarkets, but you have to search the bakery section to find the one brand and one type they sell.gn2 wrote:The muffins known in the USofA as "English" muffins are very much alive and well throughout the whole of the UK where they are known as "oven bottom" muffins.
I use both, depending on the company I'm in.you you wrote:
How do you pronounce scone?
Rhymes with gone or stone?
gn2 wrote:I buy oven bottom muffins sometimes.
Brilliant sliced, lightly toasted and buttered with bacon and fried egg.
There are three pronunciations of scone, the aforementioned two (only one of which is correct) for the foodstuff and another one for the town in Perthshire.
No potato bread? And it claims to be Irish food?PCX150Rider wrote:This is my favorite place to go for an excellent breakfast on my side of the pond. Been going there for years on vacations or day trips. Used to be frequented by locals and a few tourists who were "in the know". But now it can get lined up there out the door as soon as the good weather arrives. Well worth the drool. . .. Check out their menu. . ..
http://www.keltickitchen.com/
Maybe they meed to google it or really search for it in an "Irish"Mister Paul wrote:No potato bread? And it claims to be Irish food?PCX150Rider wrote:This is my favorite place to go for an excellent breakfast on my side of the pond. Been going there for years on vacations or day trips. Used to be frequented by locals and a few tourists who were "in the know". But now it can get lined up there out the door as soon as the good weather arrives. Well worth the drool. . .. Check out their menu. . ..
http://www.keltickitchen.com/
Who wants plain old potato bread when you can have potato pancakes or Irish brown bread?No potato bread? And it claims to be Irish food?
Not sure how we got here from "muffins", but that was a good movie, even if snow was a bit fakey looking.PCX150Rider wrote:Who wants plain old potato bread when you can have potato pancakes or Irish brown bread?No potato bread? And it claims to be Irish food?
Duly noted though. . .. Maybe it'll appear when they revise the menu again some time in the future.
It's a 2 1/2 hour ride for me to get there so the bottomless cup of coffee is well appreciated. Mostly I go on 4 wheels but have taken my Suzuki up there.
The photo below was taken a distance further down the road in front of the Chatham Light which was featured in the movie "The Finest Hours".
lillypinkjenny wrote:Well, guess what Lilly just added to the Tesco shopping list.
Just to bring this back around full circle - "No sea too rough, no muff too tough".Mel46 wrote:Speaking of that movie, when I was in the Coast Guard (12 years) our sub-motto (after ALWAYS PREPARED) was "we have to go out, but we don't have to return". A little morbid but the truth. We did what many others would not dare do. We went where many others would not dare to go. Yet, if I were younger, I would do it again.
What kind of Savage are you? They are supposed to be eaten with egg and bacon or plain butter.WhiteNoise wrote:Mister Paul asked: "What exactly do you Americans expect when you order and 'English muffin'?"
Well...Once Upon a Time I enjoyed Thomas' English Muffins with all it's "nooks & crannies"
Then whilst shopping one day I discovered another brand: "Bays English Muffins"
Since then I've been butterin' them up. Soo much better tastin' Try one toasted with tuna salad. Melt on some yellow cheese (american, cheddar.....yer choice) place sweet pickle slices and Fritos (original) or Dipsy Doodles (original) on the side.
Enjoy!! (emoticon licks lips)