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Sep 14, 2005 13:30
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English term

tilling biscuits

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Tilling biscuits, that brings back memories. Tilling biscuits and pomegranate marmalade
any English person can tell me what this means?
Thanks!

Discussion

Rachel Fell Sep 14, 2005:
Can: biscuits from Tilling (ref. to books of Mapp and Lucia by EF Benson, where I believe genteel characters eat such items as biscuits and pomegranate marmalade - not an everyday English food item, the latter!)
hecdan (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2005:
a sugg. can be found under En>Sp (tilling biscuits)
Can Altinbay Sep 14, 2005:
...and the answer that you found, por favor?
Rachel Fell Sep 14, 2005:
On reading Anabel's comment above I had a look at the other question and have posted a reply/suggestion there.
hecdan (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2005:
estoy intrigad�simo
hecdan (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2005:
s� Anabel, la puse en monolingual para que llegue a ingleses o a personas que hayan vivido en Inglaterra y puedan conocer de qu� se trata
Anabel Martínez Sep 14, 2005:
es una pregunta de hoy http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1137717

Responses

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baking/mixing/preparing biscuits

Wikipedia gives several types of "biscuits", but no "tilling". I can't find any references in Google either.

On the En>Es question, Celia suggests "hacer galletas" (making biscuits), as "to till" can mean "to prepare". I suggest the same, taking "tilling" as a verb.

"Baking cookies" is indeed something that can bring fond memories... :)


http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged
1 : to turn or stir (as by plowing, harrowing, or hoeing) and prepare for seed : sow, dress, and raise crops from : CULTIVATE <learned to till the soil -- Eric Newton> <tilled the rocky land -- E.W.Smith> <helping to till the fields -- Will Irwin>
2 dialect England : PREPARE, SET <till a snare>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit

British English meaning

In British English a biscuit is a hard baked product which in North America would be called a "cookie" or "cracker". Many regional varieties, both sweet and savoury exist, often produced in industrial quantities by large food concerns. Sweet biscuits are commonly eaten as a snack and may contain chocolate, fruit, jam or nuts. Savoury biscuits, sometimes called crackers, are plainer and commonly eaten with cheese following a meal.

A basic biscuit recipe includes flour, shortening (often lard), baking powder or soda, and milk (buttermilk or sweet milk). Common variations involve cheese or sugar.
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Varieties

Common biscuit types include:

* Bath Oliver biscuits
* Bourbon biscuits
* Cream crackers
* Digestive biscuits
o Chocolate Digestive
* Lincoln biscuits
* Nice biscuits
* Rich tea
* Rubber biscuits
* Shortbread
* Water biscuits

Australians use the British English meaning of biscuit. A famous Australian biscuit is the Tim Tam.
Peer comment(s):

agree Derek Gill Franßen
7 mins
Danke schön! :)
neutral juvera : Rachel is right. In any case, what happened to Anzac biscuits, boudoir biscuits and Gipsy cream biscuits, just to mention a few more very famous ones? :)
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