Hardy's Bisquits

My first love was cooking. That was before I got into making wonderful soy candles and soy based natural bath and body products. I spend most of my time creating new ideas for our lotions, soaps and scrubs. But occasionly I go back to my favorite recipe's and indulge in my passion for creating comfort food, one of which I am going to share with you today. Have you ever pulled into a Hardy's Drive Thru and could not wait for the car in front of you to move on so you could get that mouth watering Bacon egg and cheese bisquit? Well I have, which made me go on the quest to find the recipe. My family has enjoyed this for years and now I am ready to share it with you. I know we are all very busy but I make them on a Saturday or Sunday and freeze them until ready to use.

5 cups self rising flour
1 cup crisco
2 pkgs yeast
1/4 cup warm water
2tsp sugar
1tsp soda
2 cups buttermilk

Mix together flour, sugar and soda. Dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside. Add 1 cup crisco to flour mixture and mix well. Add buttermilk and then yeast mixture. Stir well and refrigerate overnight. Bake at 400.

You will never have to wait in a drive thru again because they are wonderful to freeze and warm in the microwave.

Please don't shoot the blogger. She is doing the best she can.

I promised myself that in the new year I would begin blogging. Today is January 14 and my mind is still blank. Why won't the words come? Am I trying to hard? Surely I can come up with something. I am never at a loss for words when it comes to talking but putting into print just feels different to me it's like exposing myself to the world but I am willing to give it a try, so here it is.

On Tuesday January 12, 2010 there were two events making headlines. The World News was focusing on the earthquake in Haiti, while the Sports Media was focusing on the abrupt departure of the University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin, after only fourteen months on the job. He left to take a job at USC where he had coached previously. This sudden departure left the university, the fans, the football players, the new recruits along with the whole city feeling betrayed. There were riot like demonstrations by students on campus. Social Networking such as face book and twitter were flooded with people voicing there hateful and mean comments. I need to say here that I was one of them. I was caught up in the frenzy of the moment. I had forgotten that there was another news story that day....Haiti...oh yes, Haiti in the city of Port-au- Prince where the earthquake has devastated the city and left thousands upon thousands wounded and dead. Families separated and homes destroyed. How could I forget so quickly?

Yes there were two news stories that day. One we will move on from and it will all work out. the other will not be so easy. The devastation is so monumental that it will be felt across the globe for a very long time. So I ask myself, can I do anything to change this? Maybe not but I am going to put my efforts into the news story that has changed Haiti.
Evelyn Miller

The title of this post is taken from a quote by Oscar Wilde