On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 12:11:35 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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

Your link sucks. It doesn't shed light on the question of when the Southern biscuit came about. My guess is that the Southern biscuit didn't come around until after the civil war.