Subj : Scones was: Road Tripping
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Oct 06 2024 15:44:20

Hi Dave,

 DD> No, it wasn't Chimney Rock. I think that was the "Dirty Dancing"
 DD> town, IIRC. It was another whose name I have senior momented. I'd
 DD> have known Chimney Rock. Whatecer, it's a mess.

 RH> Lake Lure was the "Dirty Dancing" lake/town, stand in for the
 RH> Catskills. The dam in that area was (that) far from giving out; it
 RH> didn't but there was a lot of debris in the lake from upstream. That
 RH> area is going to take years to recover.

 DD> As will the roads and power infrastructure. We had torren tial rains
 DD> a couple days ago that were caused by the system that had been helene.
 DD> There were "Flash Flood" alerts - but no flooding except a couple of
 DD> atreets due to inadequate storm sewers. Even all the railroad viaducts
 DD> drained properly and didn't fill with water - for a change.

Dodged a bullet with that one. Looks like MIlton will miss us but the
coastal areas will get wet. Other storms out in the ocean look to be
"fish storms".

 DD>      8<----- SNIP ----->8

 DD> MMMMM--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
 DD>       1 lb Good quality semi-sweet
 DD>            - chocolate; chopped
 DD>       1 ts Peppermint extract; to
 DD>            - taste

 RH> I'd use half vanilla, half peppermint extract in the cookie part to
 RH> ramp up the mint taste. (G)

 DD> Good idea. Here's a scone recipe that just fell into my clutches and
 DD> looks line biscuits. These may just jump onto my "round tuit" list.

 DD>       Title: Potato Pete's Potato Scones
 DD>  Categories: Breads, Potatoes, Vegetables, Chocolate
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings


 RH> Now those do look more like scones, tho scones usually don't have
 RH> filling. Clotted cream or jam arre the traditional British toppings.

 DD> Never had clotted cream in my 82 years. Jam - that's a whole 'nother
 DD> sory.  Bv)=  I do note, though, that most of the pixtures of scones
 DD> I've seen are of a triangular pastry. The "Potato Pete's" look ore
 DD> like my
 DD> Dad's biscuits.

 DD> Here's a biscuit mix/recipe I've done several times. I'm not as good
 DD> as Dad was - but they're not hockey pucks and are quite edible, if I
 DD> do say it myself.

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: Whole Wheat Biscuit Mix - BHG
 DD>  Categories: Breads
 DD>       Yield: 48 Servings

 DD>       6 c  A-P flour *
 DD>       4 c  Whole wheat flour *
 DD>     1/3 c  Baking powder
 DD>     1/4 c  Sugar
 DD>       2 ts Salt
 DD>       2 c  Lard or Crisco shortening

Looks similar to the one I've made a number of times but I use all whole
wheat flour (only 8 cups), no sugar and add about a cup and a half of
powdered milk. There are a number of similar versions out there; my
recipe comes from the La Leche League, International cookbook, "Whole
Foods For The Whole Family".







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Catch you later,
Ruth
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