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Fish Food

There's more to being a starving artist than ramen noodles.

From the minds of our favorite writers, to the bellies of our favorite readers, we give you: Fish Food.

Cat-Head Biscuits

A recipe from Jo McDougall

2 c. flour

2 tsp.salt

3 heaping tablespoons baking powder

3/4 c. milk

3/4 stick butter

Sift dry ingredients. 

Cut in 3/4 stick soft butter; work into small grains or until the mixture is mealy. 

Add 3/4 cup milk --more if needed to make the dough moist enough to form into a ball.

Roll ball out to about 1/2 inch thickness.  Cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter.  

(In a pinch, a bourbon glass will do.) 

Stack two rounds together for one biscuit. 

Bake at 450 degrees 10-12 minutes until golden brown on top. 

Makes 8-9 biscuits.

(Note: I had never called these anything except  just plain biscuits, but one day a friend observed that they were "big as a cat's head.")

(Also note: This is a Southern recipe.  Never, for any reason, add sugar to it.)

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