So my luck may have ran out on my meal #2. I had a crazy day Friday morning and was planning my meal for the evening the whole time. Would I try a souffle? Or the dreaded pickled pigs feet? Not ready for that. Mmmm. A tender steak medallion with mixed herbs? Oh the possibilities! .... Then I remembered we had a dinner meeting with our home group leaders from church and I had signed up to bring biscuits and corn. The MOST boring thing on the needs list (which I created) Granted, I chose these items a month ago when I was goalless and without any foresight to this challenge. I mulled these items over in my head until a thought popped in there, about 39 minutes later. I searched for a simple butter biscuit recipe and then I thought I would just add my own twist. I mean I have parsley listed 29 times! I can def. put some parsley in these things! What goes good with parsley? Garlic. Totes. So I grabbed all my ingredients, making sure that my eggs were room temperature and set out to making my biscuits. The directions said to knead then roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. I am horrible at guessing this with my naked eye. I was tempted to get the ruler out but I had my roommates lingering around possible watching my every move. I thought "I have the courage to not measure with a ruler that is in my school bag approximately 3 feet from me! I will use my eyes that have not led me astray for 28 years." So I guessed and used a rounded glass to create perfect little round biscuits. I watched them in the oven, waiting for them to become fluffy Crackle Barrel biscuits, but alas it was not so! My biscuits which in totally reality were only about 1/4 inch thick did not expand into their destined fluffiness. They rose a tiny bit but such a disappointment. I ate one hot out of the oven and tasted mostly the garlic and saw bits of green which only got stuck in my teeth. I did survey a couple of tough food critics but they were much too generous. All except my faithful Bri. She was honest with me. Her face said it all. So I am quickly humbled and will be sticking to someone else recipe from now on.
Stars
** Bri T
*** Joel C
*** Lauren S (who as just glad it didn't taste like peanut butter)
Overall self evaluation: * because now I have 13 hockey pucks in a ziplock. Tell me! How do you do it Crackle Barrel?
The Intern Tiffany
Tiffany;
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! I just discovered a secret to cooking biscuits after cooking them for many years.... now I mix the ingredients in a food processor, not a bowl, and just spread the 'batter' out with my hands, don't roll it flat with a rolling pin-that's what makes them dense and puck-like.
Who the heck said this? I loved this advice! Thank you so much anonymous! I will try it out when my hubby buys me a food processor. :)
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