On 12/5/2019 9:31 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1"Â* wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 12:48:49 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:56:02 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 12:37:42 PM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> > > On 2019-12-04 2:59 p.m., wrote:
>> > > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 4:50:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy
>> Hamilton > > > wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 5:11:43 PM UTC-5, > > >>
>> wrote:
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Do they not offer a self-rising cornmeal?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I've never seen the point in self-rising anything.Â* I have
>> baking > > >> powder
>> > > >> and baking soda.Â* It's the work of a few seconds to add it to
>> the > > >> other
>> > > >> dry ingredients.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> What do you do when non-self-rising is called for?Â* Stock both
>> > > >> kinds?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Cindy Hamilton
>> > > >>
>> > > > Well, since I'm not a baker, I don't buy or store non
>> self-rising > > > flour or
>> > > > cornmeal.Â* But why buy and store separate ingredients to add
>> when > > > they're already in flour or cornmeal?Â* That's like buying
>> powdered > > > milk to drink
>> > > > and having to mix it when you can buy milk in a jug at the store.
>> > > > incorporated into either
>> > > >
>> > > I can understand that. I am a baker and I stock SR, cake, AP and
>> bread
>> > > flours as well as baking powder and soda. In the UK, SR flour is >
>> > widely
>> > > available and is in the pantry of every home baker.
>> > > Graham
>> >
>> > I believe you. Self-rising flour was invented in the UK. Why did
>> that > create it? Beats me. It was introduced to the US but mostly it
>> was > embraced by the cooks down South. Why mostly the South? Beats
>> me. OTOH, > the US has its own dry mix product which was introduced in
>> the 1930s - > Bisquick. It was popular even on this rock. I should try
>> SR flour since > I've heard about it for decades.
>>
>> Bisquick already has the fat (partially hydrogenated vegetable
>> shortening)
>> mixed in.Â* It's not the same as self-rising flour.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> I never said that it was the same thing. The idea behind both products
> was to shorten the time that it took to make biscuits. I have a couple
> of dry mix products that I use - a pancake mix and a cornbread mix. As
> it goes, these products work brilliantly. Rest assured that I know it's
> not the same thing as SR flour.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...wEy6KBgKPkRuPU
>
>
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>
> Â* That looks nice.
>
I can't tell what the heck it is.

Jill