It is also time for Novel Food at Champaign Taste. For several years now we have joined in to post a recipe that is inspired by a novel.
This year, I am going back to our roots... With a recipe from 'Fried Green Tomatoes @ the WhistleStop Cafe'. If you haven't read the book lately... it is perfect for that first fall weekend. My recipe from the novel is Buttermilk Biscuits~ just like Sipsey would make. They just wouldn't be the same with out a little Crisco.
In the BLUE can!
Sipsey's Buttermilk Biscuits
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp soda
1/2 cup Crisco
1 cup buttermilk
Sift dry ingredients together. add Crisco and blend well until like a fine meal. Add buttermilk and mix. Roll out thin and cut into desired sized biscuit. Bake in a greased pan at 450 until golden brown.
We are looking forward to Fannie Flagg's visit this fall.~ she's got a new book coming out soon! Y'all enjoy!
Sandi
9 comments:
mmmmmm...biscuits
I grew up on Crisco.
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yum!!!! lots of butter and jelly!!
YUM... toss one of those biscuits this way!!!!
Hmmmm hmmmm good! And you know what would be really good on one of those biscuits? A slice of pork roast with some of my Mama's pepper jelly. Talk about good stuff!
Hugs,
Kat
Pam, Nanny, & Fifi~ I have plenty to share.
Sally~ It didn't kill us... but I admit, I don't use it for anything else.
Kat~ a southern girl at heart!
Sandi, those look delicious and I gotta try them. Thanks so much for joining in on our NF event (even though you tried to keep it a secret, ha ha). Do you think lard would be good instead of the Crisco? I have homemade lard I'm dying to use in everything.
I must admit I have no idea what Crisco looks like, inside the box, I mean. Good suggestion to read again Fried Green Tomatoes, Sandi. I just mentioned the novel the other day to some guests from Italy. Thanks for the heads-up regarding the new book.
My previous comment was not complete. I got carried away by the news of the new book. I have never made biscuits and your post reminds me that it is something I should try. Like Lisa, I wonder if I could use rendered lard instead of Crisco. Thanks for your contribution to Novel Food.
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