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Archive for February, 2011

J.P.’s Big Daddy Biscuits

2 cups all-purpose flour $0.44 1 tablespoon baking powder $0.15 1 teaspoon salt $0.01 1 tablespoon white sugar $0.01 1/3 cup shortening $0.15 1 cup milk $0.27 Total Cost   $1.03 1.) Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. 2.) In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the [...]

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J.P.’s Big Daddy Biscuits: Review

This is another recipe from that old standby, All Recipes. The recipe promises to give you “the biggest biscuits in the history of the world,” and I do think that’s kind of a stretch. I have made them several times and I’ve still never noticed that these biscuits were much bigger than most other biscuits [...]

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French Canadian Tourtiere

1 pound lean ground pork $2.84 1 pound lean ground beef $4.11 1 onion, diced $0.47 2 cloves garlic, minced $0.02 1/2 cup water Free 1 1/2 teaspoons salt $0.01 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed $0.60 1/4 teaspoon ground sage $0.06 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper $0.01 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves $0.04 1 egg $0.17 [...]

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French Canadian Tourtiere: Review

The French Canadian tourtiere is a meat pie that traditionally is served in many French Canadian homes on Christmas Eve. My family is not French Canadian, and we also never ate tourtiere on Christmas Eve, I’m pretty sure. But we did eat it occasionally and of course, now I love making it myself for my [...]

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