It’s not just a language barrier, it’s also a cultural barrier. I can imagine someone being confused by this even if they speak fluent English, as the dish ‘biscuits and gravy’ contains neither biscuits nor gravy.
Um... literally every time I've had biscuits and gravy, it's literally gravy poured over biscuits. Every time. Without fail. It's kind of in the name.
the cultural difference is that the US is the only place in the world that calls “flaky scone-like buttery thing” biscuits
everywhere else in the world, biscuit means cookie or cracker
Yeah, English is my only language and I was thinking wtf is biscuits and gravy? How does that go together in any way?
I don't need to imagine this.
I watched the Great British Bakeoff Mexican week.
How TF did he do a brisket in the same amount of time it would take to make biscuits, which are basically scones, which take 20 minutes?
And who eats gravy with brisket? Doesn’t sound bad though.
Brisket and gravy makes sense as a meal, but wtf is biscuits and gravy?
I'm British and there's no end of meals that I would have gravy with, but biscuits isn't one of them.
I can tell it's a cultural/language thing because North Americans call biscuits cookies, but I don't know what they mean by biscuits here.
Ah OK, so biscuit means savoury scones.
Every time I have this conversation with Americans they insist that it's nothing like scones but then they describe something suspiciously sconelike
It’s a buttery scone with the layered texture of a croissant that’s had a weight pressed down on it.
This is the best description
No. Absolutely not. Unlike scones, biscuits have a nice texture.
A good scone is kinda crunchy outside with a nice soft inside. They change texture pretty quickly though.
I'm doing something wrong then. Mine come out more arid than desert sand.
sconophobia is deeply ingrained in the american south
The scones available in the American South suck. They suck when I have made them myself. I've tried 3 different recipes. I can make some buttermilk biscuits though, and they are glorious. So either scones suck, like in general, or they don't bake right in our climate.
Is anyone going to mention it looks like a dick?
"I thought he said '6 inch and gravy'"
If I was Alton, I'd have laughed my ass off
The correct way to react to most miscommunication. And awfully rare.
I have never seen this show, but I have a hard time believing he managed to entirely cook the wrong thing and no one told him at any point. Unless it was done on purpose to make a good story...
You are totally on point. Here's the source: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8hd6r9 (from 18:55).
They noticed right in the beginning and totally didn't do anything to fix the misunderstanding until it was too late. And of course that happened for the purpose to make a good story.
Often on cooking shows like this, contestants will do something creative and different in order to stand out, so it makes sense that they'd wait and see what he's cooking up.
Honestly I think they took the best possible approach, they let the creative create, and when it was revealed that there was in fact a communication breakdown, they handled it fairly and made sure to not penalize the contestant for the host's failure to effectively communicate. This is especially important with such an exceptionally regional dish with many different ways to prepare it. People who haven't spent time in the region that its regularly served in may entirely misunderstand how its supposed to be prepared and served, and that causes there to be incredible variation between recipes and approaches
The main point of any TV show is to entertain. They aren't there to be a fair sports competition to find earth's greatest cook. Especially not for such a low-brow entertainment-first cooking show as cutthroat kitchen.
That part of the episode was decent drama. The mix-up clearly made the scene more interesting. If this was an actually serious cooking show it would not have gone like that. But it's an entertainment show and that's ok as well.
Honestly I'd rather have brisket and gravy.
I firmly disagree. A good Biscuits and Gravy is the perfect breakfast food. I am part of a Brunch Bunch and have had hundreds of different Biscuits and Gravy. It's my go to dish for judging a restaurant.
I want brisket on a biscuit with gravy.
Can you imagine being the chef who went home in that round, though?
I might not agree with Alton Brown on all the opinions I’ve seen him post, but I have the impression that he’s someone who’s trying in general not to make things harder than they need to be (except of course when that’s exactly what the challenge is in the game that everyone signed up to play, what with all the wacky sabotage options on Cutthroat Kitchen).
Can you imagine being the chef who went home in that round, though?
You mean, if I lost to somebody who managed to make decent brisket in half an hour?
Brisket and gravy looks yum. Don’t see the problem here.
Our society is so wasteful and entitled if we’re getting pissy at this level.
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