Gramma and mom always dipped the tops in bacon grease!! Glad you reminded me. I may be forced to buy some bacon just to try the biscuits. I would just like to make a few things and have them taste/look as I remember. When I was a kid, everyone (in the southern parts) had a coffee can of bacon drippin's by the stove. OMG!! After we moved north, one of the neighbor women saw our can of grease and was mortified.....thought she was gonna have a stroke right on the spot. She was sure we were all gonna be poisoned. I was grown and livin' in the "big city" before I found out an egg could be cooked without being smothered in hot bacon grease!! Who woulda thought..... paula in sw fla usa xoxoxo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> To: "southern-chat" <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:48:39 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread???. You reminded me of something my daughter said. My mother always dipped her biscuit tops in the grease, then turned them over in the pan. This was to brown the tops. She did it, so I have always done it too. Now, my daughter does the same thing. She said someone saw her do that and asked her why she did it. She explained why, but said her mother and grandma had done it so she did too. So, the tradition continues. <g> Emma > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:54:54 -0500 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread???. > > Biscuits are cooked the same way....on the stove top. Just melt butter , > lay the biscuits in and turn them so the tops are buttered. Cover , keep > heat very low. . They cook quickly...When browned, flip over and brown > the top....5 to 10 minutes per side.... Be sure and save a goodly slab of > cornbread for crumbling up in milk...Sweet milk or buttermilk...I reheat > the leftover 'pone' for this....Hubby will occasionally eat biscuit and > milk...Yuck. Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My inlaws always fried their eggs in plenty of bacon grease. I never thought anything of it, loved them cooked that way. Not too long ago, I had some bacon and I fried my eggs in the grease and I guess I've lost my taste for them that way. It wasn't as good as I remembered. You don't have to dip the tops of your biscuits in bacon grease, I just dip them in my Mazola oil. Emma > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:18:17 +0000 > From: freckletoes@comcast.net > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread/greased tops > > Gramma and mom always dipped the tops in bacon grease!! Glad you reminded me. I may be forced to buy some bacon just to try the biscuits. I would just like to make a few things and have them taste/look as I remember. When I was a kid, everyone (in the southern parts) had a coffee can of bacon drippin's by the stove. OMG!! After we moved north, one of the neighbor women saw our can of grease and was mortified.....thought she was gonna have a stroke right on the spot. She was sure we were all gonna be poisoned. I was grown and livin' in the "big city" before I found out an egg could be cooked without being smothered in hot bacon grease!! Who woulda thought..... > > paula in sw fla usa > xoxoxo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> > To: "southern-chat" <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:48:39 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread???. > > > You reminded me of something my daughter said. My mother always dipped her biscuit tops in the grease, then turned them over in the pan. This was to brown the tops. She did it, so I have always done it too. Now, my daughter does the same thing. She said someone saw her do that and asked her why she did it. She explained why, but said her mother and grandma had done it so she did too. So, the tradition continues. <g> > Emma > > > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:54:54 -0500 > > From: askgranny@juno.com > > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread???. > > > > Biscuits are cooked the same way....on the stove top. Just melt butter , > > lay the biscuits in and turn them so the tops are buttered. Cover , keep > > heat very low. . They cook quickly...When browned, flip over and brown > > the top....5 to 10 minutes per side.... Be sure and save a goodly slab of > > cornbread for crumbling up in milk...Sweet milk or buttermilk...I reheat > > the leftover 'pone' for this....Hubby will occasionally eat biscuit and > > milk...Yuck. Jeannie T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, an egg can be cooked without bacon grease but it isn't as good. Once in a while I cook bacon, then cook eggs in the grease and am amazed at how much better they taste. Kay In a message dated 10/11/10 06:18:24 Central Daylight Time, freckletoes@comcast.net writes: Gramma and mom always dipped the tops in bacon grease!! Glad you reminded me. I may be forced to buy some bacon just to try the biscuits. I would just like to make a few things and have them taste/look as I remember. When I was a kid, everyone (in the southern parts) had a coffee can of bacon drippin's by the stove. OMG!! After we moved north, one of the neighbor women saw our can of grease and was mortified.....thought she was gonna have a stroke right on the spot. She was sure we were all gonna be poisoned. I was grown and livin' in the "big city" before I found out an egg could be cooked without being smothered in hot bacon grease!! Who woulda thought..... paula in sw fla usa xoxoxo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> To: "southern-chat" <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:48:39 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread???. You reminded me of something my daughter said. My mother always dipped her biscuit tops in the grease, then turned them over in the pan. This was to brown the tops. She did it, so I have always done it too. Now, my daughter does the same thing. She said someone saw her do that and asked her why she did it. She explained why, but said her mother and grandma had done it so she did too. So, the tradition continues. <g> Emma > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:54:54 -0500 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] scalded milk cornbread???. > > Biscuits are cooked the same way....on the stove top. Just melt butter , > lay the biscuits in and turn them so the tops are buttered. Cover , keep > heat very low. . They cook quickly...When browned, flip over and brown > the top....5 to 10 minutes per side.... Be sure and save a goodly slab of > cornbread for crumbling up in milk...Sweet milk or buttermilk...I reheat > the leftover 'pone' for this....Hubby will occasionally eat biscuit and > milk...Yuck. Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message