[war1025]

I may be off here, but I'm guessing based on the tea comment, that he may be British, which means a biscuit is actually a cookie in American terms.

[jonplackett]

Correct!

What the hell is an American biscuit then?

[war1025]

Via Wikipedia [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit_(bread)

[dragonwriter]

> What the hell is an American biscuit then?

Basically, a chemically (as opposed to yeast) leavened bread roll.

[dllthomas]

Typically richer and flakier than a soda bread, though.