Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

Blend dry ingredients together. Cut shortening in with a fork until the
mixture is sort of crumbly. Gradually add buttermilk and stir until you
have a soft dough that doesn't stick to the sides of the mixing bowl. Turn
the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead very briefly (too much
kneading and you'll wind up with baked hocky pucks!).

Lightly roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to about 1/2 inch
thick. Dip a 3-inch diameter drinking glass in flour and use it to cut out
rounds of biscuits. Scoop up the remaining dough and gently roll it out to
cut the remaining biscuits.

Place the biscuits in the cast iron skillet. Check to see that the coals
are ashy and there's no flames. Place the skillet with the biscuits on the
grate of the grill. Cover the grill and run back inside (because now it's
raining like mad!) Wait about 8 minutes. Run back out with an umbrella and
lift the lid of the grill to peek at the biscuits. Good, they are nicely
risen but need to brown a tad bit more on top. Run back inside and wait 2,
3 minutes. Run back out, take the lid off the grill and grab the skillet
(remember to use a hot pad!). Run inside because it's still pouring down
rain and the lightening is terrible.

The power didn't go out but I got some really nice biscuits; had a couple
slathered with sweet butter. Oh yum! And here I thought I'd lost my knack
for biscuits. Turns out all I need is bad weather and a grill

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

Blend dry ingredients together. Cut shortening in with a fork until the
mixture is sort of crumbly. Gradually add buttermilk and stir until you
have a soft dough that doesn't stick to the sides of the mixing bowl. Turn
the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead very briefly (too much
kneading and you'll wind up with baked hocky pucks!).

Lightly roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to about 1/2 inch
thick. Dip a 3-inch diameter drinking glass in flour and use it to cut out
rounds of biscuits. Scoop up the remaining dough and gently roll it out to
cut the remaining biscuits.

Place the biscuits in the cast iron skillet. Check to see that the coals
are ashy and there's no flames. Place the skillet with the biscuits on the
grate of the grill. Cover the grill and run back inside (because now it's
raining like mad!) Wait about 8 minutes. Run back out with an umbrella and
lift the lid of the grill to peek at the biscuits. Good, they are nicely
risen but need to brown a tad bit more on top. Run back inside and wait 2,
3 minutes. Run back out, take the lid off the grill and grab the skillet
(remember to use a hot pad!). Run inside because it's still pouring down
rain and the lightening is terrible.

The power didn't go out but I got some really nice biscuits; had a couple
slathered with sweet butter. Oh yum! And here I thought I'd lost my knack
for biscuits. Turns out all I need is bad weather and a grill

Jill



Can these be done on a stovetop? :-)

jmcquown wrote:
Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.

Jill

--Bryan

Food Snob wrote:

jmcquown wrote:

Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk


What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.

Jill


--Bryan


The fact that you'd post something like that proves you have no taste.

Bug off Brian!
I have no respect whatsoever for "food snobs". :-P
Give me a break.

I suppose you never use schmaltz either.

Your loss. ;-)

Food Snob wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I
wanted some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to
go out so I put a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my
trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.

Jill

--Bryan

Bryan, first of all your parents didn't know how to spell Brian. So there's
the first clue to being trash. Secondly, vegetable shortening is a long
accepted practice; perhaps you want lard instead? Okay, fine, use lard.
Pure butter would burn the biscuits. How about you propose an alternative
recipe for grilling biscuits, hmmmm? I never see you do a damn thing but
criticize. Are you the same Bryan who was going to host a "cooking show" on
public ascess? What happened to that, hmmmm?

Jill --who used to produce a MAVV public TV show

OmManiPadmiOmelet wrote:
Food Snob wrote:

jmcquown wrote:

Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk


What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.

Jill


--Bryan


The fact that you'd post something like that proves you have no taste.

Bug off Brian!
I have no respect whatsoever for "food snobs". :-P
Give me a break.

I suppose you never use schmaltz either.

Your loss. ;-)

Vegetable shortening or lard are classic ingredients for biscuits. It
wouldn't be a real biscuit without one of those.

-Rusty

Rusty wrote:

OmManiPadmiOmelet wrote:

Food Snob wrote:


jmcquown wrote:


Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk


What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.


Jill


--Bryan


The fact that you'd post something like that proves you have no taste.

Bug off Brian!
I have no respect whatsoever for "food snobs". :-P
Give me a break.

I suppose you never use schmaltz either.

Your loss. ;-)


Vegetable shortening or lard are classic ingredients for biscuits. It
wouldn't be a real biscuit without one of those.

-Rusty


I agree but if you _ever_ have the opportunity to make biscuits or a pie
crust with schmaltz, I dare you to try it. G

Mom used to make it just for seasonal pie crusts. It was WONderful.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:46:09 -0700, Food Snob wrote:


jmcquown wrote:
Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.

Jill

--Bryan


Your village called..... yep..looking for YOU. lol

OmManiPadmiOmelet wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I
wanted some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to
go out so I put a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my
trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

Blend dry ingredients together. Cut shortening in with a fork until
the mixture is sort of crumbly. Gradually add buttermilk and stir
until you have a soft dough that doesn't stick to the sides of the
mixing bowl. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead
very briefly (too much kneading and you'll wind up with baked hocky
pucks!).

Lightly roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to about 1/2
inch thick. Dip a 3-inch diameter drinking glass in flour and use
it to cut out rounds of biscuits. Scoop up the remaining dough and
gently roll it out to cut the remaining biscuits.

Place the biscuits in the cast iron skillet. Check to see that the
coals are ashy and there's no flames. Place the skillet with the
biscuits on the grate of the grill. Cover the grill and run back
inside (because now it's raining like mad!) Wait about 8 minutes.
Run back out with an umbrella and lift the lid of the grill to peek
at the biscuits. Good, they are nicely risen but need to brown a
tad bit more on top. Run back inside and wait 2, 3 minutes. Run
back out, take the lid off the grill and grab the skillet (remember
to use a hot pad!). Run inside because it's still pouring down rain
and the lightening is terrible.

The power didn't go out but I got some really nice biscuits; had a
couple slathered with sweet butter. Oh yum! And here I thought I'd
lost my knack for biscuits. Turns out all I need is bad weather and
a grill

Jill



Can these be done on a stovetop? :-)

Actually, they can be done on the stovetop over very low heat. Grandma
Brown used to do her scones on the stove top on a cast iron griddle; she
turned them after about 5 minutes. Probably would be the same with
biscuits.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

OmManiPadmiOmelet wrote:


Can these be done on a stovetop? :-)


Actually, they can be done on the stovetop over very low heat. Grandma
Brown used to do her scones on the stove top on a cast iron griddle; she
turned them after about 5 minutes. Probably would be the same with
biscuits.

Yup. I've done it in a dutch oven on a campfire, too.

--
Reg

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:41:42 -0500, OmManiPadmiOmelet
wrote:

Can these be done on a stovetop? :-)


Manifold? vbg

On 20 Apr 2006 10:46:09 -0700, "Food Snob" wrote:

The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.


Gawd..................

we have sixteen pounds of LARD in the freezer. WHAT A INGNAT FOOD
CRITIC!

YOU wouldn't know good food if it slapped you in your gullet.

Damn, you just made me hungry!

Cast iron is a great thing. I hereby nominate it as at least one of the
ten best things ever invented.


jmcquown wrote:
Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk

Blend dry ingredients together. Cut shortening in with a fork until the
mixture is sort of crumbly. Gradually add buttermilk and stir until you
have a soft dough that doesn't stick to the sides of the mixing bowl. Turn
the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead very briefly (too much
kneading and you'll wind up with baked hocky pucks!).

Lightly roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to about 1/2 inch
thick. Dip a 3-inch diameter drinking glass in flour and use it to cut out
rounds of biscuits. Scoop up the remaining dough and gently roll it out to
cut the remaining biscuits.

Place the biscuits in the cast iron skillet. Check to see that the coals
are ashy and there's no flames. Place the skillet with the biscuits on the
grate of the grill. Cover the grill and run back inside (because now it's
raining like mad!) Wait about 8 minutes. Run back out with an umbrella and
lift the lid of the grill to peek at the biscuits. Good, they are nicely
risen but need to brown a tad bit more on top. Run back inside and wait 2,
3 minutes. Run back out, take the lid off the grill and grab the skillet
(remember to use a hot pad!). Run inside because it's still pouring down
rain and the lightening is terrible.

The power didn't go out but I got some really nice biscuits; had a couple
slathered with sweet butter. Oh yum! And here I thought I'd lost my knack
for biscuits. Turns out all I need is bad weather and a grill

Jill

As Homer Simpson would say, "Ummmm, schmaltz drool"

Chickens don't have much true flavor these days, so I add some schmaltz
when I make chicken soup, or chicken gravy, or just about any chicken dish.

OmManiPadmiOmelet wrote:
Food Snob wrote:

jmcquown wrote:

Some very nasty storms blew through here early this morning but I wanted
some biscuits. I was fully prepared for the electricity to go out so
I put
a few (very few) coals on the grill and got out my trusty cast iron
skillet.

Biscuits:

2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 c. buttermilk


What the **** is wrong with you, posting recipes that have a quarter
cup of vegetable shortening? The fact that you have that in your
pantry brands you as trash.

Jill



--Bryan


The fact that you'd post something like that proves you have no taste.

Bug off Brian!
I have no respect whatsoever for "food snobs". :-P
Give me a break.

I suppose you never use schmaltz either.

Your loss. ;-)

PastaLover wrote:
Damn, you just made me hungry!

Cast iron is a great thing. I hereby nominate it as at least one of
the
ten best things ever invented.

The first would probably be fire; second, the crossbow