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[–] stevecrox@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both the US and UK define a biscuit as a small unleavened cake.

For some reason US folks call all but one type of small unleavened cakes "coookies" which is a specific type of biscuit.

It would be like calling all beer "stout".