ChinaVoodoo
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It all sounds great. Couldn't get it out of my head, so I wound up making sausage and pancakes as a substitute.
Quarantine Cooking
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Do they not have gravy in Canada? @Amberbeth84, maybe you should put some in an envelope and mail it to him
Quarantined with a toddler? Be strong.
Come to think of it I've been quarantined with three teenagers... Maybe a toddler wouldn't be so bad...
Quarantined with a toddler? Be strong.
Come to think of it I've been quarantined with three teenagers... Maybe a toddler wouldn't be so bad...
ChinaVoodoo
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I put syrup on my sausages.Do they not have gravy in Canada? @Amberbeth84, maybe you should put some in an envelope and mail it to him
Quarantined with a toddler? Be strong.
Come to think of it I've been quarantined with three teenagers... Maybe a toddler wouldn't be so bad...
Looks like they used corn syrup instead of maple syrup in the video, that's just wrong. Time for the Canadian reeducation camps "maple syrup, maple syrup, maple syrup..."
ChinaVoodoo
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The film takes place in a different time where maple syrup is beyond the reach of the common man.Looks like they used corn syrup instead of maple syrup in the video, that's just wrong. Time for the Canadian reeducation camps "maple syrup, maple syrup, maple syrup..."
Moth
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Biscuits and gravy, as an English man, gives me cognitive dissonance.
Biscuits are sweet. Gravy is usually dark, unless made from poultry. Never the twain shall meet.
I've had the pleasure of US biscuits and gravy, it is delicious.
Although to me, that's either a dumpling or scone covered in sausage roux.
Delicous whatever we call it. Hungry now
skychaser
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Gravy on a cookie? It doesn't sound very good, does it? lol French fries are never called chips here, unless you order them with fish. ?? And potato chips are crisps there. Lots of words are different between here and there. I had to learn them all. The funniest one was when I asked my wife to toss me my fanny pack once when we were camping. You should of seen the look I got. For those who don't know, "fanny" has a whole different meaning in England. Same with gobble. lol
Amberbeths post made me hungry too. Didn't have everything I needed for a proper English fry up but I did my best. Now I am stuffed and have to go do some work, but I really want a nap.
Amberbeths post made me hungry too. Didn't have everything I needed for a proper English fry up but I did my best. Now I am stuffed and have to go do some work, but I really want a nap.
Don't forget your rubbers
Squirrel, with biscuits and red eye gravy... Haven't had that in a while but sounds good. The wife refuses to cook squirrel anymore, says it looks too much like a rat
Amberbeth84
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Just tell her it's a really small rabbit.Don't forget your rubbers
Squirrel, with biscuits and red eye gravy... Haven't had that in a while but sounds good. The wife refuses to cook squirrel anymore, says it looks too much like a rat
skychaser
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It's Wellies. As in Wellington boots. What always got me is why they don't have any frozen orange juice in the UK? Or lemon aide or any frozen juices. Or why we don't have Pasties here? I love those! And yes, I am talking about food. Be sure to add "food" if you search pasties or you will get something entirely different.
My grandma was the one who always said "don't forget your rubbers". It had a different meaning to her generation than mine.
Took the family hiking in the Ouachita mountain range. Ran across two hippie type dudes and a topless girl that just had two small pieces of duct tape on for pasties. That was fun explaining to the kids... Glad they are older. Felt kinda sorry for the girl, the mosquitoes were bad out that day. Run across some strange people out there sometimes...
Yesterday, I made up another batch of Mason jar ice cream. This time, I added two minced Reese's minis. Each mini is the diameter of a regular peanut butter cup, but only 1/3 as thick. So they are 2/3 chocolate and 1/3 peanut butter. I also added sugar, vanilla, salt and a touch of pineapple flavor. I ate some last night. Rather tasty, and came out the right consistency. I'll do a photo tomorrow. My arms and wrists still ache.
Bob
So do I. That duct tape is like super glue on skin.
Bob
Yet another use of duct of tape, she must have been from around here...
Good quick and easy recipe - 50 Hersey kisses microwaved and mixed in immediately with 3.5 cups cool whip.
40 mini Reeses pieces cups chopped into 6 pieces each. Graham cracker, or better, Oreo pie crust.
Put half the Hersey kiss cool whip mix in the pie crust, add most of the the Reese's cups pieces, and add the remaining kiss/cool whip mix. Top with plain cool whip and a few remaining Reese's cup pieces for decoration. Turns out surprisingly good for a quick desert and no excessive shaking (or duct tape) required.
Oh no, man, no. Sometime before you cross the final river you have to taste southern biscuits down where they're made. I know this is going to sound like hyperbole, but it's not: real southern biscuits (and spicy gravy, or anything) are one of the best things I've ever eaten on this earth. With sawmill, sausage, or redeye gravy in a bowl, or delicately enclosing a breakfast sandwich, or with butter and preserves. You just have to.
Young Yank was 18 when he went down below the mason-dixon line for the first time and happened upon a real southern biscuit. With one bite you understand: I was floored. Mom made biscuits up north here, and they were good to us because we didn't know any better, but they're not even remotely close, and occasionally they resembled white hockey pucks that would stay intact if you chucked them against a wall. Yanks can't make biscuits, and fast food imported up here ain't it either. You gotta get them from someone down there who makes them right there and knows what they're doing from 3-5 generations of practice and perfection. I know the southern members here can steer you to no small number of great spots, but here's a yank's recommendation.
The best biscuits I ever had were somewhere around Elizabethton, Tennessee. On a motorcycle trip, met up with some friends that were local there and went to a bar that had live bluegrass music that night. Think it was called Ice House inn or tavern or saloon or something like that. Owner asked the folks I was with to take the stage after a while and they did, and the night became very pleasantly late. Next morning on my way out of town it was cool (45 deg F ambient) and very misty and I was starting to get chilled when I remembered the sandwich board beneath the stairs of the bar that advertised a 16 oz. coffee and hot breakfast biscuit sandwich for $2.50, so I went that way. There was a drive thru window that was open with the most wonderful smells coming out of it, and a pretty girl with a charming accent and lovely rose cheeks, I think from the ovens. Got two bacon egg cheese biscuits and two sausage egg cheese biscuits and two coffees and sat on the curb by my bike and downed all of it. The food and coffee was piping hot, homemade and delicious, but the biscuits were absolutely incredible. You could ride warm across five states on a meal like that.
It was very early and there were no other customers. After the first two biscuits and coffee were gone, she said shyly if I wanted to come and set inside and get warm I could. I said I'd like to, but she had to show me how she made those biscuits. She beamed a big smile for a couple minutes and then flashed a bright sharp look and said "You probably got to be gettin' on your way, but you be sure and stop by and see us next time you're down this way honey." I didn't press. If I'd have gone in I probably wouldn't have left town that day.
Never been back that way again, and don't know if the place is still open, but I can tell you.... those biscuits. I still think about those biscuits.
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GreenDragon
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The secret to good Southern Biscuits is using cold butter and White Lily Flour. And don't overwork the dough! (I also like to add in some shredded sharp cheddar cheese along with the butter sometimes.)
My MIL was born and raised in the deep south, but she couldn't make biscuits either. Hockey pucks every time. So when my wife and I started dating, I made all the biscuits and MIL was banned from cooking breakfast.
My MIL was born and raised in the deep south, but she couldn't make biscuits either. Hockey pucks every time. So when my wife and I started dating, I made all the biscuits and MIL was banned from cooking breakfast.
Amberbeth84
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I like to get the dough to just come together, then give it a ten minute rest in the freezer for the butter to get really cold again before I knead it once or twice, roll it out, fold it thirds one way then the other to get those nice fluffy layers, then roll it out again and cut it. I lost my biscuit cutters in the move to where we are now, and I have to say it's improved my biscuits as there is now no more scrap from cutting to become hockey pucks.
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