If it didn't have calories, right now I would eat...

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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    edited December 2023
    What are those? Cream puffs?

    Biscuits.

    Lots of biscuits.

    A cream puff looks more like these:

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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    I can skip the cream puffs anyway. I am not that interested in sweets. Give me savory food or lots of bread. But since it's Hanukkah, maybe some sufganiyot are in order.

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  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,666 Member
    edited December 2023
    mtaratoot wrote: »
    Corina1143 wrote: »
    Those pies look so good! So pretty! So holidays festive!
    But I guess it's food porn to me. I love to look but I have no desire to touch. Somehow the actual taste is just disappointing to me. Give me a steak and salad any day.
    But I still love to look. Please keep posting!


    Steak and salad?

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    Drooling!
    That first salad--I want it now!! With a biscuit.
    Maybe later one of those soup filled bread bowls.
    While I enjoy pretty pictures of, but have no desire to eat, cream puffs.
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,519 Member
    edited December 2023
    mtaratoot wrote: »
    What are those? Cream puffs?

    Biscuits.

    Lots of biscuits.

    A cream puff looks more like these:

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    Sorry. Not meaning to diss your biscuits. I’m in the Deep South. We take ours soft, perfectly round, and floury flat tops.

    No bis-diss intended, creampuff. 😂
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    mtaratoot wrote: »
    What are those? Cream puffs?

    Biscuits.

    Lots of biscuits.

    A cream puff looks more like these:

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    Sorry. Not meaning to diss your biscuits. I’m in the Deep South. We take ours soft, perfectly round, and floury flat tops.

    No bis-diss intended, creampuff. 😂

    I grew up in the deep south. Probably not far from where you are. We had all different kind of biscuits. From time to time I'll make some. They don't last long. A few tricks I learned:
    • Chill the butter before cutting it into the flour. That keeps the pieces bigger. The heat of cutting into the flour can melt it.
    • You can put the flour and butter back in the refrigerator a while to also keep those little gems cold for when you fold up the dough.
    • I like buttermilk as the liquid.
    • Fold the dough over, then pat it some. Fold it again 90 degrees and pat it some more. Keep this up. It makes all the layers.
    • If you cut round biscuits, use a sharp cutter and do not turn it while you cut. That can seal up the sides and keep 'em from rising right.
    • You can cut them into squares, but first cut off all the outside edges with a sharp knife. Square biscuits are better than I thought they would be.
    • Put them close together on the pan without crowding. As they rise, they help each other grow tall.
    • Don't forget to eat 'em hot from the oven with fresh butter. Give some to neighbors or I'll eat all of 'em.

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    Of course all that's for cut biscuits. Drop biscuits are a whole other thing, and I don't have much experience making 'em

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,519 Member
    Square biscuits. I can sincerely say, never heard of ‘em, never thought about it. Seems like sacrilege, somehow.

    Drop biscuits…..Bisquick. 👍🏻
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,519 Member
    Darn you. Guess what I’ve added to the dinner menu……
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    Square biscuits. I can sincerely say, never heard of ‘em, never thought about it. Seems like sacrilege, somehow.

    Drop biscuits…..Bisquick. 👍🏻


    No Bisquick in my house. Thank you very much. That said, I have used it on raft trips in a Dutch Oven because... super easy to make a crust for a dessert or breakfast.

    Square biscuits. Yeah. I was skeptical. I tried them a year or two ago. I was impressed. You need a sharp knife. If you do it right, they all rise evenly and are pretty good. A few recipes:

    https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bas-best-buttermilk-biscuits
    https://www.bonappetit.com/story/square-biscuits
    https://myyearwithchris.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/ultimate-flaky-buttermilk-biscuits/

    Now I reckon I need to go get some more buttermilk. The second batch of cornbread I made was better than the first; I was just practicing for New Years, and I've got it dialed again. I need to make a slightly larger batch now though since I found a nice cornbread skillet at a thrift shop. Now I have two of those and two corn stick pans. My normal one batch needs just a little more volume to fill 'em all up. They are surprisingly different although they all have plenty of tasty edges. I think over time I started adding more wheat flour to my mix, and I reduced that again. Much better. I also skipped the polenta and reduced the masa. Oh. Yeah. I added a can of Hatch green chiles, and instead of greasing the cast iron with butter, I used some bacon grease I still had in the fridge. Not for vegetarians, but... that's the ticket.

    But I won't be shopping again until I know I'm healthy enough not to be contagious.


  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,666 Member
    edited December 2023
    Bisquick is for dumplings. Self-rising flour is for biscuits. (I make my own). You can make just one. Equal parts flour and whipping cream. Adjust for consistency. Throw away the rest of the cream or use it for something else now, or else you know you'll be right back in the kitchen making another one. Fold as mtaratoot explained. Cut off all edges for better rise. Bake. Enjoy 😉
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
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  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    edited December 2023
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  • history_grrrl
    history_grrrl Posts: 216 Member
    edited December 2023
    The University of Wisconsin’s legendary fudge bottom pie.

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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
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  • zebasschick
    zebasschick Posts: 1,069 Member
    if it didn't have calories, right now i'd eat the other half of the cheesecake/mousse cake in the fridge. instead i have 1/16 of it a time LOL
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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  • NotGvnUp_EJ
    NotGvnUp_EJ Posts: 65 Member
    Nothing, I just ate and have no cravings:)
  • lzedaker22
    lzedaker22 Posts: 1 Member
    Carbs. All the carbs in all the ways. I’ve cut back a bit and eat more lean proteins, vegetables and fruit…but man, something as simple as angel hair pasta tossed in olive oil and spices…yum. I could eat it by the pound.
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    Nothing, I just ate and have no cravings:)

    Well, that's no fun. Sorry to hear that you can't imagine the idea of digging in to something delicious like tomato and cheese pie. Mmmmm.

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  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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  • history_grrrl
    history_grrrl Posts: 216 Member
    if it didn't have calories, right now i'd eat the other half of the cheesecake/mousse cake in the fridge. instead i have 1/16 of it a time LOL
    Oh, yes! I know all about those tiny slivers.
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    Maybe something from the ocean....


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  • 12tonilyn
    12tonilyn Posts: 3 Member
    If I had no calories I would eat fruit 🍎

  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,302 Member
    12tonilyn wrote: »
    If I had no calories I would eat fruit 🍎

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  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
    12tonilyn wrote: »
    If I had no calories I would eat fruit 🍎

    Fruit? Why not eat now? I guess yes it can add up depending on fruit...
    If it didn't have calories I would eat copious amounts of Medrool Dates, Turkish figs, soft dried persimmons, dried pears, mango....apple chipsma2h109xd5es.jpg
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  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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