Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits (The reason the South can bake them)

getpocket.com/The Atlantic ^ | Amanda Mull

[yarddog]

Mother was one of 13 children. They grew up on a huge farm, over 1000 acres. They were fairly wealthy and had all the beef, chickens, turkeys, and pork, and vegetables, they wanted.

Mother learned Southern cooking because that was the only thing she knew.

[eyedigress]

I used to live off 95 near Unitia.

[yarddog]

I had a Grandson and Granddaughter both win blue ribbons at the Tulsa State Fair. I wonder how they kept the bread fresh while on display.

[cloudmountain]

The biscuit box has a recipe. If people can read, they can cook. It's not rocket science.

Biscuits and butter...forget the gravy and pass the butter.
Everything's better with butter.

[cloudmountain]

You bet. If people can read they can cook. and Bisquick is GREAT.

[JBW1949]

You ever go on down 411 from Madisonville to the town of Benton???

They used to have speed limit signs in town that read 34 miles an hour....No foolin’.....

[cloudmountain]

It ain’t just biscuits they don’t do well in the north...
I was in Waukesha, Wisconsin and went into a grcery store and asked for country ham....
They said they didn’t carry that “brand”...I said it ain’t a brand, it’s type of ham...Salt cured...
They looked at me and after listening to me talk, one guy said “You aren’t from around here, are you?”

Lol. I must say that I don't know the difference between country ham and city ham. It's all PORK--cured with salt.
I've never met a pig part that I didn't like.

I just HAD some ham for dinner. Mmmmmm.

[justme4now]

😁

[eyedigress]

They had more than that. 33 or 28 or such other crazy stuff.

Taking the road to Fla back in the late 60’s.

They got rid of them because people kept stealing them.

LOL.

[eyedigress]

Keep in mind no RADAR and analog speedometers a foot wide!

[jacknhoo]

Unfortunately, I learned to make very good biscuits 8 years ago via YouTube videos.

[lastchance]

Just one criticism. A true scone is very like a biscuit. It should be light not heavy.

[Nifster]

The REAL key is to use White Lily flour. Available in the South almost exclusively. This flour makes all things taste better. I’ve made good biscuits and scones for decades. Moved to the South and used White Lily and OMG an entirely different experience

[JimSp]

HEB in Killeen used to have it.

[MomwithHope]

Walmart.com has a 3 pack - 3 five pound bags for 8.34. Just added it to my cart.

[Fledermaus]

They suck frozen.

[Larry Lucido]

They say that in the Army, the biscuits are mighty fine. One rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine.

[Fledermaus]

That’s baking powder.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Good God....there is NO hope for our society.

[married21]

My son, a Californian, LOVES Beaujangles biscuits, and will try any biscuits on anybody’s menu when he is in the South. I think maybe Beaujangles does something to make the surface crispy. My Bisquick bisquicks don’t have that, although I am capable of making very flaky, lofty biscuits anyway.