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| Buttermilk Biscuit mix |
Biscuits
have been a staple of the Southern United States cuisine for many years and are
often made with buttermilk. Before the American Civil War, biscuits
emerged as an inexpensive addition to meals. Traditionally served as a
side dish with butter, they are also served at breakfast with molasses, light
sugarcane syrup, maple syrup, sorghum syrup, honey, jam or jelly or as a
breakfast sandwich. This sturdier bread product soon became popular as
people realized it absorbed the gravy on their plate better than plain
bread. Soon a new family favorite, biscuits and gravy, was created. Alexander P. Ashbourne patented
the first biscuit cutter in 1875. Supermarkets offer canned
biscuits which are refrigerated until ready to be baked. In 1931, Ballard and
Ballard patented these refrigerator biscuits.
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day is
observed each year in the United States on May 14. However, National Biscuit
Day is May 29 and the day is based off how much chitter-chatter and buzz there
was on May 29, 2015 across social media making references to Biscuit Day. WhatNationalDayIsIt.com’s algorithms examine all of the references to National Days across social media and updates WhatNationalDayIsIt.com hourly. Their crowdsourcing of data method to assess the National Biscuit Day was used as opposed to being connected with any Government sanctioned lists.
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| Virginia Country Breakfast |
Biscuits are made using baking powder or baking soda as a leavening agent
rather than yeast. A typical buttermilk
biscuit recipe contains flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, butter,
and buttermilk. They are often referred to as a “quick bread”, indicating
they do not need time to rise before baking. While being made, the dough is
beaten and folded to incorporate air, which expands while baking, causing the
biscuit to rise.
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| Ham and Biscuits |
There are two days to celebrate biscuits in May, but we don’t need an excuse to
enjoy them any day of the year. Our Biscuit section includes make your own
biscuit mix , some ready to bake sweet potato and cream cheese biscuits, some biscuits with country ham and
some ham and biscuit gifts.
