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[alr2903]

As a kid growing up in Michigan I remember going to the old wooden shacks around the apple orchards they always had a few of those apple slicers in the OP, hanging on a nail.   I can still remember the smell of the apples and a free sample of apple cider.

 

Tom, Singer sewing centers.  I used to work with a Lady that had worked at one of the Singer Centers.  They sewed beautifully. I remember photographs she shared of "Fashion Shows"  they had at the center. I guess it  was good marketing for the machines, fabrics and patterns. Art

 

[circlew]

Biscuits

I haven't made them in a long time, as I'm never satisfied with the way they turn out - never as good as my Aunt Julie's, to which I compare all biscuits.

I do like the ones at Cracker Barrel, as long as they don't soak the tops with butter. Bob Evans biscuits are pretty lousy in comparison.

 

[norgeway]

Re Mash up buttermilk and shortening!!

That's the old fashioned way and its really the best!..My Granny Craig made  hers this way and always kept a bowl of flour in the pantry, dropped in lard or Crisco, poured in the buttermilk and mix until that's like cream, then start working in flour from the sides....BEST biscuits ever.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Flour was kept in what they called a wooden bread trough. That's what the fat and milk was poured into and the biscuits made right there. Once the dough was ready, the trough was put back under the counter and the dough patted or rolled out.

If you are disappointed with your biscuits, be sure that you dip the glass or cutter in flour and then cut straight down, DO NOT TWIST and they will rise beautifully.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Attn: 2packs4sure

I got your reference! Homina, homina, homina.

Chuck