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Bestgrammaever

I'm in the US in 74. To me cookies are delightfully yummy concoctions. To us in the US biscuits are savory meant for soaking up soups and stews and making sandwiches. Bowl licking is mandatory for either.

Oh yes, biscuits and gravy, love it.

I hope there was no raw egg in it!

BigBertha1

DH always get to the bowl before I do.

Yes, dh always licks out ours! He likes chocolate sponge mix best.

My small grandchildren use such words as cookies and call people guys. Surely this can only enhance our language? As for licking out the bowl - I was never allowed to do this as a child but was offered the wooden spoon! Never did us any harm despite raw eggs!

mabon1

What are cookies? Surely you mean biscuits, all thes Americanisms are killing the English language, how old are you? Clearly you are easily influenced. Nobody my age (84) say cookies.

My understanding is that in the UK biscuits are the more crunchy type whereas cookies have a more chewy centre. What does it matter anyway, why such an unpleasant response?

My DGGD (rising 3) knows where the biscuits- nothing more luxurious than jammy dodgers - are kept: on a shelf above the fridge that she can't reach yet. I (84) know where the cookies are kept: the double or triple chocolate chunk ones - hidden in the freezer to keep them out of my sight, though really that doesn't stop me. And the rest of my family has no suspicion of my duplicity. Biting into a frozen cookie does harm only to my denture.

I really feel like a cookie now!

mabon1

What are cookies? Surely you mean biscuits, all thes Americanisms are killing the English language, how old are you? Clearly you are easily influenced. Nobody my age (84) say cookies.

Don't you make biscuits and cookies these days??
I certainly do!

My dog now knows to sit politely while I am using the mixer. She gets to lick the beater now. It's cute watching her get a bit of mix on her nose, and gives me a sense of nostalgia for when my kids were small. Luckily I had 2 beaters and one bowl for the three of them.

Also, we call them cookies as well. Biscuits are more like scones.

Yuk! The raw egg thing still worries me.

My brother and myself always licked the bowl after mother finished making the cake,we also used to eat raw sausages….😵‍💫
But still alive to tell the tale….

Cookies: choc chip cookies available in all British supermarkets.

Other cookies are as many have said, different from biscuits- chewy and thick vs crisp.

Lots of very good things come from the USA including cookies

Personally i always:
"Accept all cookies" !

mabon1

What are cookies? Surely you mean biscuits, all thes Americanisms are killing the English language, how old are you? Clearly you are easily influenced. Nobody my age (84) say cookies.

For your information, the recipe (from an English website) states that they are “chocolate chip cookies”. They are also delicious, as attested by DH and grandchildren.
You be you, and I’ll be me

No-one of any age would say chocolate chip biscuits, would they, mabon1?

Choc chip cookies also in Oz. Mostly we are very infantile here and say ‘bikkies’ 😀

😁

nanna8

Choc chip cookies also in Oz. Mostly we are very infantile here and say ‘bikkies’ 😀

I'm not surprised.
The AusSpeak for sandwich is sanger!

Before the COL I would order 2-3 packets to have enough for people when they pop in to have a chat.
Now I’m down to own brand biscuits.

I bought some mint cremes for when a group I host comes round but we liked them so much we ate the lot and now I’ve got to get some more. We’re just a couple of piglets. 🐷🐷