On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 10:23:00 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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

I'm a vulgarian, so I don't think you would like to think what I think about the topping. I really like vulgar humour, although if I continued with this post, I'd probably be banned from here.