I'm back in the kitchen today!
Up very early so baked fresh
Southern Buttermilk Biscuits.
One each with a fresh farm egg and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
Scrumptious way to start a sunless morning.
Yesterday the rains come down so hard there was extremely serious flooding
which, very sadly, caused seven deaths across North Carolina.
We look out now on a saturated garden with soggy leaves clogging pathways,
the back deck, the road. Thankfully dry, sunny, though cooler days are ahead
for about a week. Drying out will happen, the neighborhood will buzz again
with noisy leaf blowers, and the colorful trees will gradually shed their
remaining leaves and take on the bareness of winter.
I'm wondering how this winter will be.
Here in the southeast we never know what to expect.
I'm hoping for some snow, especially at Christmastime.
Not piles requiring a lot of heavy work - we're too old for that now.
Just a dusting now and then, with perhaps a few inches just once
in a while so the housebound kiddies can get out with their sleds,
build a snowman. . . . . . . and let off steam with a friendly
snowball fight!
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Your biscuits look great! We had Eta here as a Cat 1. A lot of rain and wind gusts up to 70MPH. Today is sunny!
ReplyDeleteDried up a bit yesterday - cold night - but this morning is sunny. High today at 63F will be perfect for me!
DeleteLooks scrumptious Mary - are the Southern Buttermilk Biscuits similar to our scones? I like your idea of popping an egg in the middle of them whilst they are still warm and then enjoying them for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI hate soggy wet days, but know that yours don't last long, and that the sun quickly returns to beam down on you again.
Rosemary, they aren't scones, much lighter with fluffy layers from the very cold butter pieces and buttermilk. My recipe makes a lovely crisp top and bottom - great right from the oven, however I actually like them best after they've been frozen, then defrosted and popped in the toaster! I try to always keep a stash in the freezer.
DeleteWhat? no jam and cream???
ReplyDeleteHave the jam, but no clotted cream sadly!
DeleteI always hope for some snow around Christmas, too. It seems to add to the festive feeling, and goodness knows we need all the cheer we can get this year. Your biscuits look so good, Mary! I hope your soggy ground dries out quickly.
ReplyDeleteYes, crispy on the outside biscuits so good on a miserable damp morning!
DeleteHope you get some snow later for the holidays.
Your biscuits look yummy! I made cornbread last night.
ReplyDeleteI'm not in any hurry for snow, but a little bit at Christmas would be nice.
Bet you get some snow Melanie - us, not sure. Last winter only one very lig receipht fall here.
DeleteDo you have a good from scratch cornbread recipe?
Dearest Mary,
ReplyDeleteThat is magazine worthy such a photo and it no doubt created a smile on your husband's face and yours; after sitting down for your home baked breakfast!
The weather in the South East can be cruel at times... We had the rain earlier than you did.
Hugs,
Mariette
Some days we just need to get up and getting moving despite the negatives surrounding us. The kitchen is a type of refuge I suppose - good tasting things early in the morning are a positive I feel.
DeleteI love snow around Christmas too Mary, but I don't want as much as we used to get in Quebec...so far we are still in fall here, I'm very pleased! Your biscuits look yummy! :)
ReplyDeleteYour biscuits sure look tasty. I had some this morning as well but I hate to say that cooking for myself only now I did not go through the trouble of making them from scratch – I used a refrigerated biscuit tube from the grocery store – but they were good with pepper country sausage gravy – the only problem is that I forgot the sorghum syrup in my house in Atlanta – oh well I’ll go back there soon. We are slowly getting cooler weather here in Nashville – slowly is good.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and I saw a dozen or so electric utility trucks from New Brunswick, Canada heading south on I-95 today. We thought they must be heading down to help with power outages. Glad that it was not worse than torrential rains. I'd like to take one of those biscuits and enjoy it with tea and marmalade.
ReplyDeleteDear Mary,
ReplyDeleteWhen bisquits look this good they have to be delicious. We had a good snow storm last week but little is left. We welcome whatever we can get after four months of no rain.
Those biscuits look amazingly delicious!! A sprinkling now and then of snow would be OK here too. Right now the sprinkling is the final leaves from trees.
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