Miche wrote:
> In article <5kmoinF4ihuvU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
>>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:50:52 -0700, lenona321@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I heard biscuits are lighter - does that mean there's less butter
>>>> mixed in? Or is there more to it than that?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> I realize, of course, that in the U.K., the word biscuit means what
>>>> "cookie" does here in the U.S.
>>>
>>> 'Biscuits' are just scones that have a ton of baking powder in
>>> them... it tends to make them rather bitter-tasting and icky.
>>
>> Oh, I don't agree about bitter and icky. I guess you haven't had a
>> really nice flaky melt in your mouth biscuit! Scones are more dense
>> and compact.
>>
>> Julie said scones here are sweet. Unless they have currants or
>> something like that added to them, scones in my experience are not
>> sweet (at least my Scottish grandmother's weren't).
>
> Date scones are sweet. Unflavoured scones aren't.
>
> I've made scones and I've made biscuits (US meaning). They're more or
> less the same, IMO.
>
> Miche

In my experience only the texture is different. Scones are more dense; US
biscuits, if done properly, are flaky. But yes, they taste pretty much the
same :)