"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 4:12:47 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, May 13, 2019 at 2:27:00 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 1:19:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> > > > itsjoan, I have been "accused" of not recognizing humor, but I
> > > > think it must be the case in dsi1's post.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe he meant the 1860s. Or even 1760s.
> > > >
> > > > N.
> > >
> > > I do like to write with tongue-in-cheek but in this case, that's what
> > > I've read in several different sources. The Col. introduced biscuits
> > > to the Yankees in the 60's. Before that, biscuits weren't a "thing"
> > > in the North. To this day, biscuits aren't a thing in the North like
> > > it is in the South.
> > >
> > > I'm not saying that this is true, only that it's what I have read. If
> > > anyone has information to the contrary this is where they're supposed
> > > to put their two bits in. I'd appreciate that. What I don't
> > > appreciate is any nasty personal remarks about my posts or my
> > > opinions.
> >
> > Then you missed it in mainland history.
> >
> > Did people make them in Saint Louis then? No we didnt have a Saint
> > Louis. Did them make them in San Diego, Seattle, Ankorage etc then?
> > Of course not. We had not spread to there yet in 1776.
>
> I suspect you might have gone a bit daft. Nobody's talking about 1776. Of
> course they made biscuits back then but they would be like a dry
> cookie/cracker - not the Southern biscuit of today.
>
> My guess is that the Southern style biscuit, as we know it, didn't come
> around until after the American civil war, when self-rising flour became
> available. As far as self-rising flour goes, that stuff has been popular
> mostly in the South. The yanks have always preferred to add their own
> leavening.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2e-Lxm4Pt4

Don't guess. Research.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit_(bread)#History>

Cindy Hamilton

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