SC - Unhistoric things we serve OT
Elaine Koogler
ekoogler at chesapeake.net
Thu May 11 13:09:32 PDT 2000
When you live in Southern Maryland, beaten biscuits aren't just a fad....they're
a standard part of the regional cuisine!
Kiri
Bonne of Traquair wrote:
> >
> >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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