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Post by CompassRds on Oct 21, 2016 12:02:35 GMT -8
That's it, makin' cathead biscuits this weekend.
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schlanky
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Post by schlanky on Oct 21, 2016 12:06:52 GMT -8
I always heard "cathead" referred to as being the last biscuit in the batch----whatever last bit of dough was leftover at the end and maybe not enough to make a full size biscuit, but you cook it up anyway.
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Post by CompassRds on Oct 21, 2016 12:10:58 GMT -8
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Post by schlanky on Oct 21, 2016 12:26:38 GMT -8
That makes sense, Compass. The way I heard it used must have just been a Perry County thing.
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Post by zeke on Oct 21, 2016 12:27:57 GMT -8
Or like Hush Puppies. Made from the scrap cornbread to quiet the dogs.
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Post by CompassRds on Oct 21, 2016 12:36:30 GMT -8
That makes sense, Compass. The way I heard it used must have just been a Perry County thing.
I think I brought my version of cathead/catshead back from an extended family reunion when I was a teen ...
Not even sure where the particular cousin who made them was from...
I think the reunion was on Topsail Island that year... Wow, it's been awhile. |
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Post by JiminMD on Oct 21, 2016 14:00:07 GMT -8
In Brunswick, GA, there was a small restaurant run by an eclectic old guy. The menu was rarely the same thing two days in a row. I can recall one particular afternoon when I stopped in and he was serving a cornmeal battered fried pork chop sandwich. Being a carb junkie I paired that with his dirty rice and pinto beans and two of his drop biscuits with hot sauce infused melted butter.
Wonder if he's still there, I'm suddenly hungry.
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Post by schlanky on Oct 21, 2016 14:22:43 GMT -8
two of his drop biscuits with hot sauce infused melted butter. Sounds tasty. |
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Post by bluefish on Oct 21, 2016 14:23:20 GMT -8
Pulled pork bbq Kansas City style w/corn bread (not too sweet!), biscuits slathered with butter and homemade blackberry jam for dessert. I've brought corn bread backpacking to have with freezer bag chile. Not UL, but very worthwhile weight.....
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Post by reuben on Oct 21, 2016 14:28:36 GMT -8
Personally, I use a variation of one of the recipes in the Cornbread Gospels (everybody's got their own recipe, dontchaknow?). And yeah, I cook it in a 100 year old Griswold cast iron skillet. |
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Post by CompassRds on Oct 21, 2016 14:40:49 GMT -8
^Love my Griswold roaster. Inherited from grandma. Perfect slow roast pork shoulders every time.^
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Post by reuben on Oct 21, 2016 14:48:18 GMT -8
I've got about a half dozen pieces of Erie/Griswold. They don't make 'em like that any more. Lodge ain't even close.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Oct 21, 2016 14:53:24 GMT -8
I'm another biscuits in the morning, cornbread the rest of the time person.
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Post by crawford on Oct 21, 2016 16:13:43 GMT -8
Alright, all this is bringing back a fine breakfast memory. So, while I might like a biscuit in the morning I've got to share a way to make some mighty fine breakfast cornbread.
Start with left over cornbread from last nights dinner (whatever your favorite style of cornbread is). Cut yourself a few 4" by about 1.5" pieces. Butter them up on the 4 long sides. Get your skillet to medium heat and brown it on all sides. Remove from heat and plate the cornbread, dressing it with Hickory Syrup, apple butter, preserve/jam of your choice, or just sprinkle on a mixture of granulated raw sugar and a little powdered sugar while it is still hot. Serve with a side of bacon and some chicory coffee. Make it for a stranger in the morning and you'll have a best friend by the afternoon.
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Post by mk on Oct 21, 2016 20:54:44 GMT -8
As long as butter and honey are involved, does it really matter?
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