mikalyn_21

My grandmother makes the best buttermilk biscuits I’ve ever tasted. We called them cat-head biscuits growing up because of the shape of each biscuit as they were pulled out of the cast iron skillet she baked them in. They are drop biscuits, made with whole butter milk (bavarian style), oil and flour. I don’t think she has ever measured an ingredient in them a day in her life, but they are always a consistently irresistable stable at her breakfast or supper table. I’ve watcher her make these things a hundred times or more. Sifting flower, welling her ingredients and expertly crafting each biscuit by hand as she yells at kids in the other room or gabs about her day. She was hardly looking at what she was doing but she never missed a beat.
I, on the other hand, have been trying to make these same biscuits since I was about 12 with varying levels of success. From the hockey pucks of my formative years to the close-but-no-cigar replicas of late. Alas, I persist and I recently made her buttermilk biscuits for my cousin, sister, and their families. I used melted butter instead of oil, AP flour with added leavening, and of course whole buttermilk. They were…. ok, I thought, a really great biscuit but not quite the warm, delicate, crispy and slightly tangy biscuits of my childhood.
They were a hit among spouses and children that didn’t grow up on Granny’s cooking. But of the two votes that counted; my cousin says the biscuits aren’t like Granny’s (he’s right) and my sister says I’m really close. Still trying.

Made the decision and hired the attorney last week. He shook my hand took my money and handed me a packet of paperwork that is supposedly going to set me free. Seems like a nice man, and said that my situation was a simple one, so fingers crossed this process will be effective and liberating.

I accomplished this on Jan. 20 2009, my official quit date. I acutally quit a few days prior, but gave myself some leeway. I haven’t touch a cigarette since, and I am feeling better everyday. Tempting moments are few and far between, and usually diet related. As long as I’m not hungry or over-eating (prior triggers) I am nic free! Waiting for the 3, and 6 month milestones. I’ll keep you posted!