"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 12:53:09 PM UTC-10, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 10:33:28 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 5:23:00 AM UTC-10, 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" 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. I have
> > > > >> baking > > >> powder
> > > > >> > > >> and baking soda. 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? Stock
> > > > >> > > >> both
> > > > >> > > >> kinds?
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > > > >> > > >>
> > > > >> > > > Well, since I'm not a baker, I don't buy or store non
> > > > >> self-rising > > > flour or
> > > > >> > > > cornmeal. But why buy and store separate ingredients to
> > > > >> > > > add
> > > > >> when > > > they're already in flour or cornmeal? 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. 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ===
> > > > >
> > > > > 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
> >
> > Blueberry pancakes with coconut syrup is too hard for your brain to
> > process?
> > What are you - some kind of commie pinko *******? That Hawaiian Sun
> > coconut
> > syrup is pretty tasty and as an added bonus, it contains a hefty dose of
> > TiO2! OTOH, for you boring/unimaginative types, I can also make plain
> > pancakes so you don't have to pitch a fit.
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...5Y2zY0MTBmGzp0
> >
> > ===
> >
> > I would prefer them with the topping you showed in your previous
> > pic)
>
> At the risk of creating a riot, I confess to making macaroni and cheese
> pancakes. God forgive me!
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...5Y2zY0MTBmGzp0

Oops - wrong picture!

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...AI7zC-ELCKeRDa

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Ok I didn't realise that because they are something I have never seen)