Potato soup with fennel and parsley. Pickled beets. Climbing biscuits.
My cousin Jubilee made towering, flaky, buttery biscuits for breakfast one morning - I immediately wanted to know her recipe. Turns out, it's the method of baking that makes the biscuits so tall. Jubilee lays the cut biscuits snugly inside a pan to bake, not spread out on a cookie sheet the way I thought everyone did. When I got off the mountain, I called Rebecca: she said oh yes, you put them in a pan so they climb higher. So Hattie's Lighter-Than-Lead Biscuits climbed quite high and I'm even more in love with biscuits.
Mmmm - sounds good! I love pickled beets : ) And, your potato soup sounds a lot like one of my favorites: creamy potato and cheddar stew! I'll have to try this new method for baking biscuits sometime ; )
ReplyDeleteGlad you're back!
Missed your posts as well. Meal looks lovely, as usual, but what I'm most intrigued by is that you have a cousin named Jubilee.
ReplyDeleteMissed hearing from you as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is a new way of making biscuits for me. Shall give it a try.
I'm so glad you're back! I was getting lonely.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is what you're hungry for after all the celebration food! Reb and I had our usual discussion about our Christmases. I said, "I feel sluggish after all the rich food, shell-shocked after all the overstimulation and I realized I always get a headache during the opening of the presents - I had a great time!" She said, "I feel sluggish, shell-shocked and disapproving of all the presents and I'm never celebrating Christmas again!" I think her attitude is actually more reasonable and that makes me sad.
ReplyDeleteI've never successfully made decent biscuits which is a tragedy considering I'm as southern as they come. I'm making note of this recipe.
ReplyDeleteWhen do we get to meet the elusive Rebecca? I'm coming to believe that she is a homemaking goddess!