Is an Oreo cookie, a cookie or a biscuit? [Aka, Americans vs Non-Americans]]

[Mick-a-nator]

Americans can fight, but they always friendly fire.

...that's low... but so damn funny... but it shouldn't be...

 

[Fraz]

if you ever have an oreo, make sure you have a mustoreo along side it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGERlM3BK24

 

[The Political Gamer]

It's "Milk's Favorite Cookie", so it has to be a cookie.

This^

 

[drp]

well thats that. the poll concludes what ive known for 25 yrs. an oreo cookie is a cookie.

 

[grazr]

Oreo's taste like how a dog's arse smells after it gets friction burn from sliding around the varnished wood flooring in the middle of summer when it's really, really warm.

 

[drp]

how would you know what a dog's arse after it gets friction burn from sliding around the varnished wood flooring in the middle of summer when it's really, really warm smells like?

 

[Bermuda Cake]

Well. Here's my reasoning. Oreos and maryland cookies were being sold as a buy one get one free in the same offer at sainsburys. Therefore oreos = cookies.

SERIOUSLY THOUGH IT WAS LIKE 50p FOR A PACK OF OREOS I BOUGHT SO MANY

 

[zpqrei]

"Und ze blue states are increazing"

 

[The Political Gamer]

lolmodwarincoming

 

[HeaH]

It's over 9000!

 

[grazr]

how would you know what a dog's arse after it gets friction burn from sliding around the varnished wood flooring in the middle of summer when it's really, really warm smells like?

Because i've tasted Oreo's.

 

[YM]

The maturity of the moderators shows just how wrong they know they are. If they were right there would be no need to doctor the results, they'd come out they way they wanted.

Fiddling the figures just shows you know you're wrong.

 

[drp]

The maturity of the moderators shows just how wrong they know they are. If they were right there would be no need to doctor the results, they'd come out they way they wanted.

Fiddling the figures just shows you know you're wrong.

sooo both of us are wrong?
and way to have a sense of humor.

you do realize the poll is about cookies... right?

 

[Bermuda Cake]

not just cookies

 

[DjD]

does !revote work?

 

[RavenStryker]

All I have to say is... Does it look more like a cookie or a biscuit? That is your answer. =)

 

[DjD]

Biscuit Ingredients:

2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
4 tablespoons butter or shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
about 3/4 cup milk

Cookie Ingredients:

1 1/4 C Flour
1/2 C Brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/8 tsp Salt
1/3 C Butter or Margarine (cold)
1 Egg white (whipped)
1/3 C Skim milk (room temperature)


Oreo Ingredients:

* sugar
* enriched wheat flour
* reduced iron
* thiamine momonitrate
* riboflavin
* vegetable shortening
* cocoa
* corn syrup
* corn flower
* whey
* cornstarch
* baking soda
* salt
* soy lecithin
* artificial vanilla flavoring
* chocolate



Ok, does that help to find the resolution?

 

[The Gentlemanne]

Its a cookie,yes we(indians) follow the British system(mostly) but its really obvious that it is a cookie.

lets not debate over the obvious.

 

[DjD]

Its a cookie,yes we(indians) follow the British system(mostly) but its really obvious that it is a cookie.

lets not debate over the obvious.

proof?

 

[grazr]

What the hell is that thing in the bottom left of that image, Blade. Looks like a Scone.

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

In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat-baked treat, usually containing fat, flour, eggs and sugar. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings—a cookie is a plain bun in Scotland,[1] while in the United States a biscuit is a kind of quick bread similar to a scone.

Judging by this, no one is wrong and no one is right. It's just the Yanks being awkward again.

English logic dictates that: A biscuit goes soft when it grows stale and a cake goes hard when it grows stale. Scones are cakes and cookies are biscuits, so even if Oreo's were cookies it would still be a biscuit under traditional English baking rules.