# Why "Cheddar Bay" Biscuits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326 "2019-09-16T17:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/21 "2019-09-17T03:20:07Z")
God be my witness, until today I actually thought that there was some place, in maybe Wisconsin or Minnesota, called Cheddar Bay, and that they made biscuits there, which Red Lobster copied for their own use. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/22 "2019-09-18T16:36:59Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > God be my witness, until today I actually thought that there was some place, in maybe Wisconsin or Minnesota, called Cheddar Bay, and that they made biscuits there, which Red Lobster copied for their own use. Hm, being from no-lobster Wisconsin myself, I’d have imagined Cheddar Bay to be in Maine or Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/23 "2019-09-18T17:06:48Z")
Aldi (I think) sells Cheddar Bay Biscuit mix. I bought a box. Near as I can tell, it’s plain biscuit mix to which you add shredded cheddar, and after they bake, you drizzle garlic butter over them. I expect you could get the same results using Jiffy mix or Bisquik or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/24 "2019-09-18T17:29:02Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > No such place or biscuit type. Just a marketing name. > > “Five years after their premier, the cheese garlic bread became Cheddar Bay Biscuits to reflect the seaside atmosphere of Red Lobster restaurants. However, you will have a difficult time finding Cheddar Bay on the map—it’s a fictitious name created to bring the biscuits to life, embody the seaside theme and emphasize that these are not your typical biscuits.” Over here, we wouldn’t associate Cheddar with the seaside, more with Wookey Hole (try marketing that!) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/25 "2019-09-18T20:06:02Z")
Challenge accepted! “Stuff your cookie hole with Wookey Hole Cookies” or, with our tendency to use poor spellings in product names: “Stuff your cookie hole with Wookey Hole Cookeys”. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/26 "2019-09-18T22:13:56Z")
“Are Girl Scout cookies made with real Girl Scouts?” ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/27 "2019-09-18T23:03:19Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > Hm, being from no-lobster Wisconsin myself, I’d have imagined Cheddar Bay to be in Maine or Massachusetts. In my defense, if I associate cheddar with a geographical location, it’s England, and Wisconsin. Plus, Wisconsin has a Green Bay, so why not a Cheddar Bay, as well? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/28 "2019-09-18T23:52:29Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > In my defense, if I associate cheddar with a geographical location, it’s England, and Wisconsin. Plus, Wisconsin has a Green Bay, so why not a Cheddar Bay, as well? Green Bay Biscuits are what you get when you leave Cheddar Bay biscuits out too long. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/29 "2019-09-19T01:31:50Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > In my defense, if I associate cheddar with a geographical location, it’s England, and Wisconsin. Plus, Wisconsin has a Green Bay, so why not a Cheddar Bay, as well? Or Vermont, which unfortunately has no seashore. Maybe a bay on Lake Champlain? Maine and Massachusetts also have local cheeseries, but not as renowned as Vermont. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/30 "2019-09-19T04:15:36Z")
Here are two recipes for Cheddar Bay Biscuits, and there are more. NONE of them contain bay leaves. > **[Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits - Damn Delicious](https://damndelicious.net/2014/02/03/red-lobster-cheddar-bay-biscuits/)** > > Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits - These copycat biscuits are so easy to make in just 30 min! So buttery, so flaky, and so irresistibly good! > **[Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/260622/red-lobster-cheddar-biscuits/)** > > Red Lobster biscuits are loaded with Cheddar cheese and brushed with seasoned butter in this easy, no-knead copycat recipe that you can enjoy with any dinner. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326/31 "2019-09-19T04:28:45Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Or Vermont, which unfortunately has no seashore. Maybe a bay on Lake Champlain? > > Maine and Massachusetts also have local cheeseries, but not as renowned as Vermont. Yeah, I kinda overlooked the New England offerings in favor of the ancestral homeland and the only other cheese-famous state I’ve actually visited. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cheddar-bay-biscuits/840326.md?page=1)