Cornbread & Buttermilk

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I think that what you and your Great Aunt were doing was making buttermilk. Buttermilk biscuits are terrific!

Hah !

No doubt she could make buttermilk, but not me.

But I do remember when they tried to teach us kids how to make regular butter.
We had to shake a bottle of milk (with whatever they added) .... for what seemed like five hours.

 

[SandiD]

When I make Cat Head biscuts I usually clabber my sweet milk with a capful of vinegar and it really makes for delicious biscuts!
Regards
David

That's an old standard when you don't have buttermilk available! I do that often for recipes that require buttermilk - cornbread, cakes, biscuits.

I think that what you and your Great Aunt were doing was making buttermilk. Buttermilk biscuits are terrific!

Yep. In many of my cookbooks, vinegar added to milk is the accepted substitute for not having buttermilk.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

OK, I'll bite: what is a Cat Head biscuit? Apparently someone once posted a recipe for them--but I can't find it.

Since you asked Ole Miss, I was waiting for him to answer.



But since it appears he signed off, I'll give an explanation.

A "Cat Head" biscuit is just a normal biscuit ... only larger .
( It's the size of a cat's head, thus the name)

No felines are involved when making Cat Head biscuits.