forkful of biscuits

[GUEST2008]

Hi

A man was eating in a diner. He said something as he pushed a forkful of biscuits and gravy in his mouth.

Does "biscuit" here mean something like a "cookie". But he would eat it with gravy?

 

[SoothingDave]

In America cookies are cookies and biscuits are biscuits.

Biscuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An American biscuit is similar to a scone and is commonly eaten with breakfast, laden with gravy or as a sandwich with eggs and meat and cheese.

 

[Rover_KE]

As an Englishman holidaying in the USA, I soon discovered that 'biscuits and gravy' are unsweetened scones in white sauce.

Rover

 

[Barb_D]

Aww geez. If you have gravy that reminded you of white sauce, then it was pretty poor gravy.

An unsweetened scone is as good way to describe biscuits as any, I guess.

 

[Ouisch]

Agreeing with Barb....proper sausage gravy may be vaguely "whitish" in appearance, but it should have nice large chunks of delicious pork sausage (and I mean authentic, spicy pork sausage, not those British "bangers") in it. Having married a Southerner, I've learned to appreciate the hearty, soothing, deliciousness of biscuits and gravy.