The southern biscuit's nearest living relative is the "Soft" biscuit of N.E. Scotland.
Double acting baking powders react once when wet, then again when hot.
Aluminum conducts heat half as good as copper and twice as good as steel.
Today's buttermilk is made by adding special bacterias to low fat or nonfat milk.
Vegetable shortening is produced by hydrogenizing soy bean and cotton seed oils.
Alton Brown: Making biscuits is like playing rock 'n roll. You only need three chords and a lot of volume.
Alton Brown: How did yours turn out, Ma Mae? Ma Mae: Perfect like always. Alton Brown: So did mine. Ma Mae: When did yours get to be perfect? Alton Brown: So, what do we put on the perfect southern biscuit? Ma Mae: You put butter. Alton Brown: Well, I don't know. We've got some jam, some preserves, some sausage, bacon, ... Ma Mae: Well, so what? Just ... Alton Brown: Butter. Ma Mae: Butter. Alton Brown: I'm with ya.
This episode is also included in the Flour Power (Volume 9) DVD.
The Dough Also Rises The title refers to Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises."
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