I made some bread, got unbanned, am drinking and listening to 10 hours of the hamster dance. But here's Gizmo in my dirty sink.

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (18 children)

My bread usually sucks but today I made two. A plain one the wife and I ate, and one with Everything but the Bagel seasoning. The plain one was delicious. The other one was for my father but I didn't see him for Father's Day.

Normally we get him old scotch but we're saving for a road trip. I mean hell, we ate bread for dinner. What was that book about Pip and the criminal? They ate bread and butter. I did make a honey butter blend, that was tasty.

I'll see him later today and give it to him. His mother used to make homemade bread and my Mom is like fuck that noise. I don't blame her, bread is hard. But I thought he'd like it and it's way cheaper than good scotch.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

Ok, well if you're making bread anyway you have to try these:

https://sugarspunrun.com/easy-homemade-biscuits/

It works well with slightly diluted half and half, if you're feeling fancy. Salted butter, 2 tsp salt instead of the one-- flavorless biscuits are a sin. They're good plain, but if you add in maybe 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 4 oz of finely shredded seriously sharp Cabot cheese. Possibly something else, but I'm bouncing around on around 2 braincells right now and most recipes that I alter are just grandma-style where it's random piches and handfuls of whatever I'm feeling at the time.

Edit: Don't fuck with the dough too much. Get it together, fold it over 4-5 times, and roll it out to about 1/2 inch. Use a sharp knife and just slice out the biscuits that way.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks, I love biscuits!

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

It might have been 2 oz of the cheese. I was thinking about the size of the block and the thought struck me. 4 oz might leave you and your wife not able to shit for a few days, and overly cheesy.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I specifically eat a lot of cheese bc of IBS. Foods that slow me up are good.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

White Lily Unbleached Self Rising Flour, 5-lb bag

Just arrived yesterday, so I am set for making biscuits.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I can't vouch for how they'll turn out using self rising flour. I think you'll have to watch your baking powder ratio, since it's got some in there already.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

It'll have to be better than my last attempt. Unlike my moms and grandmoms biscuits, they were like hockey pucks and pretty flat.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Did you overwork the dough?

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

That's entirely possible. My baking efforts are very infrequent.

[–]superfox 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

i am making spider sandwiches.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I hope that's a cute way to say something else. Ick.

[–]superfox 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

and now i am making monkey poop tacos.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

but we're saving for a road trip.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.RoadsideAmerica.com

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I lived on ramen noodles and canned tuna for days at a time when I was in school. I read a journal from a great.....great grandfather who was in the Confederate States Army and he wrote about getting a palmful of grits as a daily ration. Sometimes only bread is ok. I hope you got to spend some good, quality time with your father.

[–]superfox 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

those guys that lift weights in prison and get all blown up with huge muscles, their food of choice is ramen noodles.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Free expired gas station food, and bean and cheese burritos were my college staples. My friend worked at a gas station and they were allowed to eat the expired stuff. It was still good, just couldn't sell it any more. Used to eat these packaged chili cheese dogs, but I used fresh buns. It was pretty good despite how it sounds.

Grits beats hard tack any day, although both are pretty meh.

I saw my father yesterday. He seemed happy I didn't forget about him, although it was late for Father's Day.

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yes! I used to buy frozen bean & cheese burritos by the case. Those were around $0.30 each. The ramen was $0.12 each when bought by the case. I remember getting all the free Panera Bread pastries I wanted because of a similar situation as your gas station food.

I haven't had any hard tack, but we are thinking about making some, just because. I love grits with butter.