So I *finally* found a shortening that N can eat and he was willing to try it. I think to myself, he's almost never had biscuits, let's do that! So I found the Good Eats Ma Mae's biscuit recipe. Now I am up for trying variations - all purpose flour instead of soft wheat, drop instead of rolled - but I like to do a recipe as close as I can the first time for a reference point.
I go to my local grocery store to find a biscuit cutter. None. Okay, maybe my local Whole Foods - no go. next stop grocery stores around my work - no, nope and don't carry those. Okay, I think, perhaps I need to go to a Bed Bath and Beyond. They have everything. 3 regular BB&Bs and the main BB&B distribution center later, Nothing. At best they had heart shaped and star shaped cookie cutters. I do research online for what Williams-Sonoma and Sur la Table would have. WS will have them - in late Feburary. Oh, Come On!
I mean a simple 2" biscuit cutter. Usually part of a set of circular cutters of varying diameter. I have seen the "giant cupcake" mold, "Build a Bear" mold, and electric contraptions to do everything there is to do in the kitchen. But no circular cutters. Is LA so isolated from such basic baking that they don't have this simple tool? Apparently so. I'm going to Amazon to get what I need and am starting to wonder if that should be my first stop in the future.
I go to my local grocery store to find a biscuit cutter. None. Okay, maybe my local Whole Foods - no go. next stop grocery stores around my work - no, nope and don't carry those. Okay, I think, perhaps I need to go to a Bed Bath and Beyond. They have everything. 3 regular BB&Bs and the main BB&B distribution center later, Nothing. At best they had heart shaped and star shaped cookie cutters. I do research online for what Williams-Sonoma and Sur la Table would have. WS will have them - in late Feburary. Oh, Come On!
I mean a simple 2" biscuit cutter. Usually part of a set of circular cutters of varying diameter. I have seen the "giant cupcake" mold, "Build a Bear" mold, and electric contraptions to do everything there is to do in the kitchen. But no circular cutters. Is LA so isolated from such basic baking that they don't have this simple tool? Apparently so. I'm going to Amazon to get what I need and am starting to wonder if that should be my first stop in the future.