Beaten Biscuit
Beaten biscuits are a Southern food from the United States, dating from the 19th century. They differ from a regular American soft-dough biscuits, in that they are more like hardtack. In New England they are called "sea biscuits", as they were staples aboard whaling ships.
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Famous quotes containing the words beaten and/or biscuit:
““O.K., Marlowe,” I said to myself, “you’re a tough guy. You’ve been zapped twice, choked, beaten silly with a gun, shot in the arm until you’re as crazy as a couple of waltzing mice, now let’s see you do something really tough, like putting your pants on.””
—John Paxton (1911–1985)
““He is so polite!”MYes, he is always prepared with a biscuit for Cerberus and is so timid that he assumes everyone is Cerberus, even you and me—that is his “politeness.””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)