I just couldn’t help myself on this repost. For those of you who have checked out my content under “The Arts of Culinary School” category on this blog, you know that my big cooking day is on Friday. You also know that what I cook on Friday provides a really big meal that will take a family of 5 through the entire weekend. The outcome of putting in a full day’s work of kitchen madness is well worth the effort. And, I get to make scrumptious items like angel biscuits to accompany a hearty home cooked meal.
As a matter of fact, this past weekend I managed to throw together some homemade chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, cooked cabbage, strawberry cake with vanilla ice cream, and of course, angel biscuits to cap everything off. I made angel biscuits for the first time on December 27, 2018 (as part of a 30-day challenge I was participating in) and I’ve never regretted putting its recipe to work in my collection of culinary artwork. In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure I’ve managed to make these biscuits at least twice a month since.
The wonderful thing about cooking big is left-overs. Yesterday, I still had about a meal’s worth of biscuits left over from the weekend. So, I decided to repurpose them and use them as buns to make the best mini burgers ever. Take a look at my first time experience with a recipe that has become an adopted and adored family heirloom. What old-timey buried treasures have you been able to come across, dust off, and incorporate into your current timeline?
Day 19 of the 30-Day Challenge: Procrastination Station
Task: To make angel biscuits (scrumptious buttermilk biscuits) from a recipe that my Grandma clipped out of her hometown newspaper decades ago.
Reason for Task: So, the reason this task came to life is not really due to procrastination on my part. It’s actually the result of my Mom coming across this phenomenal recipe for angel biscuits that was packed away in a box. It was actually among my Grandma’s (Mom’s Mom) belongings, some of which have made residence in my Mom’s home after my Grandma’s passing. Here’s a lesson to all of you out there that have an aversion to holding onto sentimental items of loved ones: you never know what buried treasures may come to the surface and end up providing such joy to others after being hidden for so many years. This was the case with the angel biscuit recipe.
One day my Mom came across the recipe and ended up making the biscuits. She had me try one and immediately I was hooked. All it took was me devouring one of those fluffy, buttery delights. Then, I was asking to borrow the recipe, a newspaper clipping in remarkably good shape, considering its age and wear and tear from traveling through the years in less-than-ideal storage conditions.
Duration of Task: 1 day.
Outcome: I kid you not when I say I made one of the best breakfast sandwiches I’ve ever had. How? By making the angel biscuits per the recipe (with the exception of switching out the shortening for organic butter), cutting the biscuit in half, spreading butter on one half and raw honey on the other, slopping some scrambled egg (egg, diced green pepper, sliced white onion, a little salt and pepper) in the middle of each biscuit half, and topping the scrambled egg with slices of mild cheddar cheese. The breakfast sandwich feast took about 50 minutes from prep to final product with 40 of the minutes belonging to the angel biscuits. All in all, that wasn’t an unreasonable amount of time to spend cooking when I take into consideration that:
- The end result was a dozen yummy breakfast sandwiches, using the angel biscuits as the bread.
- I know the ingredients used to make the breakfast sandwiches because I prepared them myself in the comfort of my home.
- Each family member got at least two filling sandwiches or biscuits if they preferred the biscuit only.
- The home-style breakfast was the fraction of the cost of eating out for five or buying store-bought frozen breakfast sandwiches.
Reflection: You don’t have to sacrifice healthy eating choices for convenience when it comes to food prep and consumption. The Food Industry’s fast food establishments and pre-packaged store items can’t hold a candle to what you can do in your own kitchen. There’s nothing more satisfying than preparing yummy goodness that meets the unique demands of all your family members. It’s amazing how a newspaper recipe, that my Grandma intended to use for her family so many years ago, would end up being such a blessing to mine on this 19th day of my 30-Day Challenge! My Grandma didn’t come up with the recipe, so I can’t claim it as part of our family’s cooking legacy; but this whole angel biscuit experience has that same type of “feel”. However, there is one thing I know I can rightfully claim… my Grandma knew a good thing when she saw it.:)
Quote of the Day (mine): The real deal always trumps the imitation.
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