Sedalia Dave Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 For over 35 years I bought the 4 pack of Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits. They were prefect for biscuits and sausage gravy. Great time saver for when making biscuits from scratch wasn't feasible. Well it seams that the bone heads at Pillsbury have discontinued them. We have tried various store brands including Walmart and the local grocery chains and have been very very disappointed. The walmart brand was the first we tried. Unfortunately we didn't discover how bad they were until after we poured the gravy over them. Couldn't even eat them. Bought the Brookshires brand and this time we tried them before we added the gravy. Threw the biscuits out and broke out the loaf of bread. Anyone know of a decent brand of small buttermilk biscuits? The pillsbury grands are great with butter and jelly or honey. However they don't work as well for biscuits and sausage gravy.
Warden Callaway Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Mary makes Alabama Biscuits from a handed down family recipe. It's written down and I've tried to make then but they don't turn out like Mary's or her mother's.
Sedalia Dave Posted February 22, 2017 Author Posted February 22, 2017 Yep same for me. When we have time the wife makes them from scratch and they are perfection. When I try they are OK but no where near as good as her's
Warden Callaway Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Here is Sawmill Marys Alabama Biscuit recipe that was handed down from her mother. The biscuits are low fat and light as a feather so you can eat plenty of them. Warm . 1 Cup milk 1 Tablespoon shortening 2 Tablespoons sugar ½ Teaspoon of salt Add 2 Cups flour 2 Teaspoons baking powder 1 Tablespoon of yeast Let rest Kneed lightly about 20 times on lightly floured bread board Pat out and cut Let rise until double Bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees Can also be used for cinnamon rolls or pizza dough, etc.
Pat Riot Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Noz said what I was going to say. Let me guess, they dropped the buttermilk biscuits to introduce the all new Scriracha Biscuits or the new Chipotle Biscuits?... Bush's beans dropped the Texas Ranchero "Grill'in Beans", it seems and now they have that #$%& Scriracha crap flavored beans...as well as Chipotle... Sorry for the rant... I seem to remember my wife buying a ready made "Country Biscuits" pack somewhere but I cannot remember who made it or where she got them. They came in a tube like Pillsbury. Those biscuits were okay.
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Have you tried the frozen Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits?
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Have you tried the frozen Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits? or their frozen in a bag southern style. I've used them for years, but I need a new bag. I hope they haven't discontinued them.
G W Wade Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Sorry Dave but no help here. Never bought 4 packs cuz cost about the same as 8 packs ( got nasty cheap side). Must be lucky, use whatever is available for guys I camp with. Guess they feel bad biscuits are better than no biscuits or else don't want to cook for themselves. GW
Sedalia Dave Posted February 22, 2017 Author Posted February 22, 2017 Noz said what I was going to say. Let me guess, they dropped the buttermilk biscuits to introduce the all new Scriracha Biscuits or the new Chipotle Biscuits?... Bush's beans dropped the Texas Ranchero "Grill'in Beans", it seems and now they have that #$%& Scriracha crap flavored beans...as well as Chipotle... Sorry for the rant... I seem to remember my wife buying a ready made "Country Biscuits" pack somewhere but I cannot remember who made it or where she got them. They came in a tube like Pillsbury. Those biscuits were okay. Know exactly what you mean. I am sensitive to spicy hot foods. When I was younger I liked them now they give me digestive problems. Every time I turn around someone wants to add jalapenos or Sriracha by the gallon. My personal opinion is that it allows them to hid the p**s poor quality of their food. I also do not care for chedder cheese. Put one slice of chedder on my burger and all I can taste is the chedder. just as well be eating a block of chedder as it would taste the same to me. As a side note hijacking my own thread. The creator of sriracha David Tran failed to either trademark or patent the name so anyone can use the name. You could buy the worst hot sauce in the world, slap a sriracha label on, resell it for twice the price and it would be perfectly legal.
Trigger Mike Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 ditto on the frozen biscuits. Mary Bs also makes a good frozen biscuit. cooks the same amount of time as the can biscuit. my little ones love the Mary Bs tea biscuits. just their size. we also use Mary Bs dumplings . her package uses red letters.
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Trigger Mike is right. The Mary B's frozen biscuits are good! They have the consistency of a good home made biscuit, not that layered junk from canned biscuits. Really much more like a biscuit yer granny might have made!! I buy a store brand like the Mary B's that's even better, but you probably would have to come to Nashville to get 'em!!
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Yep, the frozen ones are great!. Use as many (or as few) as you want and they are pretty good.
Paladin Gun For Hire Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 The Bisquick biscuit recipe is close. +111111111111111111
Warden Callaway Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 The Bisquick biscuit recipe is close. I wouldn't be surprised if Bisquick stole Mary's mom's secret recipe. You think?
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 We buy these all the time at Sam's.....Pillsbury Southern Style just divvy up 12 to a gal bag and freeze. The frozen buttermilk biscuits are still online it seems. Buttermilk
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Nah. Skip all of the above. Just mosey on over to "The Tusco Long Riders" and shoot a match. Pam serves the best Biscuits-n-Gravy onna PLANET!! Add a little Bacon if ya dare!!
Eyesa Horg Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Skip the dang biscuit and just eat the sausage & gravy. Less bulk and more room for sausage & gravy
Warden Callaway Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 I just checked with the resident biscuit making expert and she says you can have simple biscuits made up from scratch by the time the oven is warmed up.
Clay Mosby Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 We buy these all the time at Sam's.....Pillsbury Southern Style just divvy up 12 to a gal bag and freeze. The frozen buttermilk biscuits are still online it seems. Buttermilk We loved the Pillsbury Southern Style from our local Sam's, but unfortunately they stopped carrying them last year. We ask for them everytime we go in, but they haven't reappeared yet.
JudgeBagodonuts Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 I was in my local Wal-Mart yesterday. They had 5 packs of Pillsbury buttermilk biscuits on the shelf.
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Now look what you all did. I busted my diet this morning with two Pillsbury southern style biscuits, some Williams country gravy mix (plain without the sausage-flavored cardboard chips) with a couple of Jimmy Dean original sausage links chopped up fine and mixed in while the gravy boiled, and I stirred until my arm near fell off. I like it thick enough to sculpt, and of all the packaged gravy mixes I prefer Williams 10 to 1 over any of the others. Scrambled an egg with a small bit of finely chopped garlic I added three slices of bacon, a large glass of orange juice mixed 50/50% with Langer's apple juice, and a cup of coffee with way too much sugar for most folks, but just right for me. A dash of Tabasco sauce and some salt and fresh ground black pepper added to the eggs and gravy and I'm good until Sunday. Lazy man's breakfast. If I were hungrier I'd have done up a pile of shredded hash browns, but it seemed too much this morning.
Warden Callaway Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Now look what you all did. I busted my diet this morning with two Pillsbury southern style biscuits, some Williams country gravy mix (plain without the sausage-flavored cardboard chips) with a couple of Jimmy Dean original sausage links chopped up fine and mixed in while the gravy boiled and I stirred until my arm near fell off. I like it thick enough to sculpt and of all the packed gravy mixes I prefer Williams 10 to 1 over any of the others. Scrambled an egg with a small bit of finely chopped garlic I added six three slices of bacon, large glass of orange juice mixed 50/50% with Langer's apple juice, and a cup of coffee with way too much sugar for most folks, but just right for me. A dash of Tabasco sauce and some salt and fresh ground black pepper added to the eggs and gravy and I'm good until Sunday. If I were hungrier I'd have done up a pile of shredded hash browns, but it seemed too much this morning. Boy! I wish I could eat city food. Mary just gets up and makes biscuits and gravy from scratch. Even our sausage is bartered from a local farmer that makes his own whole howg sausage. When we run out we are forced to buy store bought. But it's never as good. We do buy Wright bacon. One time on a grocery trip I grabbed a bundle of "whap" biscuits and put them in the cart because I wasn't getting biscuits as often as I was asking. She made me take them back. But she stepped up making biscuits for a while.
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Now look what you all did. I busted my diet this morning with two Pillsbury southern style biscuits, some Williams country gravy mix (plain without the sausage-flavored cardboard chips) with a couple of Jimmy Dean original sausage links chopped up fine and mixed in while the gravy boiled and I stirred until my arm near fell off. I like it thick enough to sculpt and of all the packed gravy mixes I prefer Williams 10 to 1 over any of the others. Scrambled an egg with a small bit of finely chopped garlic I added six three slices of bacon, large glass of orange juice mixed 50/50% with Langer's apple juice, and a cup of coffee with way too much sugar for most folks, but just right for me. A dash of Tabasco sauce and some salt and fresh ground black pepper added to the eggs and gravy and I'm good until Sunday. If I were hungrier I'd have done up a pile of shredded hash browns, but it seemed too much this morning. We buy J C Potter sausage which is a liitle leaner than Jimmy Dean, lower sodium, and no MSG. For link sausage we like Slovaceks from Sam's
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 I have a local grocery that slices its own bacon and grinds some of its sausage. I buy the bacon in 10 lb. packs and I get the sausage in 48 packs of frozen patties. This is also the place that has those great frozen biscuits and they also slice the meat I use in making jerky. They have a great butcher shop and will custom cut and slice for me!! Schoolmarm don't make biscuits. She always was up and off to school before breakfast and I'm way too lazy to make 'em and then clean up after!! I usually won't eat before 10:00 am, so for years neither of us were around for breakfast. Now, either of us can fire up the oven, fix the rest of breakfast and pull the biscuits out when we're ready to sit down to eat!!
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Never had biscuits, sausage and gravy; that's not a popular combination up thisaway. The only thing labelled biscuits here are the flat ones you split to make strawberry shortcake. And you certainly don't put gravy on 'em. Then, of course, if you ask any of my Eytalian pals about "gravy", you're going to get tomato sauce...... F.
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Warden: That's great!!! Love the Blues Brothers; but had never heard that before. Sent me searching. Here's the original by The Chips - a bit more precise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0UvIZw-Y0 LL
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 Nah. Skip all of the above. Just mosey on over to "The Tusco Long Riders" and shoot a match. Pam serves the best Biscuits-n-Gravy onna PLANET!! Add a little Bacon if ya dare!! Sounds awesome, but that'd be a long mosey for those of us west of the Mississippi.
Clay Thornton Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 Had my Mrs make Sawmill Mary's recipe this morning with some homemade sausage gravy. I paired it with three over easy farm fresh eggs. Let me tell you what my gut is happy. Thanks for the recipe sir we will save that one off for the future.
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 Now look what you all did. I busted my diet this morning with two Pillsbury southern style biscuits, some Williams country gravy mix (plain without the sausage-flavored cardboard chips) with a couple of Jimmy Dean original sausage links chopped up fine and mixed in while the gravy boiled, and I stirred until my arm near fell off. I like it thick enough to sculpt, and of all the packaged gravy mixes I prefer Williams 10 to 1 over any of the others. Scrambled an egg with a small bit of finely chopped garlic I added three slices of bacon, a large glass of orange juice mixed 50/50% with Langer's apple juice, and a cup of coffee with way too much sugar for most folks, but just right for me. A dash of Tabasco sauce and some salt and fresh ground black pepper added to the eggs and gravy and I'm good until Sunday. Lazy man's breakfast. If I were hungrier I'd have done up a pile of shredded hash browns, but it seemed too much this morning. Use to say the same thing about Williams-TILL, I found Southeastern Mills Country Gravy Mix. Try it-You'll like it far more than Williams. OLG
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 All this biscuit talk caused me to whip up a batch and some sausege gravy. There goes today's calorie count! Youse guys are a bad influence.
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 My personal opinion is that it allows them to hid the p**s poor quality of their food. Sedalia Dave has the right of it. It's why pepper was known as "Black Gold" in the Medieval era. Spices have long been used to cover the taste of poor or poorly prepared fare.
Noz Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 All this biscuit talk caused me to whip up a batch and some sausege gravy. There goes today's calorie count! Youse guys are a bad influence. Me too. The Bisquick came out and the sausage gravy happened.
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