On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 9:34:12 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> > ===
> >
> > Â* That looks nice.
> >
> I can't tell what the heck it is.
>
> Jill

Pancakes with some godawful white goo on them. I know dsi1
mentioned once what they use on pancakes on his rock, but
it has mercifully passed from my memory.

Cindy Hamilton