Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:31:20 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>>> I'll vote for biscuits even though I was raised in a traditional sponge
>>> cake part of the country
>
>> One vote on the correct side. :-)
>
>
> Nothing could replace Momma's and Grandmomma's biscuits for Strawberry
> Shortcake. Yes....they were made with lard.
>
> They taught me well.........sponge cake is what lazy people bought at
> the market and tried to make us believe it would be good. They
> missed the boat....and probably tried to pawn off Cool Whip as
> something we should like.
>
Oh my! Thanks for the comment about the lard. I am going to have
to look into that now that I have a source for it.

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Jean B.