On Oct 9, 10:48*am, notbob > wrote:
> This is gettting to be some fun. *Not only to play with dough, but getting
> up early, watching the sunrise over the peaks, cuppa joe. *
>
> This morning, I'm trying the Betty Crocker buttermilk biscuit recipe
> with the DIY buttermilk (1T Real Lemon in 1 C 1% milk). *
>
> http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes....-herb-biscuits
>
> ....without the herbs.
>
> I'll try the Real Lemon this time and the white vinegar next time.
> Both sound unappetizing, but we'll see in the biscuits.
>
> Defrosted a cube steak, but haven't decided to go for chkn frd stk or
> use the beef for beef fried rice. *My fried rice is perfected an to
> die for. *
>
> Back to the biscuits. *I discovered a good whisk works just as well as
> a pastry blender. *You just hafta cut the big pieces of shortening up till they're
> small enough to fall back out of the whisk or they stay inside, like
> in a cage. *Saves having to buy another tool. *I dug out my Graham
> Kerr dough scraper. *I don't know if that was his idea....
>
> http://www.akitchen.com/store/grahscraper.html

I love my dough scraper. I found it can cut carrots, chop feta
cheese, lots of stuff. Yeah, it even scrapes and moves a wad of dough
for shaping on the counter. It's one of those why-didn't-I-buy-one-
long-ago items.

I still have other uses tho for the pastry blender. Like, mixing wet
and dry. Too much gets stuck in the whisk cages.