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Buttermilk Biscuits
2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup Crisco
2 teaspoons salt 1 cup buttermilk


Sift dry ingredients together. Add Crisco and blend well until like fine meal. Add buttermilk and mix. Roll out thin and cut into desired size biscuit. Bake in greased pan and 450 degrees until golden brown.


These saved Naughty Bird, Big George's daughter's, life.

Skillet Cornbread
3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk 1 egg
2 cups cornmeal 1 tablespoon melted bacon fat


Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Mix the cornmeal with salt, egg, and buttermilk....
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posted by BThreadgood
WHISTLE STOP,
ALABAMA

AUGUST 31, 1924

The morning after Ruth left for Valdosta, Idgie crept out of Whistle Stop as silently as the wind over the Warrior River. Not a soul knew what she was up to, save for Big George, who had been keeping a close eye on her since the awali afternoon. Still suffering the after effects of her poor ole broken heart, Idgie just wandered aimlessly through the shady streets, not bothering to keep quiet as to mind all the tuckered folks nearby.
    Big George followed her as far as Eva’s place before heading back to help Onzell with the twins,...
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