Me too! When it comes to food I am also NON-PARTISAN.
Thomas Jefferson's Sweet Potato Biscuits
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chilled lard, cut into pieces
1 cup cooked, peeled, mashed, and cooled sweet potato
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease a baking sheet and set aside.
2.In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, spices, and salt. Add the lard and cut in with a pastry cutter till the mixture is crumbly. Add the sweet potato and stir till well blended. Add the cream and pecans and stir till the dough is just moist.
3.Transfer to a lightly floured work surface, roll out 1 1/2 inches thick, and cut out rounds with a 2-inch biscuit
cutter. Roll the scraps together and cut out more rounds.
4. Arrange the rounds on the prepared baking sheet about 1 inch apart and bake in center of the oven till golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm or let cool on a wire rack.
YIELD: About 1 Dozen
President Ronald Reagan's Hamburger Soup
2 pounds lean ground beef
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups diced onions
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 1/2 cups sliced carrots
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
10 ounces canned hominy
1 cup diced green bell pepper
3 quarts (12 cup) beef broth or water with bouillon cubes
16 ounces chopped tomato (canned or fresh)
2 cups sliced celery
Recipe
Brown meat in butter in 6-quart saucepan. Add onions, garlic, carrots, celery and green pepper. Simmer 10 minutes with the pan covered.
Add beef broth or water with bouillon cubes. Add chopped tomato and pepper. Simmer soup on low heat for 35 minutes. Add hominy. Boil hamburger soup for 10 minutes more.
Makes 4 quarts.