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Definition of Tea biscuit
1. Noun. Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea.
Generic synonyms: Biscuit, Cookie, Cooky
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Biscuit
Literary usage of Tea biscuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mary Elizabeth's War Time Recipes, Containing ... Recipes for Wheatless by Mary Elizabeth (1918)
"tea biscuit The tea biscuit in this recipe requires a little wheat flour, but
the amount is so small (one- third) that the recipe will be useful when a ..."
2. The Young Housekeeper's Friend; Or, A Guide to Domestic Economy and Comfort by Cornelius, Mary Hooker Cornelius (1846)
"tea biscuit. TAKE a pint bowl full of light dough, wet wholly with milk, or made
like the recipe for rice bread; break into it a fresh egg, and add a piece ..."
3. Sandwiches by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer (1912)
"tea biscuit Sandwiches Put one quart of flour into a bowl; add four level
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a teaspoonful of salt, and sift. ..."
4. Baker's Bread by Paul Richards (1918)
"For the plain tea biscuit one ounce of baking powder and two ounces of shortening
... tea biscuit. No. 1. — Three pounds flour; 3 ounces baking powder; ..."
5. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1914)
"... Cream Cheese and Olive .25 Chopped Tongue .15 Toasted Anchovy Paste .15 Shrimp
Salad Sandwich .15 Hot Breads tea biscuit .15 Buttered Toast .20 Cheese ..."
6. The Home Messenger Book of Tested Receipts by Isabella Graham Duffield Stewart, Sally B. Sill, Mary B. Duffield (1878)
"188 tea biscuit. One quart of flour, into which mix three heaping teaspoon- fuls
of baking powder; lard size of a hen's egg, rubbed into the flour, ..."
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