Biscuitville deserves its own thread.

[Mrs Miggins]

And fulmars.

I don't know what a fulmar is

 

[danny la rouge]

I don't know what a fulmar is

A grumpy seagull that spits bile.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Reckon they eat them in Iceland.
They eat puffins.
(I think).

Don't say that - petee like puffins, even though they are pretty useless birds that the lovely seagulls can beat hands down.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

A grumpy seagull that spits bile.

Nice!

 

[petee]

Reckon they eat them in Iceland.
They eat puffins.
(I think).

they do. a story:
we went to iceland maybe a dozen years ago. (loved it, must go back.) on the menu were puffins.* we protested: "they soooo cute! how can you eat them??!?!"
hotel owner said, "well lambs are cute too and you (americans) eat them!"
she was right


*also whale, which was done up in a carpaccio. very tasty.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You're a monster petee

 

[Mrs Miggins]

they do. a story:
we went to iceland maybe a dozen years ago. (loved it, must go back.) on the menu were puffins.* we protested: "they soooo cute! how can you eat them??!?!"
hotel owner said, "well lambs are cute too and you (americans) eat them!"
she was right


*also whale, which was done up in a carpaccio. very tasty.

I didn't eat any exotic birds in Iceland. I kept seeing signs for whale meat but couldn't bring myself to try it. I also didn't buy a sealskin hat for similar reasons. It really was the most beautiful soft, shining, silvery fur and I could see why it is prized. But you know....dead baby seals and that

 

[wayward bob]

it has occurred to me that the american term for that claw paddling that cats do before they settle down is "making biscuits", so i suggest that any culinary trials anyone's setting up must include cat input for authenticity

 

[danny la rouge]

the american term for that claw paddling that cats do before they settle down is "making biscuits",

You're just making things up now!

It's more urgent than ever that we get a Biscuitville representative on the thread.

 

[wayward bob]

i'm on enough cat subreddits to know this for a fact

 

[fishfinger]

i'm on enough cat subreddits to know this for a fact

I'm not on any subreddits but know this fact too

 

[High Voltage]

We have 3 cats but neither of us are on any cat subreddits - I am unsure about this, so called "Fact / Fake Fact"

 

[wayward bob]

you're missing out mr finger catculations and catsstandingup are amongst the better offerings available

 

[fishfinger]

you're missing out mr finger catculations and catsstandingup are amongst the better offerings available

Bookmarked

 

[two sheds]

We have 3 cats but neither of us are on any cat subreddits - I am unsure about this, so called "Fact / Fake Fact"

Tobyjug FACT????

 

[Mrs Miggins]

(this is fast becoming my favourite thread)

 

[two sheds]

Apart from people carping on about fish

 

[High Voltage]

(this is fast becoming my favourite thread)

Imagine what it's going to be like when we contact Biscuitville AND THEY REPLY - It's going to be immense

 

[8ball]

They look like scones, and they’re on the table as you sit down, in a little wicker basket with a gingham cloth wrapped around them. After you say the blessing, all with heads bowed, the person closest the the buscuits quickly takes one and passes the basket to the left. Everyone takes their biscuit while the meal is served around, and everyone looks at their biscuit lovingly, waiting for the rest of the food to land on the plate so you can eat the biscuit. You pick up the biscuit and it’s warm and slightly crusty, a golden colour, with a waistline that you tuck the tip of your thumb into so you can break the biscuit open along the midline. The soft white insides is not like bread, or a scone, or cake. It’s kind of like bread but with a crumb to it. Quickly add a little pat of butter, quick enough so the butter can melt in the warmth of the biscuit. Now you use one half to accompany your meal, and later the other half (or if you're lucky, a second biscuit) to mop your plate.

More toothsome than bread, less stodgy than a scone. Sweetish, but not sugary. Cushiony when you bite into them.

All of this is giving me a weird deja vu. Can even smell and taste the things (especially the smell of the biscuit when you crack it open).
Maybe I was American in a past life.

 

[High Voltage]

. . . Can even smell and taste the things (especially the smell of the biscuit when you crack it open).

Pretty safe to assume you haven't got Covid-19 then

 

[danny la rouge]

I am a dog lover, although my lovely friend, Sorrel, died in December. I am dubious about this cat claim.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

All of this is giving me a weird deja vu. Can even smell and taste the things (especially the smell of the biscuit when you crack it open).
Maybe I was American in a past life.

Yes! The smell as you open it! Warm and with a distinctive sweet breadish smell. Mmmm...

 

[8ball]

Pretty safe to assume you haven't got Covid-19 then

I think it still works in memories etc. /pedantry

I believe that's a minority symptom - do you know whether have people started getting their sense of smell and taste back yet?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I'm not on any subreddits but know this fact too

I am neither on any subreddits nor do I know any obscure cat facts

 

[petee]

You're just making things up now!

no actually that's right.

 

[platinumsage]

I'm disappointed that the great man's passing last month went without comment here:

Maurice Jennings Senior, Founder of Biscuitville, Dies at 86

The founder of the Triad-based Southern breakfast chain began the business in 1966.

indyweek.com

 

[platinumsage]

The future is bright though:

https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2020/10/06/biscuitville-names-vp-of-operations.html

 

[danny la rouge]

RIP Maurice Snr.

 

[Sue]

I'm disappointed that the great man's passing last month went without comment here:

Maurice Jennings Senior, Founder of Biscuitville, Dies at 86

The founder of the Triad-based Southern breakfast chain began the business in 1966.

indyweek.com

Is that a place or a criminal enterprise..?

 

[8ball]

Is that a place or a criminal enterprise..?

I sometimes ask contacts in work meetings about whether they have a local Biscuitville.
They are either puzzled or completely bemused that I would be aware of such a place.

I believe they also do a fine line in blue-ish hued crystal meth.

legal disclaimer: they definitely don't!