Comments on: real-life test kitchen: biscuits! http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits Where people who love their homes click Thu, 24 May 2012 16:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne Margaret http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/comment-page-1#comment-5861 Anne Margaret Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:49:45 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/#comment-5861 I LOVE the Alton Brown 'Southern Biscuit" recipe over at Food TV. He marries butter and Crisco in a tasty biscuit with a strudy constitution. Great! Also - a little known biscuit fact (stright from high school Home Ec class): don't twist your cutter when cutting out biscuits. it makes the tops go wonky and slanted, instead of the tall, proud biscuits your deserve! I LOVE the Alton Brown ‘Southern Biscuit” recipe over at Food TV. He marries butter and Crisco in a tasty biscuit with a strudy constitution. Great!

Also – a little known biscuit fact (stright from high school Home Ec class): don’t twist your cutter when cutting out biscuits. it makes the tops go wonky and slanted, instead of the tall, proud biscuits your deserve!

]]> By: Mary T http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/comment-page-1#comment-5860 Mary T Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:09:29 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/#comment-5860 Lindsey, that's a great story. I don't suppose you want to share your recipe as well...? : ) Lindsey, that’s a great story. I don’t suppose you want to share your recipe as well…? : )

]]> By: lindsey http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/comment-page-1#comment-5859 lindsey Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:32:25 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/#comment-5859 my childhood was filled with my grandmother's biscuits, made with self-rising flour, milk, and crisco, and shaped by hand rather than rolled and cut. they were not the flakey pull apart kind, but a dense fluffy biscuit that went well with jam, egg yolk, honey, or dipped in coffee. sometimes she'd push a small cube of cheese into the middle of the formed dough before baking...bliss. i was conflicted for years about making them myself, since i didn't want to buy crisco. then i realized that in specialty foodie shops you could buy a tin of non-hydrogenated oil shortening, essentially crisco without the bad stuff, and my struggle was over. i celebrated for weeks. my childhood was filled with my grandmother’s biscuits, made with self-rising flour, milk, and crisco, and shaped by hand rather than rolled and cut. they were not the flakey pull apart kind, but a dense fluffy biscuit that went well with jam, egg yolk, honey, or dipped in coffee. sometimes she’d push a small cube of cheese into the middle of the formed dough before baking…bliss.

i was conflicted for years about making them myself, since i didn’t want to buy crisco. then i realized that in specialty foodie shops you could buy a tin of non-hydrogenated oil shortening, essentially crisco without the bad stuff, and my struggle was over. i celebrated for weeks.

]]> By: Ignatius B. http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/comment-page-1#comment-5858 Ignatius B. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:38:24 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/02/20/real-life-test-kitchen-biscuits/#comment-5858 I can attest to the quality of these tasty morsels. You'll wanna keep eatin em well past the limits of your stomach capacity. I can attest to the quality of these tasty morsels. You’ll wanna keep eatin em well past the limits of your stomach capacity.

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