Attalus |
08-21-2002 02:22 PM |
Kaltia, so do we. But "biscuits" are not sweet, they are slightly leavened bread, closer to scones than any thing else, I guess. And the etymology of "cookie" is straightforward:
Main Entry: cook·ie
Variant(s): or cooky /'ku-kE/
Function: noun:
Inflected Form(s): plural cook·ies
Etymology: Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake
Date: 1703
1 : a small flat or slightly raised cake
Biscuits are similar:
Main Entry: bis·cuit
Pronunciation: 'bis-k&t
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural biscuits also biscuit
Etymology: Middle English bisquite, from Middle French bescuit, from (pain) bescuit twice-cooked bread
Date: 14th century
1 a : any of various hard or crisp dry baked products: as (1) : British : CRACKER 4 (2) : British : COOKIE b : a small quick bread made from dough that has been rolled out and cut or dropped from a spoon
[ 08-21-2002, 02:23 PM: Message edited by: Attalus ]
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