Any Home Bakers Here?

[cmom]

I've ben MIA from this thread for a long time

but I signed on today and am already cracking up over the biscuit discrepancies on each side of the pond. I'm no expert, but I always thought what Americans call biscuits, the English call crumpets & what the English call biscuits, the Americans call cookies. I thought scones were an entirely different thing, more like a rolled, filled pastry, but again I'm not entirely clear on any of it.

My question today is; Does anybody have any experience baking with Agave nectar and/or Sucanat? I noticed they've got the Agave in bulk at my Costco & I've heard its 25% sweeter than honey & a much lower glycemic index than cane sugar. I have been looking at some recipes & it seems you have to mess with the liquid content & sweeten to taste. It all seems very inexact. Has anybody tried it & if so, what do you think?

I make scones but I mix the fruit in the batter and with my hands I flatten it out somewhat and take a pizza cutter and cut the scone into squares and bake them on parchment paper. Some people roll them out in a pie shape and cut them into like pie slices. I have done it both ways.

 

[cmom]

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That looks yummy...

 

[appps]

We have crumpets, we call them English Muffins. We can buy them precooked too. I really enjoy them.

We have English muffins too. Do you guys have bacon and egg McMuffins at McDonalds? Those are English muffins


We pour gravy over our meat and veges. I can't think of a bread product we would pour it over (ewe lol). We might wipe the gravy off the plate at the end with a regular bread roll but that's about it.

Didn't know Italians call sauce gravy. How funny!

 

[ronott1]

We have English muffins too. Do you guys have bacon and egg McMuffins at McDonalds? Those are English muffins
We pour gravy over our meat and veges. I can't think of a bread product we would pour it over (ewe lol). We might wipe the gravy off the plate at the end with a regular bread roll but that's about it.

Didn't know Italians call sauce gravy. How funny!

Did I post the sourdough english muffin recipe!

....I did!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/921333/any-home-bakers-here/2130#post_15801595

I love these!

 

[room onthebroom]

Did I post the sourdough english muffin recipe!

....I did!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/921333/any-home-bakers-here/2130#post_15801595

I love these!

Excellent! I love english muffins, but they're a little pricey. looking forward to trying these!

 

[User395221]

I can't think of a bread product we would pour it over (ewe lol). We might wipe the gravy off the plate at the end with a regular bread roll but that's about it.

I make dumplings with scone dough. They are yummy with the sauce/gravy from the casserole underneath. It isn't poured over because it'd go soggy, but it's nice together.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

We have crumpets, we call them English Muffins. We can buy them precooked too. I really enjoy them.

We have English muffins too. Do you guys have bacon and egg McMuffins at McDonalds? Those are English muffins


We pour gravy over our meat and veges. I can't think of a bread product we would pour it over (ewe lol). We might wipe the gravy off the plate at the end with a regular bread roll but that's about it.

Didn't know Italians call sauce gravy. How funny!

Yeah I misspoke, we have the English muffins and the biscuits they make them both into sandwiches. We also have the crumpets, they are just harder to find.

The gravy over bread is a rural thing. Just like chicken fried steak, biscuits and gravy are old-fashioned comfort foods. They are two of my DH favorite foods, so I serve them alot. Growing up, when dad had to cook for us he always made us SOS (Sh%& on shingles) it is a milk/flour gravy with ground beef or sausage mixed in and served over toast. It is what they served often in the mess halls for troops.

 

[User395221]

biscuits and gravy

How is the gravy made? As appps said, we tend to only call meat gravy "gravy", ie browned flour, usually in meat fat left over from a roast or frying something for a casserole, with liquid (lots of meat juices, also water or stock) added and reduced. Milk-based "gravies" we tend to call "sauces" instead of gravy..... How is the gravy served with biscuits made? Is it a meat-based gravy?

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

biscuits and gravy 

How is the gravy made?  As appps said, we tend to only call meat gravy "gravy", ie browned flour, usually in meat fat left over from a roast or frying something for a casserole, with liquid (lots of meat juices, also water or stock) added and reduced.  Milk-based "gravies" we tend to call "sauces" instead of gravy.....  How is the gravy served with biscuits made?  Is it a meat-based gravy? 

We call both "gravy" Usually I fry up the ground beef then mix flour, seasonings, water, and milk and pour that over the hamburger and boil to reduce/ thicken. I think some make the gravy seperate without the beef grease and then add the hamburger later, makes a whiter gravy.

 

[room onthebroom]

How is the gravy made? As appps said, we tend to only call meat gravy "gravy", ie browned flour, usually in meat fat left over from a roast or frying something for a casserole, with liquid (lots of meat juices, also water or stock) added and reduced. Milk-based "gravies" we tend to call "sauces" instead of gravy..... How is the gravy served with biscuits made? Is it a meat-based gravy?

I make gravy for rice or mashed potatoes with a butter/flour roux & broth & lots of seasonings. If I want to do a breakfast biscuits & gravy I make it the same as the rice gravy, but with a little less broth & I add a decent amount of milk & extra black pepper. As a vegetarian, I don't put sausage in mine, but my DH & kids often crumble vegi sausage into theirs. We serve it with crumbled up boiled eggs, everything piled in & mixed up together. I agree with OrganicFarmWife that its the ultimate in comfort food. My dad also made us SOS... Our dads must have been in the navy together. Lol!