they were actually even called biscuits here way back when. for example, do you know how nabisco got its name? it's a shortened version of national biscuit company. but we're talking like early 1900s. how do i know this, you ask? i'm a food network junkie.XHendrix24 said:Biscuits? I have biscuits in the morning sometimes, with butter and jelly and the like. Unless that's some kind of foreign-speak for cookies? You crazy foreigners. What will you come up with next?