Biscuit
A biscuit is a type of food. They are small baked breads or cakes.
Biscuits in British usage
In British English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English, biscuits are usually sweet and can be eaten with tea, milk or coffee. In North America these are called "cookies".
In spite of the difference, this is the meaning in the name of the United States' most famous maker of cookies and crackers, National Biscuit Company (now called Nabisco).
Biscuits in American usage
In American English, a "biscuit" is a small form of bread, similar to scones, made with baking powder or baking soda as a leavening agent rather than yeast. (Biscuits, soda breads, and corn bread, among others, are sometimes referred to all together as "quick breads" to show that they do not need time to rise before baking.)
Biscuit Media
- Biscuits in Ghana.jpg
A selection of biscuits, as served in Ghana
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Dutch speculaas biscuit in various shapes: ship, farmhouse, elephant, horse
- Kronborg's ship biscuit (cropped).jpg
Ship's biscuit from c. 1852 on display in Kronborg, Denmark
Traditional Polish Toruń gingerbread pierniki toruńskie
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Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin. Formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1822, the biscuit company became one of the world's first global brands.
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A British biscuit factory in 1918
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1891 advertisement in London for Peek Freans, a brand exported to Asia
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Marie Regal biscuit, Indonesia