What is an American Biscuit?

Question

is it like our version of a scone...or bread roll?!

Answer 1

Neither, a biscuit is unique unto it's self one of the best way's to eat biscuits is with creamed gravy or if you like meat (which I don't much care for unless it's fish once in a while roast) you would go for saugage gravy... A good bicuit is hard to make from scratch... Do you have a Kentucky fried chicken over there assuming you are over there... Where are you? I could try sending you some biscuits if you want to drop me email...

Answer 2

I'd have to say "Yes" it is a bit like a scone, or a bread roll...but sometimes, you can get the biscuits that have thin layers, on top of layers, and sometimes you can buy them freshly made, and or in the refrigerator section of the grocery store.......the ones that you have to make yourself come in a paper roll, twisted around the biscuits, and they have tin circles, on the ends to hold it all together.... Then when you get home, alls we American's have to do is get out our cookie sheet, and pop the side of the biscuit container on the side of the counter, and they making a popping sound and open up for us, then we just take each individual one and place them as we would cookie's on our pan and bake them, and once out of the oven place them in a biscuit bowl, after buttering them, and place a cloth over the top to keep warm...... There's also "Homemade Recipe One's" but I wont go into all of that......... Smile!!!!

Answer 3

No such thing really.

You might be thinking of a buttermilk biscuit, which is light, flaky and tends to fall apart (by design) when broken open. It has more in common with the topping on a Shepard's pie but is drier and has a strong buttermilk flavor.

Buttermilk biscuits, indeed any biscuit made in a "Southern" fashion will have a lot of layers, nooks crannies and crevices. They tend to have a light, buttery texture, and soak up gravy like nobody's business.

Answer 4

when i was on holiday in Philadelphia, a 'biscuit' came with every meal. It looked like a scone but was made from cornflour so it was crunchier.
it was also similar to cornbread - another American favourite that sometimes comes in a muffin style (why i don't know). both are delicious!
hope this helps!

Answer 5

yes it is exactly the same as a UK scone. unfortunately in getting a recipe off the net for a 'biscuit' i ended up with scones, obviously i was on a US site! doh

Answer 6

In American English, a "biscuit" is a small form of bread 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 collectively as "quick breads" to indicate that they do not need time to rise before baking.)

Biscuits are extremely soft and similar to scones; in fact, many recipes are identical. In the United States, there is a growing tendency to refer to sweet variations as "scone" and to the savory as a "biscuit", though there are exceptions for both (such as the cheese scone). A sweet biscuit served with a topping of fruit and juice is called shortcake. In Canada, both sweet and savory are referred to as "biscuits", "baking powder biscuits" or "tea biscuits"; although "scone" is also starting to be used.

Biscuits are a common feature of Southern U.S. cuisine and are often made with buttermilk. They are traditionally served as a side dish with a meal, especially in the morning. As a breakfast item they are often eaten with butter and a sweet condiment such as molasses, light sugarcane syrup, sorghum syrup, honey, or fruit jam or jelly. With other meals they are usually eaten with butter or gravy instead of sweet condiments. However, biscuits and gravy (biscuits covered in "country-style" gravy) are usually served for breakfast, sometimes as the main course.

A common variation on basic biscuits is "cheese biscuits", made by adding grated Cheddar or American cheese to the basic recipe.

Large drop biscuits, because of their size and rough exterior texture, are sometimes referred to as "cat head biscuits".

Biscuits are now ubiquitous throughout the U.S. and feature prominently in many fast food breakfast sandwiches. The biscuit sandwich burst onto the scene primarily through the Hardee's chain of restaurants as an answer to the McDonald's Egg McMuffin. Along with the traditional country ham, Hardee's added sausage, cheese, eggs, steak, and even chicken to the breakfast bread. Breakfast biscuits are much bigger than ham biscuits, most as big or bigger than a typical fast food hamburger. In addition, biscuits are commonly found as a side dish at fried chicken restaurants such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bojangles', Church's Chicken, & Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.

Answer 7

More like a bread roll.

Answer 8

Pretzel is a pure american biscuit.

Answer 9

cookies,or breakfast biscuit made from dough for egg and sausage etc..

Answer 10

George Bush isn't it!

Oh! Sorry, I was thinking of a plank!