Biscuitville deserves its own thread.

[platinumsage]

They close at 2pm so get your lunch orders ready.

https://biscuitville.com/careers/

I'll get a Spicy Chicken and Honey Biscuit with a side of a Hash Brown, then a Honey Bun, a Waffle Stack and a half gallon of Cheerwine®

 

[danny la rouge]

the onions are the concept of nostaliga.

I’d eat that with scone, to be fair. Very poetic.

It‘a funny how resistant some folks are to the concept. Thing is, in my culture we have potato scones and soda scones, which can be savoury breakfast foods. I’ll often have soda scones with scrambled eggs. Non veggies might have them with bacon or square sausage. That’s not so different to this idea.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I’d eat that with scone, to be fair. Very poetic.

It‘a funny how resistant some folks are to te concept. Thing is, in my culture we have potato scones and soda scones, which can be savoury breakfast foods. I’ll often have soda scones with scrambled eggs. Non veggies might have them with bacon or square sausage. That’s not so different to this idea.

Gravy is brown. Biscuits are flat. Stuff that's not brown on things that are not flat cannot therefore be biscuits and gravy.

 

[Sue]

Never heard of them so checked out their website.

I love that their "healthier options" consist of things like a turkey sausage burger, and an egg, chicken and cheese muffin.

https://biscuitville.com/menu/healthier-options/

I was stuck at Houston airport once. (Long story involving cancelled flights.) Could not find anything veggie to eat -- I asked in various places and they all randomly offered me things with turkey in.

When I eventually got back, asked a colleague (she's from Louisiana). Apparently veggie = trying to be healthy = turkey so veggie = turkey.

Madness.

 

[nogojones]

So on Danny's recommendation (because he seems a reliable sort) I checked out their website and their food looks pretty grim.

Normally the photos of food you see are much nicer than what you get served, so I'm in no way looking forward to my first visit here

 

[two sheds]

The stuff on top is called 'gravy' apparently.

Imagine serving a dish consisting of only two things and neither of those things is the thing it's supposed to be. Like liver and onions but the liver is glazier's putty and the onions are the concept of nostaliga.

<shudders>

not the sort of cake I like

 

[existentialist]

With apologies to Coleridge.

Much warranted. The apologies, that is.

Looking at that OP, I've got a sudden nom on for a cheese scone...

 

[existentialist]

They close at 2pm so get your lunch orders ready.

https://biscuitville.com/careers/

I'll get a Spicy Chicken and Honey Biscuit with a side of a Hash Brown, then a Honey Bun, a Waffle Stack and a half gallon of Cheerwine®

I wonder if a Biscuitville Honey Bun is the same thing as a Welsh one. I expect not - it'll probably turn out to be more like a laverbread pie, or something similarly counter-intuitive.

 

[two sheds]

Certainly nothing remotely to do with a biscuit.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It is a biscuit! It’s just not what you’d usually call a biscuit. And that’s gravy. Though not what you’d usually call gravy.

It’s called cultural diversity. It’s all about being human! Celebrate it!

It also looks minging.

 

[two sheds]

And it's a shop, nothing to do with a village, and certainly nothing to do with a french village. Pretentious twats.

Just a common american shop

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It also looks minging.

I bet it's well nice when done properly.
It may not be nice at a fast food joint but if like your American granny from the Southern States made it, it would be awesome.

 

[danny la rouge]

Gravy is brown. Biscuits are flat. Stuff that's not brown on things that are not flat cannot therefore be biscuits and gravy.

You must have fun abroad.

“Well, it might say ‘vin rouge’ on the bottle, but I’m not buying it until you admit it’s really red wine”.

 

[Sprocket.]

I could well imagine the anger if suddenly The Stone of Biscuit, appeared on the tourist guides.

 

[danny la rouge]

I could well imagine the anger if suddenly The Stone of Biscuit, appeared on the tourist guides.

Good points. Biscuits are Destiny.

 

[SpookyFrank]

You must have fun abroad.

“Well, it might say ‘vin rouge’ on the bottle, but I’m not buying it until you admit it’s really red wine”.

You know most septics nominally speak English yes?

 

[danny la rouge]

You know most septics nominally speak English yes?

But you’ve heard of the concept of dialects?

 

[Plumdaff]

Obscure North American chains always open their first branch in the Uk in South Wales. There's a Denny's in Swansea and Cardiff got the first Tim Horton's. By this metric I think Biscuitville should open up in Port Talbot. Suitably scenic setting for that gravy.

 

[SpookyFrank]

But you’ve heard of the concept of dialects?

Fine, come up with your own name for a biscuit. I have no problem with the word 'cookie' for example. But you can't just take a word with an existing meaning and slap it onto something else. That's just false advertising. Also their idea of 'cheese' seems to be mayo with a few shreds of cheese floating in it.

 

[Sprocket.]

You must have fun abroad.

“Well, it might say ‘vin rouge’ on the bottle, but I’m not buying it until you admit it’s really red wine”.

‘Red wine drink’ actually.

 

[Sprocket.]

I am now wondering how the ‘biscuits’
would go with mushy peas?

 

[planetgeli]

I'm a little concerned about the "Scratch-made Sausage Balls"

Can you put my mind at rest Danny?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I am now wondering how the ‘biscuits’
would go with mushy peas?

Not very well if the 'biscuits' in question are Bourbons.

 

[planetgeli]

Obscure North American chains always open their first branch in the Uk in South Wales. There's a Denny's in Swansea and Cardiff got the first Tim Horton's. By this metric I think Biscuitville should open up in Port Talbot. Suitably scenic setting for that gravy.

You bastard. Hasn't Port Talbot (P'Talbot) suffered enough?

 

[quimcunx]

So on Danny's recommendation (because he seems a reliable sort) I checked out their website and their food looks pretty grim.

Normally the photos of food you see are much nicer than what you get served, so I'm in no way looking forward to my first visit here

Glad to hear you are still planning on visiting.

 

[JimW]

Danny needs to tweet their PR lot showing all the missionary work he's doing on their behalf this side of the pond, they're bound to send him a care package of their stodge.

 

[danny la rouge]

But you can't just take a word with an existing meaning and slap it onto something else.

Of course you can. It happens all the time. Gay. Mouse. Disk. But I’m willing to bet that biscuit in this sense travelled to the States from these islands rather than originating there.

Look at all the variety of words for things even within these islands! A pancake to me is a drop scone to someone else. A roll to me is a barm cake to others. A bap to me is a punch in the face. To someone else it’s a bread roll. If I said “can I have a poke?” to a checkout person here, I’d be given a paper bag. If I said it in Brighton I may cause offence.

Pretending you don’t know this is all a bit 2004, really.

 

[Sprocket.]

Not very well if the 'biscuits' in question are Bourbons.

I’ll give it a go!

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm a little concerned about the "Scratch-made Sausage Balls"

Can you put my mind at rest Danny?

I’m afraid I can’t. But making from scratch means cooked from raw ingredients, even here.

You know. I think we need a spokesperson for Biscuitville on the thread, given the fondness Real Urbanz have for the brand.

 

[danny la rouge]

Not very well if the 'biscuits' in question are Bourbons.

Sausage biscuits.

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