i want to apologize for being such an erratic visitor. I just seem to be running out of time. Our elections in Georgia required much attention and they are not over. Like NH, we are choosing a new Secretary of State, but here the choice is on the ballot and because no candidate garnered more than 50 % we are having another election December 4th.
Although Mull keeps talking about "southerners," it gradually becomes clear that she is really talking exclusively about the Southeast. The biscuits my grandmother used to make in Arkansas were not all that fluffy and the name "White Lily" means nothing to me.
If we're going to focus strictly on nostalgia, what I really miss is corn pone. I've never seen it in any restaurant anywhere, including in the south. The do have hush puppies, but that's not the same thing and not what I had as a kid.
Nuts to that! I had heard of White Lily but the writers don't seem to know what they're talking about. One of the commenters said that "northerners use bread flour to make biscuits". Excuse me? Never have I ever. I make several different kinds of biscuits: Big Daddy Jim biscuits, "regular" biscuits and Mr. Food's drop biscuits. As far as I'm concerned a biscuit is just a bread-like substance made to serve hot in order to convey gobs of melting butter to your mouth.
Never used bread flour for biscuits. But you prolly could--you'd just need to avoid kneading it, lol! I've never used buttermilk, just a TBS of vinegar in a cup of milk. Thing that made the most difference for me was using lard instead of Crisco. Most hilarious experience of my life was watching a woman make biscuits with self-rising flour, and adding baking powder. They were fluffy, but tasted awful. Since she was *definitely* no friend of mine, I made sure to advise her not to, and was flown off, at which point I just enjoyed myself.
Is bread flour the same thing as all-purpose flour? When I still ate grains regularly, I used whole wheat pastry flour. These days almond flour plays a bigger role.
It certainly augurs to be interesting; now if we can just avoid the GOP's 2016 confusion between a deep bench and a big clown car, we should be OK. I find myself reflecting on how interesting the 1920 GOP nominating convention was, [Click] and how it led to the presidency of Calvin Coolidge (whom I find admirable).
One important difference between Democratic and Republican primaries: In all Democratic primaries, the delegates are divided according to the popular vote. In a large fraction of Republican primaries, the one who gets the largest number of votes gets most or all the delegates -- even if that "largest number" is on the order of 20-25% of the total. That was how Trump was able to build his delegate count without drawing a hugs amount of popular support.
In California it was noted that the districts with the smallest numbers of Republicans were the most desirable to win, because they had as many votes as the largest districts.
Easy listening.
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i want to apologize for being such an erratic visitor. I just seem to be running out of time. Our elections in Georgia required much attention and they are not over. Like NH, we are choosing a new Secretary of State, but here the choice is on the ballot and because no candidate garnered more than 50 % we are having another election December 4th.
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Hannah, you are a valued contributor, not an erratic visitor.
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Although Mull keeps talking about "southerners," it gradually becomes clear that she is really talking exclusively about the Southeast. The biscuits my grandmother used to make in Arkansas were not all that fluffy and the name "White Lily" means nothing to me.
DeleteIf we're going to focus strictly on nostalgia, what I really miss is corn pone. I've never seen it in any restaurant anywhere, including in the south. The do have hush puppies, but that's not the same thing and not what I had as a kid.
Nuts to that! I had heard of White Lily but the writers don't seem to know what they're talking about. One of the commenters said that "northerners use bread flour to make biscuits". Excuse me? Never have I ever. I make several different kinds of biscuits: Big Daddy Jim biscuits, "regular" biscuits and Mr. Food's drop biscuits. As far as I'm concerned a biscuit is just a bread-like substance made to serve hot in order to convey gobs of melting butter to your mouth.
DeleteNever used bread flour for biscuits. But you prolly could--you'd just need to avoid kneading it, lol! I've never used buttermilk, just a TBS of vinegar in a cup of milk. Thing that made the most difference for me was using lard instead of Crisco. Most hilarious experience of my life was watching a woman make biscuits with self-rising flour, and adding baking powder. They were fluffy, but tasted awful. Since she was *definitely* no friend of mine, I made sure to advise her not to, and was flown off, at which point I just enjoyed myself.
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DeleteIs bread flour the same thing as all-purpose flour? When I still ate grains regularly, I used whole wheat pastry flour. These days almond flour plays a bigger role.
DeleteOne more and I must get moving.
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How Early Voting Could Turn the Democratic 2020 Race on Its Head [Click] Early candidate campaigning in California? That would certainly be a novelty.
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ReplyDeleteIt certainly augurs to be interesting; now if we can just avoid the GOP's 2016 confusion between a deep bench and a big clown car, we should be OK. I find myself reflecting on how interesting the 1920 GOP nominating convention was, [Click] and how it led to the presidency of Calvin Coolidge (whom I find admirable).
ReplyDeleteOne important difference between Democratic and Republican primaries: In all Democratic primaries, the delegates are divided according to the popular vote. In a large fraction of Republican primaries, the one who gets the largest number of votes gets most or all the delegates -- even if that "largest number" is on the order of 20-25% of the total. That was how Trump was able to build his delegate count without drawing a hugs amount of popular support.
DeleteIn California it was noted that the districts with the smallest numbers of Republicans were the most desirable to win, because they had as many votes as the largest districts.
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