It boils down to this folks.......

[SwampDonkey]

Hmmm, it's 6:00 am and what to have for breakfast....



She's looking pretty bleak 



It's amazing what can be stirred up from a little flour and soda and oil......



I guess we'll try some indian bread. I mix mine up a bit more moist than others.



So here's the situation... some fried indian bread, scrambled eggs, bowl of raspberries. ... and what's this? I received a jar of new home made Michegan maple syrup from member Nailhead, just arrived yesterday.



Now lets pour some of nature's nectar on them biscuits.



Now, for the taste test.....



Approved by inspector SwampDonkey
Thanks Pat 'Nailhead' for the great gift. Do I have any syrup on my moustache?? ;)

[crtreedude]

Not bad - you had me scared for a bit. I thought you were going to the darkside and were going to make grits... 

[SwampDonkey]

Geesh, give a guy a chance to hit the post button before ya send replies. :D :D

[crtreedude]

We might be third world down here - but we have a pretty good bandwidth!  8)

[DoubleD]

SD looking at your face seems to me that they taste really good ;) ;D sometimes the simplest recipe could do a really tasteful dish 8)

[Brad_S.]

DoubleD would have added some olive oil, sautéed scallions and some tomato sauce I bet!

[woodbowl]

   SD, about that maple syrup. I know that when your raised with something, it's just the best stuff you've ever put in your mouth, especially if Mama made it on the spur for us kids. It doesn't matter if it's an old dry left over biscuit with sugar in it after school. North, south, east or west areas have their own favorites and may have an off taste to outsiders. We got ours too.  ;D
    When I went to Ontario to a log home building course, we got turned on to maple syrup. Everyone yumm yummed about how good it was on pancakes and we ate it up for about 3 months. But in the back of my taste buds somewhere, something didn't taste just right. I was hoping I would get accustomed to it. It had a side whang that just didn't go good with anything. Ever since then, I would taste it all along and notice that some tasted better than others. Got some from Cracker Barrel the other day.............  :(
   When we went to Toms a while back, he had some of Stumpjumpers maple syrup. Now that was good to me! It didn't have that whang at all. I'm wondering if different areas produce different syrups. If so ....... what area is considered the best?

[jon12345]

I'd have to say NY has the best.  :D :D :D

[CHARLIE]

SD, that was quite a commentary and I enjoyed the way you led us into the story about Nailhead's Maple Syrup gift.  I have good memories about my Grandmama's biscuits with cane syrup but I'm not sure what Indian Bread is.  Would you explain what they are and how you fix 'em?  Is it a Canadian thing, Eh?

[SwampDonkey]

Charlie, I think Indian Bread is a French Canadian fried biscuit. I think it's called legalit (sp) by the local natives. I know they love the stuff, and they will deep fry it. I can't eat it that way. One cup of flour will make enough for two, unless my stomach is smaller than some. :D

Charlie just make your favorite buscuits and smother in syrup. ;D

This recipe I use makes the buscuits a bit doughy, add less water if you want a dryer biscuit. I find a dry buscuit crumbles easy and I have to chase it with my fork.  :

1 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tblspn sugar (I leave this out when adding syrup or mollasses as a topping)
mix dry ingredients
1/4 canola cup oil
1/2 cup water or milk

stir well and portion into 4 biscuits as you add to hot oiled gritle or fry pan, medium heat.

I cover mine with a pry pan cover. Usually takes around 5 mins on one side and flip and finish for 2-3 mins. Don't over heat or it'll burn the biscuits. They cook fairly quick.

On to other matters..... ;)

I think when it comes to making maple syrup the sugar content varies as has been mentioned by lot of the guys making it. I read someplace that they are breeding high sugar producing maples for syrup production. The taste can vary depending on time of season, how long it is boiled, how long the sap was sitting before boiling (it will sour) and how clean the operator is and probably other stuff I can't think of. The only after taste you should get from maple syrup is the desire to eat more.  ;D  ;)

[sawguy21]

We used to make a similar bread which we called bannock. Instead of the canola oil, I added an egg, berries are good mixed into it as well. Not a lot of food value but sure fills ya up in a hurry. :D

[Sprucegum]

Ya get a poplar branch about an inch in diameter - peel the bark off one end, about 6 inches will do. Wrap somma that dough around the stick so the end is covered and hold it over the open fire till done. Toasty brown is what yer lookin' fer. Pour a bit that syrup on it and you got a real treat!  8)

[CHARLIE]

Thanks for the recipe SD! I'm gonna have to give it a try and see what you Canadians are experiencing.  Eh! 8)

[IMERC]

I thought you were going to the darkside and were going to make grits... 

he did...  both counts...

[Murf]

I'm with Sawguy, only swap buttermilk fer regular milk, an da egg too, brown ones better if'n got any.

DanG, now i'm gittin hungry agin.........  :D

[SwampDonkey]

I agree with Murph that buttermilk makes the best biscuit. I never heard of using eggs in biscuits though.  :

[Murf]

Donk, eggs keep da biscuits moist.

I find a dry buscuit crumbles easy and I have to chase it with my fork. :

Sounds like ya oughter try eggs in da biscuits. Easier'n chasin em around da plate.  ;D

[Steve]

In my, not so humble opinion, there is nothing better with buttermilk biscuits than sausage gravy - even without the grits.
Can't beat it for a winter breakfast.

[SwampDonkey]

I like my eggs scrambled. ;D And my biscuits ain't dry, somehow ya over looked that fact.  : I am gonna get me a small carton of buttermilk for them biscuits though. Ain't never done sausage gravy, don't know what it is. Sausage patties, I can eat those once in awhile, but we can't get good sausage here. We have some fandangled Maple Leaf 'something or other', but  I don't care for the way they spice them up. They start out as 6 inches wide and end up about 3.  Beleive it or not I bought Walmarts 'Great Value' sausage in Maine and seemed to like them.  I know they ain't fit to eat, but they are the same as McD's.  I do tend to stear clear of alot of fatty foods. Once in awhile is ok I guess, but generly it don't agree with the stomach.

Now what's for breakfast tommorrow?

[Paul_H]

my biscuits ain't fit to eat, but they are the same as McD's.  Once in awhile is ok I guess, but generly it don't agree with the stomach.

Now what's for breakfast tommorrow?

More dry bisuits maybe?  :D

[SwampDonkey]

Some how there was a translation problem between what was actually posted and what got quoted.  ;D

[Murf]

Donk, no, I didn't mean ta surgist yer biscuits were dry, what I was aimin' at, was ta use da eggs instead'a da oil.

Better fer ya, specially if ya get them good free range brown ones.  ;D

[SwampDonkey]

I ain't seen no difference in brown or white eggs other than shell color. I've been told the differencein egg yolks is caused by what they are fed, but not because of shell color. I know eggs we buy in Maine have a brighter yellow yoke. Some people will keep eggs in the fridge for months and think they last for ever.  : HURL!!

[maple flats]

   We seem to have drifted from the question. Who's syrup is best. I'd like to think mine is but ( Maple 101...) the truth is that every one who keeps their equipment clean, including everything that touches the sap, processes it while the sap is still crystal clear, boils it very fast with no burn and filters the syrup well makes great syrup. Any with an off taste or different after taste did not follow this when made or was not canned properly or was not kept refrigerated after being opened. When these simple things are followed the resulting syrup is fantastic. It is simple but all of these must be followed. An after taste often is the result of sap that clouded or sap that was collected from trees that were starting to bud.

[SwampDonkey]

I agree.