SC - Unhistoric things we serve OT

[Bonne of Traquair]

>
>Blathazar wrote:
>*I also, sometimes, omit the baking
>*powder in my biscuits, and instead beat the dough with a leather mallet 
>for about 30 minutes.  This works well, also, and if I am not mistaken (and 
>if I am I will certainly hear about it) this is the way folks in the 
>southern US made biscuits before Baking Powder came into practical use.

Glad you mentioned this.  When food processors came on the market in the 
70's there was a fad for 'beaten biscuits' and I intended to try it should I 
ever own a food processor.  I got one last month just in time for feast.  
Thanks for the reminder.

I share Aoife's interest in testing out period method's, but for practical 
feast prep. my new little buddy really did the job on slicing 15 lbs of 
leeks and grating 7 lbs of carrots and mincing 3 lbs of herbs.

Bonne
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