For the appetizer — Puckish Orange Goblin Biscuits (Serves 8)
This themed recipe is for an authentic dish cooked in the continental United States during the late 1930s.
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 16 small lumps sugar
• 1 orange, juice and grated rind
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ to ¾ cup milk
Method: Sift dry ingredients together, cut in shortening with a knife, and add enough milk to make a soft dough. Roll out three-fourths inch (2 cm) thick, cut out with small round cutter, and place close together in greased pan. Grate the yellow rind from the orange over the biscuits. Squeeze the juice, dip a lump of sugar into the juice, and press into center of each biscuit. Bake in hot oven.
This recipe is in the public domain and may be used freely.
