More English confusion

[bunyip]

Looking at a recipe, biscuits with gravy, I thought it sounded awful then discovered what you call biscuits we call scones, moving on, what we call biscuits you call cookies, your jelly is our jam, tater tots=potato gems, picking up a recipe book becomes quite a challenge.
Of course our own terms/words vary between states, a scallop can be either a shellfish or a slice of battered fried potato, there are others but being beckoned by SWMBO.
Often attributed to that fine barrister Horace Rumpole but actually from Haggers novel She.

 

[lman]

You've got to be wrong. See below.

biscuits - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[the old grind]

SWMBO: Still Working My Butt Off (different streaks for different freaks) We're thwarted at every rotary, AKA roundabout.

 

[/pine]

How about "Dumplings"...?

In the south they are flat pieces of dough...
In the north they are usually round and fluffy...
In most ethnic dishes they are thin wraps around meat/vegs...

They're all good with some kind of gravy...!!

 

[CalG]

Jam and jelly are two entirely different things!

 

[bcp]

au biscuits - Google Search

www.google.com

Bruce

 

[bunyip]

Jam and jelly are two entirely different things!

Jelly is a (usually) fruit flavoured water with gelatin that becomes a quivering blob when set, jam is a fruit based spread made by boiling fruit and sugar until it becomes thick.
I have seen what you call peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and that is what we call jam, however, I have seen crab apple jelly which breaks the rules and is more syrup than gel like.

 

[CalG]

Now you are making me have a craving for sour dough flap biscuits! ;-

 

[the old grind]

I catch myself staring at biscuits. (They're not on a plate.)

 

[MossRoad]

Jam and jelly are two entirely different things!

What about preserves?