I saw this on Mastodon posted by @infobeautiful@vis.social and figured that it was appropriate for this community and absolutely not controversial in any way shape or form.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      ex pat in the deep south: I have had both.

      They are similar but different enough you cannot interchangeably use them.

      “ok what’s it like then”

      eating a slightly different bread product

      “different how”

      in flavour and texture

    • khannie@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I had biscuits and gravy on my last trip to the States. Scones are very different. Much fluffier. Mostly the scones I’ve had have fruit in them too.

      Edit: our gravy is nothing like the one I got served either

      • DudeBoy@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        The biscuits you had were fluffier. I promise we have biscuits that are ‘scone-like’.

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          11 months ago

          Fair enough. I was quite happy with the biscuits I had. They fit the gravy nicely as a more savoury dish. I wouldn’t have liked scones with what I had.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 months ago

      biscuits are hard and snappable, what’s pictured is an english muffin.

      i agree that this isn’t a scone though, scones are… doughier? like, an english muffin has the elasticity of bread, while scones are way denser and not elastic.

      • DudeBoy@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        That is absolutely not an English muffin. I’m simply stating that we call that a biscuit in America.