We have a tradition in our family. We don't have some old family recipes written down. If you wanted to learn you had to watch and/or participate. Mama learned Grandmama's recipes that way, and when my wife, Liz, asked my Mama how to make biscuits from scratch, she learned by family tradition. So, with no further adieu....
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I keep saying I need to dip my toes deeper into the baking pool, I have all the stuff except time for making bread... maybe biscuits is where I'll go. I'll try to give this a go in the next few weeks, if I do and if I remember I'll credit you and your bride when I post 'em up
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Bread doesnt really take much active time. You need to find some time when you'll be around to deal with th risen dough, but I'd estimate that scratch loaves take me not even an hour of active time. Probably more like 45 mins.
But yeah, biscuits... mmmm.
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rickgregory you didn't see the mess I made last time I tried to make an African flat bread
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Don't start with complex stuff. Start something like this: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/rec...l-bread-recipe
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Well done and thanks for posting. The fact that she learned from your Mother struck home. I met a girl from a Norwegian family who didn’t know what grits or red-eye gravy were let alone real biscuits. I married her, took her home to meet all the family, and then all the grandmas and aunts got involved to teach her Southern style cooking. 50 years later she is still one of the best Southern cooks I know, probably because she learned it all from my grandmothers.
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Really, recipes are just an approximation of what grandmothers teach. But there's no substitute for watching and doing. You get a feel for (in this case) the consistency of the dough, etc.
Actually, I think that Youtube is helping bring that back - you can see what they're doing, have them talk about why (e.g. what she left the dough a little wet), etc. I don't have the link anymore but there was a Mexican grandmother who did a lot of videos of her cooking... it was great.
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