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Good morning, readers. The day begins with two new requests, for biscuits like the store-bought frozen ones and for a cold lemon picnic chicken. Additionally, we still are looking for apple-onion soup; a January recipe for a salad dressing, featured on the John Tesh show, made with canola oil and herbs; chocolate lush with toffee candy and a nutty crust for dessert tarts or pies. In looking back at 2012 requests, I am amazed, and then again not amazed, that you have found most of them.
It is Chickamauga Mom who is seeking “a good recipe for biscuits like the ones you can buy frozen. I have tried my regular recipe, and they won’t rise or brown.”
The next request is for a chicken recipe featured years ago in Fare Exchange. The requester remembers that it was from a Mrs. Taylor and worked well cold to take on a picnic.
Brief biscuit and picnic commentary: There was a time when almost every cook had his or her favorite biscuit recipe. As a newlywed, I worked with a Head Start teacher here who made biscuits every single morning for her family; oh my. … And my own mother was such a biscuit expert that I didn’t dare attempt her craft. Secondly, we don’t seem to do much picnicking these days, and, despite the attendant bugs and heat of summer, picnics are a fine tradition.