My French teacher at schooltold us that the word biscuit derived from the French for 'baked twice'. According to him a double baking process was traditionally employed in biscuit making - hence the name.
Can you enlighten me further? It's always sounded pretty unlikely, I mean, who ever heard of having to bake a biscuit twice? Perhaps your website could include a history of the biscuit and the antecedence of the name.
Oh, and are Brandy snaps due a revival any time soon? I loved them.
(,
Sun 15 Jun 2003, 20:12,
archived)
Can you enlighten me further? It's always sounded pretty unlikely, I mean, who ever heard of having to bake a biscuit twice? Perhaps your website could include a history of the biscuit and the antecedence of the name.
Oh, and are Brandy snaps due a revival any time soon? I loved them.