i don't feel like reblogging the post again, but to answer your question, i've genuinely never seen the product you put as “scones” before! from a quick search, apparently they are indeed called scones in the uk as well and we have them here. for all i know they could be sold in my local supermarket, but the scones that i sent are the british default. apparently the images were chocolate scones and honestly they sound SO GOOD!!
other than that, it's so interesting how the first two images i sent are both “cookies”/“biscuits” to you and rahm, but in the uk they're very much regarded as separate things! a cookie is from the bakery, and a biscuit is from a packet to go with your tea :D
i also saw you mentioned the “crisp, chip, fry” debate which always throws me through a loop too. in the UK: crisps are what you eat with your lunch, such as walkers or pringles. chips are chunky fried potatoes that you cook in the oven to go with your fish or other dishes, aka the classic fish and chips. fries are thinner and usually crispier/more crunchy and you usually get them from fast food restaurants, such as curly fries. what are crisps, chips and fries in the USA? :]
I am devastated to hear that you've never had a scone before. They probably aren’t gonna be in your local supermarket because scones are def a bakery item. They go stale after a day or so, so you need to buy them fresh in the morning from a bakery or make them yourself. They come in lots of different varieties, the most common in my experience being blueberry. My favorites are maple+brown sugar with molasses drizzle!!
Here in the US, we don't use the term “crisps” at all. Instead, we call them:
USAmericans lump the two other groups you described all into one, and refer to them all as fries. Kinda like how we have a broader definition of cookie here. Inside the “fry” category we have all the different types of fry: Thin fast food fries, curly fries, shoestring fries, and steak fries. Steak fries are the beefiest, so probably the closest to what you would call a “chip”.
