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

[A Boojum Snark]

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

It is basically a scone, but it's what we call a biscuit. I think the main difference is ours are never really sweet, whereas scones quite often are.

 

[The Gentlemanne]

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

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



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 a Oreo was a cookie it would still be a biscuit.

you shouldn't have killed the thread dude.

 

[RavenStryker]

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

It's this - https://www.pillsbury.com/products/biscuits/frozen/Grands-Frozen-Biscuits.htm

OH! OH! and Oreos totally get soft when they grow stale! =D

 

[DJive]

Lol Pepper.. Most people here are EU. so I think Biscuit is going to..

Sad to see so many people wrong though..

COOKIE FTW!!!

 

[DjD]

It is basically a scone, but it's what we call a biscuit. I think the main difference is ours are never really sweet, whereas scones quite often are.

ABS has to now the answer hes a cookie himself.

But actually I think oreo is neither, oreo is just oreo, it doesnt need a defined category.

 

[The Gentlemanne]

oh yeah DJive the man!

 

[grazr]

Since Britian has been cooking breads and biscuits for 300,000 more years than America, I think America forfeits the right to legitimately distinguish biscuits and cookies.

 

[A Boojum Snark]

On the other hand, we recognized your inability to properly distinguish between them because of so many years involved, can't see the forest because of the trees, and so we broke off to become our own nation where we could name things as they should be and then we wrote down what everyone already has, the right to free speech, thus cementing our ability to call them what they should be.

 

[DaBeatzProject]

I am EU and I think it's a cookie.
Because wikipedia says so:

Oreo is a trademark for a popular sandwich cookie by the Nabisco Division of Kraft Foods. The current design consists of a sweet, white filling commonly referred to as 'cream' or 'creme', sandwiched between two circular chocolate or golden cookie pieces.

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

A bisquit is some sort of hard and dry thing that you can barrely chew on.

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo
ctrl+F for biscuit: 7 results.
ctrl+F for cookie: 81 results.

COOKEH WINS.

 

[HeaH]

Wikipedia is a reliable source

 

[EArkham]

An oreo is neither a cookie nor a biscuit.

It's a fungus.

Kep

 

[Fogold]

It's a Cookscuit.

Happy?

 

[Prestige]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI

nuff said

 

[Shmitz]

Oreos bear zero resemblance to biscuits. They're also the basis for Cookies 'n Cream icecream, which is awesome.

 

[The Political Gamer]

http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Brands/...BrandLink=/oreo/memories/&BrandId=78&PageNo=1

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - OREO
18oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - CHOCOLATE
14oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES DOUBLE STUF - DOUBLE STUF
18oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - CHOCOLATE CREME CONVENIENCE PACK
4.5oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - GOLDEN ORIGINAL
18oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - CHOCOLATE CONVENIENCE PACK
5.25oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES CHOCOLATE - CHOCOLATE STAY FRESH PK 8 CT
52.5oz
Nutrition Info

OREO - SANDWICH COOKIES - CHOCOLATE MINI BITE SIZE SINGLE SERVE
1.25oz
Nutrition Info

 

[Pooluke41]

I'm British, no scratch that, I'm Cornish, So it has to be Pasties and Cider..

 

[Boylee]

Cookie ≠ biscuit.
Oreos are cookies.
End of.

Brit here.

 

[Freyja]

Americans have ruined the english language.

Good thing we speak Australian and not english.

G'day. Would you like a biscuit?

 

[Penguin]

This thread is basically everything wrong with humanity.

I also like how oreos in Euroland are apparently made of hockey pucks and tile cement whereas in america they are delicious.

oh and they're cookies btw.

 

[Boylee]

I't's because people in Europe don't like 4 teaspoons of sugar per mouthful.