Dude that is totally awesome.
Dude that is totally awesome.
dculberson said:Dude that is totally awesome.
You're absolutely right. It's not just awesome, it's mind-blowing! Grating frozen butter! Great googly-moogly! My baking soda biscuits are tasty, but a bit dense. I will have to try this recipe! It's a potential game-changer! WOW!
Oh, cool deal on the broken Kia too.
I have had good luck with extended warranties, but always buy them through the new car (or bike) dealer. Some of the crap the used car dealers peddle is truly garbage, but not all extended warranties are bad. The best thing to do is check the paperwork to see the warranty company and level of warranty purchased and go from there.
Picture, recipe saved!
I think I'll buy some buttermilk tomorrow.
I’ll note that when I brought up biscuits with sleepywife (a certified Southern Gal, born and bred), she insisted that biscuits are made with Heavy Cream, and No Substitutes Are Accepted.
ymmv, I am not passing judgement on anyone’s biscuits. It didn’t matter, we didn’t have buttermilk anyhow... and I’m not even sure how close to that I can get.
as far as flour goes... this is about what we’ve got:
It should be close enough because it’s in a red bag, and I can make pizza and pierogie with it, right? 
As it happens, we ended up ordering-in Georgian... the country, not the state. 
In reply to John Welsh :
We never have it on hand, the whole milk/ lemon juice seems to work just fine as a sub.
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
At least with my pancake recipe, it makes a difference. I used lemon juice and whole milk most of the time, but the last batch I made with actual buttermilk is levels tastier.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson :
Apparently Hyundai/Kia had an issue with cleaning the oil passages during the manufacturing process. They’ve acknowledged the issue and provided an unconditional warranty on the affected vehicles.
+1 to Kia.
Anecdotally I had an acquaintance in town who had a Kia Optima sedan that had the engine start knocking, and they did similar to the person the OP helped. Basically no questions asked, fully covered, and they took care of everything.
As a company that has been fighting (succesfully IMO) to improve it's brand perception, it goes a long way to hear stories of them standing behind their product in ways like this that in my opinion go above and beyond what they might "have to" do given these cars age and expired original warranties (towing, loaner cars, etc.).
Just here alone, look how much good press Kia got from one replacement engine, a tow, and a loaner car. More companies should try to do the right thing.
volvoclearinghouse said:In reply to sleepyhead :
Tangents are what keep the conversation interesting.
I read that article, and my recipe (tweaked based on my own experience) solves the problem by dumping baking powder into the biscuits. We use King Arthur flour, which is one of the better brands, but still, that tablespoon of BP works wonders. My biscuits are light and fluffy. It's not hard to do, but it does take some perfecting of the skill.
In reply to AngryCorvair :
I make it pretty clear around here that I am happily married, with kids, and while I'm on friendly terms with everyone, they know I'm very much not available.
Frozen grated butter (double what’s in your recipe) is my secret weapon. As are White Lilly flower, deliberately “sticky” mix, and if I saw someone rolling/kneading, I’d beat them with the rolling pin. But to each his own.
I use 1/2 stick of those two sticks of butter to grease a pre-heated cast iron skillet, arrange them where they’re touching (supposedly helps them rise) and bake them in the skillet.
So, with my newly gained knowledge of soft wheat, I was in the grocery tonight. Supposedly hard to find on the North but look what I bought just 30 miles (as the crow flies) from the Canadian Boarder.
Furthermore, from a Michigan based grocery chain and from a brand distributed out of Norwich, Vermont.
100% US soft wheat
On the package is one recipe and it is for biscuits. Strangely, with just two ingredients ; flour and cream.
volvoclearinghouse said:In reply to dclafleur :
By sheer coincidence, I happened to bake a batch of my homemade biscuits last night and brought them in with some (also homemade) jam and butter for the office. The co-worker with the Kia had been enjoying one of my biscuits, and now I've (hopefully) resolved her car issues. Apparently I'm quite the popular person here today. And they're jealous of Mrs. VCH.
You better watch out. Accept nothing more than hugs.
If you can't find the soft wheat flour, I wonder whether cake flour, also specified for less gluten development, might work. With the appropriate additions to make up for the self-rising part, of course.
spitfirebill said:You better watch out. Accept nothing more than hugs.
Given the turn the thread's taken, I read that as "You butter watch out."
In reply to dculberson :
You butter nut pie...
In reply to poopshovel again :
Yeah, I wrote "roll" but in reality I just flatten the dough with my hand before cutting. I only mix it enough to get all the ingredients together- minimal.
I usually make biscuits on Saturday morning, and find that my Manhattan glass from Friday night makes the perfect biscuit cutter. Perhaps the hint of bourbon in the biscuits also helps?
Well, this thread took an unexpected turn, several times.
In reply to Knurled. :
I wonder whether you could just randomly start talking about biscuits in pretty much any thread here and people would just roll with it.
Ransom said:In reply to Knurled. :
I wonder whether you could just randomly start talking about biscuits in pretty much any thread here and people would just roll with it.
Ok, the butter and cream would both add fat to the biscuit, so no surprise there.
I wonder if the cream instead of butter started because somebody just absolutely couldn't bear the thought of churning cream into butter and just said, "To heck with it, I'll just dump the cream in there!"
In fact, adding butter and buttermilk pretty much is the entirety of the churned cream, with the zesty taste added.
Yeah, I spent the time I was power washing my house today thinking about the biscuit sub-topic in the Dead Kia thread.
The saga continues....Kia dealer has had her car for nearly 3 weeks now, and she's been calling every few days...still not done. Not able to ascertain if they've even started on it. Yesterday she called and they told her the service manager she'd been dealing with had just been fired. Sooo....great.
This was the highest-rated Kia dealership in the area, too.
And, unfortunately, she never got the loaner....they required $$$ upfront that she didn't have (I guess she would be reimbursed later?), and originally it was supposed to be done in 2 weeks so she figured she could manage car-less for a while. Now it's getting on 3 weeks with no end in sight and she's wishing she had the loaner...
volvoclearinghouse said:The saga continues....Kia dealer has had her car for nearly 3 weeks now, and she's been calling every few days...still not done. Not able to ascertain if they've even started on it. Yesterday she called and they told her the service manager she'd been dealing with had just been fired. Sooo....great.
This was the highest-rated Kia dealership in the area, too.
And, unfortunately, she never got the loaner....they required $$$ upfront that she didn't have (I guess she would be reimbursed later?), and originally it was supposed to be done in 2 weeks so she figured she could manage car-less for a while. Now it's getting on 3 weeks with no end in sight and she's wishing she had the loaner...
I think she needs to bring the new service manager, or better the manager manager up to speed, explain that they've had the car for three weeks, and she needs it done, or needs a loaner, like right now! Whilst maintaining the utmost civility, of course.
If they've had the car that long, can she invoke some kind of lemon law?
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
Im gonna guess that you should probably go visit the dealership with her. I recommend bring some chalk and secretly mark the tires while you are there to then be able to tell in the future if the car has been moved/pulled into the shop.
Photo the odometer down to the 10th. Your camera will date stamp the photo.
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