Cecelia: I so enjoyed your stories about "biscuits". I am a pretty good cook, but just in the last few years have I learned to make good biscuits. Mine, too, would usually come out flat. I used to tell my kids we could take them somewhere where they were having a skeet shoot, and I could supply the skeets (my biscusits). One thing about it, I am very determined, and finally I can make them that come out pretty good. Betty Mc in Arkansas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecelia" <cheinric@suddenlink.net> To: <tncannon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Joes > My dad was crazy about homemade biscuits. He sold insurance, at one point > in his life, and had to go around collecting the money. Nearly every house, > would give him homemade biscuits. By supper time, he wasn't so hungry. My > mother would be so angry because he didn't want the big meals she cooked for > him when he got home! But, as sure as she would fix a small supper, he > would be starving and had not had any biscuits. Sometimes because she had > been so mad the night before when he wouldn't eat much! > We had to make biscuits in our freshman homemaking class. That is > hilarious. > I was terrified to strike a match and light the oven, or even the little gas > hotplates we used. When I was 4, I was playing with candles, had a tea > party for my dolls, and caught my dress on fire. I was scared of matches > and fire of any kind after that. So, I was more concerned about lighting > the oven, than how my biscuits came out. > In our class of 8 girls, everyone's biscuits came out different. Some came > out flat and crisp, like crackers. Others, rose so tall, they fell over! > In my same pan, I had some that came out just right, some flat as crackers, > and some that rose so tall they fell over like a slinky! > We had to memorize the recipe, had tests on it, etc. I thought I would > never forget that recipe, but I have. Maybe it's just as well since my > biscuits came out so funny! However, other girls used it and it worked just > fine for them over the years. > And then there was the time when we had to make eggs. We each took a > different recipe to make and there was one girl more than the teacher had > recipes for. She had been helping in the cafeteria so missed out. The > teacher took her to the cafeteria and got her something "special" to make. > This was about in 1950, remember. > Well, we made scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, poached eggs, fried, etc. But my > cousin Doris had the most questionable eggs. The teacher brought her a big > can, like popcorn comes in now, or potato chips used to come in, from the > cafeteria. In it were government supplies for the cafeteria, which were > basically war surplus. My cousin got to make powdered eggs. > Well, that should have been alright, as they were using these in the > cafeteria food. But, this can was left over from the War. The eggs were > green. > So we had green scrambled eggs long before we ever heard of "Green Eggs and > Ham". Talk about some girls trying to sneak their food into the trash can > any way we could! We were "required" to eat everything we cooked, but we > were all willing to take an F rather than eat those awful looking eggs. The > "cook", my cousin, did eat her's while the teacher was watching her, but the > rest of us sneaked ours into the trashcan, then ran out of the room, leaving > my poor cousin alone with the teacher, and having to eat her whole serving > of green eggs. She said they weren't that bad, if you didn't look at them. > Oh, my. I don't care that much for biscuits. But I do like to put them > into boiling liquids (like soup or gravy) and use them for dumplings. I > think it is the baking soda in the biscuits that I don't care for. They > have a bit of a sour taste to them, that I'm not wild about. I like rolls > much better. > My daughter picked up some Churches fried chicken the other day, with > biscuits with honey butter on top. Couldn't taste the honey, but it made > the biscuits hard on top. The chicken wasn't very good, and had really small > pieces. (Churches used to have huge pieces with lots of batter.) But, the > worst was the mashed potatoes. Don't know if they used spoiled milk or sour > cream in them, but we threw them away. > One thing I really don't like is the change in the "grease" companies are > doing. I haven't tasted Kentucky Fried Chicken yet, but I'll bet it is > awful. At lunch, I usuall make a sandwich and have some Lay's Wavey sour > cream and onion potato chips, or plain chips. Now, here, in Texas, anyway, > they have started using sunflower oil to cook in. That stuff is awful! The > only chips they aren't putting it in are Cheetos, so far. The "new" chips > taste like greasey cardboard, with a little salt. They are hard and dry. I > can't chew them for anything without soaking them in soup! > I guess I am going to have to fry my own potatoes in Crisco, if I want some > potatoes with my sandwich! 8>)) Companies should give us a choice, if we > want to eat their nasty health food or if we want the real stuff. > I believe I read an article about the need to go back to using the real > sugar, instead of this fructose stuff. They said it isn't as good for you > as first believed, and it is making prices go up due to corn shortages. I > think that was online, if I remember correctly. > Well, hooray for Pioneer Biscuit Mix, and refrigerated biscuits. Wish I > could find some good old dewberry jelly to go with them! Love those > dewberries, but no one goes out to pick them and sell them anymore. I had a > lot in my yard, but I wasn't about to put my hand in those weeds to pick > them. I got 4 berries this year, about 4 last year. Well, that's enough to > use in painting a picture! But sure would like some good dewberry jelly and > cobbler! > Cecelia in Texas > > > > >> Put Joe's Menu online and lets see what they have ? >> I want a Cathead Biscuit !! Never figured on how to make them. Biscuits >> have been my downfall in cooking. Then I eat them and my sugar goes to 400 >> ! >> Kevin Morgan >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WOW !!! What planet are you folks from? I thought everyone on this planet had tasted Kentucky Fried Chicken, at least once. I think it's pretty tasty, myself & I've eaten a lot of "good" southern fried chicken, in my life. Jess

My dad usually did not cook. But, he expected (required) hot fresh bread at every meal - cornbread for dinner and summer; biscuits for breakfast. One of the worst insults he could think of for a woman was that she had served "store-bought light bread" at a meal. When I was about six, my sister had her tonsils out and my mother spent the night at the hospital with her. I could fry some sausage and eggs and make gravy by then, but biscuits were a bit beyond me. Dad had been in the CCC and may have picked up a bit of cooking then. Anyway, he made the biscuits. They were pretty good, brown and fluffy and hot. We had no difficulty finishing them just fine. But that's not what we remembered. There were three of us children home that morning and Dad. In the big pan where we baked bread in the woodburning cook stove, he divided the dough into just four biscuits - about the size of ham steaks. Ever after, just the mention of "big biscuits" would send us children into gales of laughter. He said we were going to eat them all anyway, and it just didn't make sense to waste time making a bunch of little old round biscuits. Betty G. McCollum wrote: > Cecelia: > I so enjoyed your stories about "biscuits". I am a pretty good cook, >but just in the last few years have I learned to make good biscuits. Mine, >too, would usually come out flat. I used to tell my kids we could take them >somewhere where they were having a skeet shoot, and I could supply the >skeets (my biscusits). One thing about it, I am very determined, and >finally I can make them that come out pretty good. > Betty Mc in Arkansas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecelia" <cheinric@suddenlink.net> > To: <tncannon@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Joes > > > > My dad was crazy about homemade biscuits. He sold insurance, at one >point > > in his life, and had to go around collecting the money. Nearly every >house, > > would give him homemade biscuits. By supper time, he wasn't so hungry. >My > > mother would be so angry because he didn't want the big meals she cooked >for > > him when he got home! But, as sure as she would fix a small supper, he > > would be starving and had not had any biscuits. Sometimes because she >had > > been so mad the night before when he wouldn't eat much! > > We had to make biscuits in our freshman homemaking class. That is > > hilarious. > > I was terrified to strike a match and light the oven, or even the little >gas > > hotplates we used. When I was 4, I was playing with candles, had a tea > > party for my dolls, and caught my dress on fire. I was scared of >matches > > and fire of any kind after that. So, I was more concerned about >lighting > > the oven, than how my biscuits came out. > > In our class of 8 girls, everyone's biscuits came out different. Some >came > > out flat and crisp, like crackers. Others, rose so tall, they fell >over! > > In my same pan, I had some that came out just right, some flat as >crackers, > > and some that rose so tall they fell over like a slinky! > > We had to memorize the recipe, had tests on it, etc. I thought I would > > never forget that recipe, but I have. Maybe it's just as well since my > > biscuits came out so funny! However, other girls used it and it worked >just > > fine for them over the years. > > And then there was the time when we had to make eggs. We each took a > > different recipe to make and there was one girl more than the teacher >had > > recipes for. She had been helping in the cafeteria so missed out. The > > teacher took her to the cafeteria and got her something "special" to >make. > > This was about in 1950, remember. > > Well, we made scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, poached eggs, fried, etc. >But my > > cousin Doris had the most questionable eggs. The teacher brought her a >big > > can, like popcorn comes in now, or potato chips used to come in, from >the > > cafeteria. In it were government supplies for the cafeteria, which were > > basically war surplus. My cousin got to make powdered eggs. > > Well, that should have been alright, as they were using these in the > > cafeteria food. But, this can was left over from the War. The eggs >were > > green. > > So we had green scrambled eggs long before we ever heard of "Green Eggs >and > > Ham". Talk about some girls trying to sneak their food into the trash >can > > any way we could! We were "required" to eat everything we cooked, but >we > > were all willing to take an F rather than eat those awful looking eggs. >The > > "cook", my cousin, did eat her's while the teacher was watching her, but >the > > rest of us sneaked ours into the trashcan, then ran out of the room, >leaving > > my poor cousin alone with the teacher, and having to eat her whole >serving > > of green eggs. She said they weren't that bad, if you didn't look at >them. > > Oh, my. I don't care that much for biscuits. But I do like to put them > > into boiling liquids (like soup or gravy) and use them for dumplings. I > > think it is the baking soda in the biscuits that I don't care for. They > > have a bit of a sour taste to them, that I'm not wild about. I like >rolls > > much better. > > My daughter picked up some Churches fried chicken the other day, with > > biscuits with honey butter on top. Couldn't taste the honey, but it >made > > the biscuits hard on top. The chicken wasn't very good, and had really >small > > pieces. (Churches used to have huge pieces with lots of batter.) But, >the > > worst was the mashed potatoes. Don't know if they used spoiled milk or >sour > > cream in them, but we threw them away. > > One thing I really don't like is the change in the "grease" companies >are > > doing. I haven't tasted Kentucky Fried Chicken yet, but I'll bet it is > > awful. At lunch, I usuall make a sandwich and have some Lay's Wavey >sour > > cream and onion potato chips, or plain chips. Now, here, in Texas, >anyway, > > they have started using sunflower oil to cook in. That stuff is awful! >The > > only chips they aren't putting it in are Cheetos, so far. The "new" >chips > > taste like greasey cardboard, with a little salt. They are hard and >dry. I > > can't chew them for anything without soaking them in soup! > > I guess I am going to have to fry my own potatoes in Crisco, if I want >some > > potatoes with my sandwich! 8>)) Companies should give us a choice, if >we > > want to eat their nasty health food or if we want the real stuff. > > I believe I read an article about the need to go back to using the real > > sugar, instead of this fructose stuff. They said it isn't as good for >you > > as first believed, and it is making prices go up due to corn shortages. >I > > think that was online, if I remember correctly. > > Well, hooray for Pioneer Biscuit Mix, and refrigerated biscuits. Wish I > > could find some good old dewberry jelly to go with them! Love those > > dewberries, but no one goes out to pick them and sell them anymore. I >had a > > lot in my yard, but I wasn't about to put my hand in those weeds to pick > > them. I got 4 berries this year, about 4 last year. Well, that's >enough to > > use in painting a picture! But sure would like some good dewberry jelly >and > > cobbler! > > Cecelia in Texas > > > > > > > > > >> Put Joe's Menu online and lets see what they have ? > >> I want a Cathead Biscuit !! Never figured on how to make them. >Biscuits > >> have been my downfall in cooking. Then I eat them and my sugar goes to >400 > >> ! > >> Kevin Morgan > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TNCANNON-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 TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >