Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 06:43:43 GMT, cathy
> <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> >Granted, that could be part of an April Fools joke, but
> >the surest way to tell is to check a copy of the April
> >issue of SL and see if the recipe does indeed appear on
> >page 154 with the allegedly dangerous directions. If it
> >does, it's no prank, but a potentially serious, if not
> >deadly, mistake.
>
> The story is real - they did publish it. What was probably
> a joke was the person who submitted it. It's be
> interesting to see the context in which it was published -
> reader submission, or part of a more credible article?
>
> Like I said - there is no culinary advantage of boiling
> lard and water for 5 minutes. Heck, even the name of the
> recipe is suspicious (liek: prepare to die - now I lay me
> down to sleep - if I die before I wake.., etc..).
>
> "Pillows from heaven" is commonly used to describe
> ravioli, not dinner rolls, FWIW.
>
> -sw
"Angel biscuits", a kind of cross between a baking soda
biscuit and a yeasted roll sounds a bit like "pillows from
heaven". I recall getting these in New York. In my mind I
associated them with Southern blacks. blacksalt yes, I know
this is probably the PC term dejour, but the blacks I know
call themselves that, just as the (American) Indians I know
call themselves Indians.