You should a kept that old black pan...They get seasoned like an iron skillet over the years, and things brown on the bottom better cooked in them. If you use an old blackened pan under a bought pie crust it will cook the crust and it will be brown and homemade looking. Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:47:02 -0500 BobHat <bobhat2@gmail.com> writes: > That hot pan and grease will burn your fingers while dipping them > biscuits > in the grease if you don't watch out, just did that yesterday > morning, my > finger will survive but it wakes you up if you are still asleep. > Watching > mama dip them biscuits in the grease at the bottom of the tilted pan > and > listen to them sizzle when she flopped them over into place, some 60 > or 70 > years ago, was a learning experience for me and now a widdered old > man can > cook biscuits like my mama used to do. That old black pan has been > replaced > with a stainless steel pan that stays shiney bright if you scrub it > with > some bon-ami or something when you wash it, the old wood stove that > I > carried wood for and kept the box full, is now gone, but thinking > about it > brings back good memories. Wonder why we think about these things > when we > get old, maybe its because those were things we want to enjoy again. > It's a > shame our kids didn't experience those good times. > > > > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:32 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > > MY Mama used the back of a big spoon to slather bacon grease or > lard on > > the panned biscuits after she made them up in a big oval shaped > wooden > > bowl . I am just naturally lazy, and it seemed like just turning > the > > biscuits over in the lard was easier than messing up a spoon...She > had > > blackened steel biscuit pans...very dented and worse for wear, but > they > > held many delicious biscuits, Tea cakes, baked sweet potatoes > Daddy grew > > each year and even peanuts 'parched' in the oven of that old black > iron > > wood burning stove. HAPPY memories ! Jeannie T > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:48:39 -0700 Roses <roses4831@msn.com> > writes: > > > > > > 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 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________ blu Electronic Cigarettes Looks, feels, and tastes real. Enjoy the freedom to smoke anywhere. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cb3ee61162d024164m06duc