Re: OT (FYI) Scones et al.

I grew up learning how to make them.  After I overbaked one set to a hardness
somewhat less than granite I decided that enough was enough and haven't baked
any for over two decades.  Pity!

I'm afraid I've never encountered any exploding biscuits.  Or rather - I'm
glad I've never encountered any ...

Wesley Parish
--
"I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the
other horizon."  The Other Confessions of St Augustine

On Sunday 18 May 2003 02:48 am, you wrote:
> >so have no standard to judge against; my grandmother made excellent
> >biscuits, nothing like the nasty things that nowadays come in the
> > exploding tube.
>
> I've rarely known any food, which came in a tube, which tasted better than
> homemade/handmade.
> I grew up eskewing American biscuits because my mother would make only the
> nasty ones from tubes (which taste horribly bitter to me). As an adult, I
> discovered fresh-made ones. Yum.
>
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