Cooking
Shortening
The term shortening includes fat of any kind that is used in pastry, doughs and batters. Any clean, sweet fat may be used. The best known and most commonly used are butter, solid vegetable fats, margarine, salad and cooking oil, lard and drippings. In general they may be used interchangeably for "shortening" in a recipe, remembering the difference in flavor, and that since some contain more water than others more fat is needed to give the same shortening quality.
The Victory Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book; Wartime Edition---published 1943
I may be Northern born & raised, but these days I can make biscuits like a true Southern girl.
With buttermilk left over from a cake I made not long ago, these slightly salty & flaky biscuits rounded out a good & hearty breakfast.
Flour, baking soda & powder, salt, shortening & of course, buttermilk. Mixed & formed with a light & gentle hand.
Baked about ten minutes in a very hot oven, topped with Irish butter & grape thyme jelly, and served with cheesy eggs & a peppery bacon (for Matt), it doesn't get much better than this.
We're cranking up the flavor for this month's Blog Party; it's time to Spice it Up!
Hope to see you there.
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Cooking
Wartime Wednesdays: Buttermilk Biscuit Breakfast
Shortening
The term shortening includes fat of any kind that is used in pastry, doughs and batters. Any clean, sweet fat may be used. The best known and most commonly used are butter, solid vegetable fats, margarine, salad and cooking oil, lard and drippings. In general they may be used interchangeably for "shortening" in a recipe, remembering the difference in flavor, and that since some contain more water than others more fat is needed to give the same shortening quality.
The Victory Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book; Wartime Edition---published 1943
I may be Northern born & raised, but these days I can make biscuits like a true Southern girl.
With buttermilk left over from a cake I made not long ago, these slightly salty & flaky biscuits rounded out a good & hearty breakfast.
Flour, baking soda & powder, salt, shortening & of course, buttermilk. Mixed & formed with a light & gentle hand.
Baked about ten minutes in a very hot oven, topped with Irish butter & grape thyme jelly, and served with cheesy eggs & a peppery bacon (for Matt), it doesn't get much better than this.
We're cranking up the flavor for this month's Blog Party; it's time to Spice it Up!
Hope to see you there.
- Wartime Wednesdays: Coffee Cake
A sample menu for trying times. You know, war time, shortages...hmmm; maybe this is more timely than I thought! Wednesday BREAKFAST Grapefruit Juice Omelet Toast, Dried Fruit Jam Milk, Coffee * LUNCH Boston Baked Beans Carrot Sticks Brown Bread Canned...
- Wartime Wednesday: Egg & Bacon Cornbread Breakfast Sandwich
Simple Menus Breakfast Strawberries with CreamBaked PearsCorn FlakesFrench ToastGraham MuffinsMaple SyrupCoffee MilkCoffee Milk Stewed ApricotsSliced OrangesCorn-meal MushScrambled Eggs & BaconButtered Toast ToastCoffee MilkCoffee Milk...
- Wartime Wednesdays: Baking Soda Buckwheat Cakes
MENU MAKING Although it is desirable that each meal should be well selected, the food for the entire day is the real measure of good nutrition. The food-selection chart should be used to determine the types of food to be selected. The art of combining...
- The 4 W's Of Wartime Wednesdays: Who, What, Where And Why
During the summer of '06, my father-in-law continued his clearinghouse, and Matt and I found ourselves on the receiving end of a number of serving dishes, jelly jars, and cookbooks. One of these cookbooks was The Victory Binding of the American Woman's...
- Retro Breakfast: Gingerbread
Another another recipe from this book, a nice, old-fashioned, Gingerbread cake. Flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger and salt mixed together, with a bit of shortening cut in till crumbly. Set some aside, and to the rest mix in egg, molasses,...