Why am I not eating biscuits?

[Nagash]

Really? I've always viewed spam as the human version of dog food. I'll eat it if choice is not an option, but more than likely swimming in ketchup.

I've always been a little confused by the whole cultural difference in what is called a biscuit. They tried to explain it on QI but I wasn't paying complete attention.

And for some reason I love fig rolls, but can't stand figs. ~shrugs~

Agreed on the spam. It's foul stuff. At best.

And biscuits are dry cookies, sometimes covered in sugar or chocolate coated. At least over here they are. Scones are more cupcakeish, so they don't qualify as biscuits.

Crisp has many meanings:

crisp (crisp)
Line-break: On Off Pronunciation:/krɪsp/
adjective
1 (of a substance) firm, dry , and brittle:
crisp bacon

the snow is lovely and crisp
(of a fruit or vegetable) firm and juicy:
a crisp lettuce
(of paper or cloth) stiff and uncreased:
£65 in crisp new notes
(of hair) having tight curls2 (of the weather) cool, fresh, and invigorating:
a crisp autumn day
3 (of a way of speaking) briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail:
her answer was crisp
noun
(also potato crisp)Britisha wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snackverb
[with object]
1 give (something, especially food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill:
crisp the pitta in the oven
[no object] (of food) acquire a crisp surface in this way2 archaiccurl (something) into short, stiff, wavy folds or crinklesPhrases
burn something to a crisp
burn something completely, leaving only a charred remnant
Derivatives
crisply
adverb

crispness
noun

Origin:
Old English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus 'curled'. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word

I'd use it as an adjective though. Chips (or potato chips) are the thin crispy thingies which the Brits call crisps. A french fry is just a a fry here (or rather: "fritten").

[Lilim Savanant]

Oh, Lillim JARED pickled beats?? No no no. When I put some down (can them) I will send you a nice homemade jar. There is nothing to compare.

I get what you mean with the biscuit thing though. It scrambles our brains to call something that looks like a french fry a "chip" and crisp is a verb here not a noun.

Funny that we call our language English and not American. I wonder why that is?

Maybe you still refer to your language as English so that if there's anything you don't like about it you can blame it on us.

Mmmmmmmm, pickled beetroots.......~drools~

One day I will journey to America and see how weirded out I get by day to day things.

[Lady Maven]

Nah, according to popular opinion, we blame it on Mexicans.

Why just today I blamed my husband for my menopause.

You make that trip here and visit me. I pormise to weird you out.

[Amb]

I actually like spam LOL but only when it's pan fried for sandwiches.. yummy!

What can I say? I grew up pretty poor and it's not all that expensive here lol

[owly]

i grew up on Simien myself i grew up poor, that's Top Ramien to you mainlanders..........

i grew up on spam too

[Nagash]

I actually like spam LOL but only when it's pan fried for sandwiches.. yummy!

What can I say? I grew up pretty poor and it's not all that expensive here lol

It's cheap as can be, but rather disgusting. A friend of mine has a theory that whoever likes the taste of spam, will willingly swallow a guy's load and thoroughly enjoy it. Which says two things:

1. His sperm tastes weird.
2. Owly is eww.

i grew up on Simien myself i grew up poor, that's Top Ramien to you mainlanders..........

i grew up on spam too