Recipe entirely of packaged items!

I love a condensed soup for cooking up things.

Now, I like cornbread! I don’t know what the US biscuits are as I’ve never chosen them on a menu and they have never featured in any of the many meals we’ve eaten at people’s houses. That could be because apart from S California we’ve only visited further north.

I always have a tin of condensed soup in my larder. It comes in handy for a quick chicken casserole or to add to some pasta dishes. I tend to buy the mushroom one or chicken.

A biscuit in the US is like bread. Here is a recipe that shows how to make them.

We often use them for a breakfast dish called biscuits and sausage gravy. We use a pork breakfast sausage to make a white gravy.

sugarspunrun.com/easy-homemade-biscuits/

I agree re- frozen veg. I always have a bag of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and peas in the freezer. Wouldn’t be without it.

imaround

sugarspunrun.com/easy-homemade-biscuits/

So biscuits are savoury scones as with a cobbler. Interesting that the method doesn’t mention working the butter into the flour ‘by hand’to produce the texture of breadcrumbs, and that it involves folding the dough over itself as with flaky pastry, I imagine in this case the butter used is more than in English scones.
Could be tasty, will give it a go.

I love the captions that come with these recipes, "busy young mum of 8" (she looks about 1 7) or "my grandma taught me this"
They always seem to use a ton of cheese.🙄

Grandmabatty

I used to make a chicken and mushroom casserole that used a tin of Campbell's condensed mushroom soup as the basis of the sauce (with added cream). It tasted really nice. And that was a very long time ago

Yes, I was just thinking of that when I read the thread, GrandmaBatty.
I used to make that too.

They can be made different ways. Some prefer a crumbly texture, others a more flaky texture. They can be made with butter or shortening. They are soft all the way through.

The flavor, on my opinion, is a neutral. It can be made savory, as in the case of the gravy, or it can be made to eat sweet, with butter and a cinnamon sugar sprinkle or preserves.

Food tastes in the US is very regional. Biscuits are seen as a Southern dish, though eaten everywhere. Southern food is typically heavily laden with fats such as butter and cheese.

We do use a lot of processed goods here, which stinks. But that is they way our system has been set up since the 80s at least. I try to avoid them as much as possible, but it is hard because that is almost all that is available to us from the giant corporations that fill out grocery stores.

Summerlove

Frozen veg in a lot of cases is actually incredibly healthy. It tends to retain more vitamins from the freezing process, then fresh at times.

Yes, picked, frozen and packed very quickly and hasn't been sitting on supermarket shelves.

Mind you, I'm picking, cutting, blanching and freezing some of our own at the moment.

Summerlove

Frozen veg in a lot of cases is actually incredibly healthy. It tends to retain more vitamins from the freezing process, then fresh at times.

No waste and if you buy supermarket own label very good value. I have to admit I draw the line at frozen carrots, they never taste right to me.

I remember years ago DH and I were in Texas and a meal came of meatloaf and mash. with what we thought were scones. We asked for some butter and proceeded to put it on the ‘scones’. We thought the diner had gone quiet and when we looked round, everyone was watching us. It was explained that they were to be dipped in the gravy of the meatloaf.

This thread has solved a puzzle for me 🙂
What is an American biscuit.
Thank you everyone.

Thank you Iamaround! The recipe is very like the UK scones recipes. You’ve thrown up another question, though. You can buy them in packets??

Cambells Chicken and white wine condensed soup makes a great carbonara. We all loved it in this house.

Frozen veg are often better than fresh and need no prep. I’m a great fan of ‘ short cut cooking! Why not. Apart from ( usually ) too much salt for me tinned or fresh soups are good and tasty. Not sure of the substitute for biscuits would be be? Frozen chicken fine.
Actually don’t fancy the combination myself , but if it was tasty… I’d give it a go. I mainly use Air Fryers ( 2 if necessary) and microwave for meals now, occasionally with the hob. I even cook spaghetti in a microwave special container with a drainer nowadays, and just pop it in the dishwasher after.
Don’t knock convenience for we elder ladies. Far happier doing that than having those ready meals from those firms like Wiltshire Farms! Tho I can’t honestly compare them, as I’ve not had any. They could be fine, but this type of shortcut Cheaper I should imagine. You don’t even have to go out to shop with supermarket deliveries!

There are hundreds of these American recipes on social media. One was aimed at children and it used frozen french fries, chicken nuggets, tortilla wraps and pre grated cheese, layered up and baked in the oven. A delicious snack, apparently.

You can buy uncooked biscuits pre-made in a tin. They are refrigerated. If I am making biscuits and gravy, I would use this vs. from scratch. But we did that once a year at most, when we went in our trailer camping (caravan it's called in the UK I think).

Example: www.walmart.com/ip/Pillsbury-Grands-Southern-Homestyle-Buttermilk-Biscuits-10-2-oz/10319325

Funny antidote, those tins are pressurized. They have a seam and you whack them on the counter to break the seam. It often leads to a fun game similar to using a Jack in the Box. You never know when it is going to break and how loud it will be.

I have to ask, do scones have a crunch? I have always thought scones to be a bit harder than our biscuits, but since I have never had an authentic one I can't compare. I have had one here bought at the grocery store and they always seem hard.

imaround

You can buy uncooked biscuits pre-made in a tin. They are refrigerated. If I am making biscuits and gravy, I would use this vs. from scratch. But we did that once a year at most, when we went in our trailer camping (caravan it's called in the UK I think).

Example: www.walmart.com/ip/Pillsbury-Grands-Southern-Homestyle-Buttermilk-Biscuits-10-2-oz/10319325

Funny antidote, those tins are pressurized. They have a seam and you whack them on the counter to break the seam. It often leads to a fun game similar to using a Jack in the Box. You never know when it is going to break and how loud it will be.

I have to ask, do scones have a crunch? I have always thought scones to be a bit harder than our biscuits, but since I have never had an authentic one I can't compare. I have had one here bought at the grocery store and they always seem hard.

Our scones are only crunchy if they are overcooked or old. They should be lovely and soft in the middle with the outside just being a little firmer. They just have to be eaten with strawberry jam and clotted cream!

Scones shouldn't have a crunch. They are more like a firm cake texture, so you can cut them in half and put the cream and jam on. They are often served warm from the oven which makes them extra delicious.

I've probably started a debate about scones now

icanhandthemback

Cambells Chicken and white wine condensed soup makes a great carbonara. We all loved it in this house.

Could we have the receipt please. I like the sound of that? x

I’ve had biscuits and gravy up north on Mackinaw Island.

SueDonim

We call that kind of food a construction kit recipe. You just put all the things together like a Lego kit.

We recently stayed in a very nice hotel with a huge breakfast menu to choose from. A party of Americans were seated at the next table and one of them asked for biscuits with his cooked breakfast items. There followed a rather amusing (to us!) conversation with the waitstaff as to what the guest actually wanted.
‘Biscuits?’
‘Yes, biscuits.’
‘Aaaah…we have shortbread.’
‘What’s shortbread?’
‘A type of biscuit, made with butter flour and sugar.’
‘No, that doesn’t sound right.’
‘We may have some other packet biscuits. Chocolate chip, ginger snap.’
‘NO! BISCUITS! For my breakfast!’

At this point dh and I decided discretion was the better part of valour and we scurried back to our room. For all I know, they are still there, arguing. 😂

I must say I would have piped up😂 if only to rescue the poor waiting staff from confusion. Biscuits are not really a thing over here (certainly I have never seen them or to my knowledge had them) I understand they look a lot like scones but are savoury and more crumbly and you dont butter them 😂