Biscuits
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Since chick-fil-a is giving out free breakfast, I've been hitting them up for breakfast this week.
Today I decided to get the sliders ( or as they call them, chick-n-minis).
They're supposed to look like this:
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Media/Img/catalog/Food/Large/ChickfilA-ChicknMinis.png
But the ones I got looked more like this:
except more whitish.
The first batch (which took them a good 10 mins to make for some reason) tasted like raw dough, and I had to go complain. The second batch tasted less like dough, but still not quite right. Are they just undercooking them or is this what biscuits are supposed to taste like?
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
Since chick-fil-a is giving out free breakfast, I've been hitting them up for breakfast this week.
Today I decided to get the sliders ( or as they call them, chick-n-minis).
They're supposed to look like this:
But the ones I got looked more like this:
except more whitish.
The first batch (which took them a good 10 mins to make for some reason) tasted like raw dough, and I had to go complain. The second batch tasted less like dough, but still not quite right. Are they just undercooking them or is this what biscuits are supposed to taste like?
Those are more like small dinner rolls, not biscuits. They're supposed to be kinda doughy, but not gooey. If they're gooey, then they either weren't baked long enough or there was ice on the frozen rolls that melted to water and soaked the rolls while they baked. Since fast food restaurants are highly regulated with their food production, I would suspect the latter over the former.
If they had to bake up a new batch of rolls, it could easily take 10+ minutes. Breads often bake for a half-hour or more, so 10 minutes for quick-bake breads like these mini-rolls is not unusual, IME.
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@dangeRuss they usually taste bad like undercooked dough. I don't like them because of that.
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Chicken egg and cheese bagel for life. Fuck those things.
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@dangeRuss they usually taste bad like undercooked dough. I don't like them because of that.
Well this is the first time I've had them. Is this like a southern thing? I was expecting something closer to egg Mcmuffin consistency or Popeyes biscuits.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
@dangeRuss they usually taste bad like undercooked dough. I don't like them because of that.
Well this is the first time I've had them. Is this like a southern thing? I was expecting something closer to egg Mcmuffin consistency or Popeyes biscuits.
They might be more of a southern item...? I've had them often enough growing up in the western US. Dinner/bread rolls like these are supposed to be soft, moist, and kinda chewy, a bit like sliced white bread, but less dry. English muffins (like McD's Egg McMuffins) are hard, dry, and chewy. Biscuits (like Popeye's) are flaky and fairly dry.
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@Yamikuronue said in Biscuits:
That's an english muffin, isn't it?
with a fried egg, american "cheese", and "bacon" on, yes.
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@Yamikuronue said in Biscuits:
That's an english muffin, isn't it?
with a fried egg, american "cheese", and "bacon, eh?" on, yes.
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They were out of english muffins today, which is the only thing they have that taste decent. Got a chicken biscuit today that still tastes like shit.
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Media/Img/catalog/Food/XLarge/ChickfilA-Spicy-Chicken-Biscuit.png
It actually did sort of look like this this time, but slightly more toasty. Still tastes very buttery and bitter for some reason.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
They were out of english muffins today, which is the only thing they have that taste decent.
Sounds like a good reason to go to a different place.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
They were out of english muffins today, which is the only thing they have that taste decent.
Sounds like a good reason to go to a different place.
On the other hand it wouldn't be free at a different place, so beggars can't be choosers and all that.
It tasted halfway decent with some bbq sauce.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
They were out of english muffins today, which is the only thing they have that taste decent. Got a chicken biscuit today that still tastes like shit.
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Media/Img/catalog/Food/XLarge/ChickfilA-Spicy-Chicken-Biscuit.png
It actually did sort of look like this this time, but slightly more toasty. Still tastes very buttery and bitter for some reason.
It's possible that your Chick-fil-A just sucks I think, I've had their Grilled Chicken Club about 6 times from 3 different locations and one of them gave me a far worse sandwhich than the other two — so much so that though I ate it as soon as they gave it to me, it was still worse than one I got locally and ate over an hour later.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
Since chick-fil-a is giving out free breakfast ... biscuits
I think you paid too much.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
Since chick-fil-a is giving out free breakfast, I've been hitting them up for breakfast this week.
Today I decided to get the sliders ( or as they call them, chick-n-minis).
They're supposed to look like this:
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Media/Img/catalog/Food/Large/ChickfilA-ChicknMinis.png
But the ones I got looked more like this:
except more whitish.
The first batch (which took them a good 10 mins to make for some reason) tasted like raw dough, and I had to go complain. The second batch tasted less like dough, but still not quite right. Are they just undercooking them or is this what biscuits are supposed to taste like?
As "picture vs. reality" goes... actually, I think the 2nd picture looks a little better than the first one does, if anything.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
Is this like a southern thing?
No.
I was expecting something closer to egg Mcmuffin consistency or Popeyes biscuits.
Easy enough to find out:
2 cups AP flour
1 tbs baking powder
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup milkStir together dry ingredients and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center; add milk all at once. Stir just until dough clings together.
On a lightly floured surface, knead dough gently for 10 to 12 strokes. Roll or pat dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, dipping cutter into flour between cuts.
Transfer biscuits to a baking sheet. Bake at 450°F for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden.
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@dangeRuss said in Biscuits:
bitter
Bitter? That's not expected for a biscuit, in my experience. Some subset of salty, dry, buttery, crumbly, and/or cheesy, sure, but bitter is weird.
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@Greybeard
What is this ... the ugly breakfast thread?
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Silly Americans. This is a biscuit
What you have there looks more like a scone to me, which should be enjoyed with jam and Cornish clotted cream (cream on top of the jam, natch)
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Silly Americans. This is a biscuit
We have biscuits that look like that too. But they're dog biscuits.
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What you have there looks more like a scone to me
Scones have more integrity, in my experience.
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@Luhmann well, I've never been betrayed by a scone
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betrayed by a scone
As long as it's not a Scone of Stone you should be safe
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@Luhmann Well, yes. But that's dwarven bread.
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Silly Americans. This is a biscuit
What you have there looks more like a scone to me, which should be enjoyed with jam and Cornish clotted cream (cream on top of the jam, natch)
A British biscuit is an American cookie or cracker.
A British scone is an American biscuit.
An American scone is a unique item (a triangular sort of cookie; I've usually seen them with blueberries).
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A British scone is an American biscuit.
Really isn't though. A british scone is a british scone, an American biscuit is an American biscuit.
a triangular sort of cookie;
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A British scone is an American biscuit.
You wouldn't have chicken in a scone. It's a sweet baked good, not part of any savoury dish I know of.
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A British scone is an American biscuit.
You wouldn't have chicken in a scone. It's a sweet baked good, not part of any savoury dish I know of.
Chicken-in-a-biscuit is a cracker.
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@Yamikuronue said in Biscuits:
A British scone is an American biscuit.
Really isn't though. A british scone is a british scone, an American biscuit is an American biscuit.
American biscuit:
British scone:
They look pretty similar to me.
a triangular sort of cookie;
American scone:
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They look pretty similar to me
Are american biscuits sweet? If so, the breakfast in the OP sounds disgusting, and I'd also heard that biscuits are used for soaking up gravy. That would also be disgusting with a British scone
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Are american biscuits sweet?
No, not really. They're warm, fluffy, pleasantly mild-tasting. They never have things in them, like raisins or currents. They taste primarily of butter.
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@Yamikuronue not scones then, no matter how similar they look
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@Yamikuronue Hm. I think raisins might be an interesting thing to do to biscuits... I'll have to try it some time.
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@Luhmann Well, yes. But that's dwarven bread.
“The dwarf bread was brought out for inspection. But it was miraculous, the dwarf bread. No one ever went hungry when they had some dwarf bread to avoid. You only had to look at it for a moment, and instantly you could think of dozens of things you'd rather eat. Your boots, for example. Mountains. Raw sheep. Your own foot.”
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betrayed by a scone
As long as it's not a Scone of Stone you should be safe
Don't worry, it's the UK. It's illegal to have Battle Bread.
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that's the Stone of Scone
Stone of Scone <> Scone of Stone
One you visit in Westminster Abby, the other one in Ankh-Morpork.
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@Luhmann Not quite a whoosh, but I thought you'd done the Westminster one