Maryland Beaten Biscuits
4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 tablespoons lard -- or vegetable -- shortening 1 3/4 cups water -- up to 2 (The oldest and most famous biscuit recipe of the Chesapea...
Ingredients
- 4cups all-purpose flour
- 1teaspoonsalt
- 11/2 tablespoons lard -- or vegetable
Directions
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4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 tablespoons lard -- or vegetable -- shortening 1 3/4 cups water -- up to 2 (The oldest and mo
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The traditional preparation can be termed, at the very least, a culinary cardiovascular- aerobic exercise
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Its execution is best described by Joanne Pritchett, whose great-great grandmother was a cook on a St
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Mary's plantation: "Honey, every time I know I'm going to make these biscuits, I get myself good and mad
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Normally I think about my sister-in-law, Darlene, who ran off with my husband right after Granny Pritchett's funeral
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That was years ago, but it still galls me into making some of the tenderest biscuits around.") "It's very simple
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I just sift the flour and salt together in a bowl
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Some people, nowadays, like to use Crisco or something like that