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    Biscuit - Wikipedia

    Overview

    A biscuit, in many English-speaking countries, including Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, and … See more

    Variations in meaning of biscuit

    The word biscuits is used to refer to a broad range of primarily flour-based foods.
    • In most of the English-speaking world, a "biscuit" is a small, hard baked product that would be called either a "cookie" or a "cracker" … See more

    Etymology

    The modern-day difference in the English language regarding the word biscuit is remarked on by British cookery writer Elizabeth David in English Bread and Yeast Cookery, in the chapter "Yeast Buns and Small Tea … See more

    A Crispy, Chewy, or Flaky Delight
    A Crispy, Chewy, or Flaky Delight
    A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They can be sweet or savoury, and have many different types and flavors.
    History

    The need for nutritious, easy-to-store, easy-to-carry, and long-lasting foods on long journeys, in particular at sea, was initially solved by taking livestock along with a butcher/cook. However, this took up additional s… See more

    Types

    Biscuits can be placed in four categories, separated by their process and ingredients:
    Crackers are savory biscuits with a "crispy, open texture". They include biscuits such as cream crackers, "Ritz-type" crackers, saltines, … See more

    Culture

    Biscuits are not commonly associated with any one ethnic identity.
    The digestive biscuit and rich tea have a strong identity in British culture as the traditional accompaniment to a cup of tea and are reg… See more

    Industry

    Brands in the European biscuit market are unusually old for the food and drink industry, with the main brands as of 2016 being on average 100 years old. Historically in these companies, the owners and top-level mana… See more

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