On Apr 9, 3:37*am, Benji Z-Man > wrote:
> On 09/04/10 16:05, dsi1 wrote:
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> > On 4/8/2010 7:52 PM, Benji Z-Man wrote:
> >> On 09/04/10 14:39, dsi1 wrote:
> >>> On Apr 8, 5:55 pm, > wrote:
> >>>> ,---- [ Old-Fashioned Biscuits ]
> >>>> |
> >>>> | Just like Grandma used to make
> >>>> |
> >>>> | Ingredients:
> >>>> | 2 c Arrowhead Mills Unbleached White Flour
> >>>> | 1 tsp aluminum-free baking powder
> >>>> | 1/2 tsp Hain Pure Foods Sea Salt
> >>>> | 6 Tbsp cold butter
> >>>> | 1 c Unsweetened WestSoy Soymilk
> >>>> |
> >>>> `----
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> >>>> When I think of "grandma's biscuits", I don't think of soy milk. I
> >>>> think
> >>>> of buttermilk or plain milk, at least. The funniest part is that, of
> >>>> course, they want you to use Arrowhead Mills flour, Hain salt, and
> >>>> WestSoy
> >>>> soy milk, all of which are made by "The Hain Celestial Group, Inc."
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> >>>> Both of these pages have "The Hain Celestial Group, Inc." on the
> >>>> bottom of
> >>>> their pages:
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> >>>>http://www.arrowheadmills.com/recipe...ioned-biscuits
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> >>>>http://www.westsoy.biz/products/unsweetened.php
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> >>>> A grass-flavored biscuit is not something I'm even willing to try. I
> >>>> know
> >>>> we all feel free to substitute whatever we want in recipes, but to me,
> >>>> suggesting the use of soy milk in a recipe for biscuits is a laughable
> >>>> attempt at getting another dollar in sales for their products, and
> >>>> referring to it with the "Just like Grandma used to make" line is
> >>>> hilarious.
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> >>>> Damaeus
> >>>> --
> >>>> "Marijuana leads to homosexuality ... and therefore to AIDS."
> >>>> White House Drug Czar Carlton Turner 1986
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> >>> Hopefully, they're kidding about the "just like grandma used to make."
> >>> OTOH, the Chinese restaurant down the street makes a soy milk custard
> >>> that you'd swear was made of the freshest cream - no grass taste at
> >>> all. If this is possible, then one might be able to make a great
> >>> biscuit without milk.
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> >> I hope not. I'm allergic to soya >_>
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> > I'm lactose intolerant - I guess that makes us even. :-)
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> Yeah, I feel sorry for you ^^U You can't have chocolate. I can't have
> most asian foods.
A. Dark chocolate has no lactose.
B. Milk chocolate had VERY LITTLE lactose, such that most folks with
lactose intolerance can tolerate a certain amount, and if you swallow
a Lactaid first, then no problem at all.
--Bryan