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

Read the recipes. Self rising flour was just premix of baking soda to
make it faster. They did it long before that.