dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:19:49 AM UTC-10, A Moose in Love wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 11:13:57 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 11:08:45 AM UTC-5, A Moose in Love wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I know exactly what you're thinking about. It's too white for that.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> I'm glad you didn't take offense.
>
> Well I sure do take offense. After all, that's my sperm you're talking about!
>

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