Biscuits

Every cute title I came up with sounded vaguely off-color, so we're stuck with a basic. That's how the biscuit crumbles. Or something like that.

I was video-chatting with three friends last week and one mentioned making the biscuits "that you smack on the counter." One of the others looked totally confused. "What are you talking about?"  I figured she never used that particular product.

It turns out she does, but she opens the cardboard tube by pressing a spoon next to the seam. "Like the directions say," she added. "Why would you smack it on the counter?"

"It's fun," I said. "You get to be a little aggressive for a moment."

"But what happens when you smack it?" she asked.

"The cardboard opens up," offered another friend.

"No, I mean what happens to the dough?"

I said, "It breathes a sigh of relief."  

"Doesn't it go flying all over, landing on the counter, the walls, the floor?"

"No." I said, "When the pandemic is over, you can come to my house and we'll make biscuits the "right" way. I know you're not going to believe it until you see it, and until you see it you're not going to try it in your own kitchen!"

My daughters all said that if the tube doesn't pop open by itself, they press a spoon or thumb on the seam. They didn't learn that at home. One did say that a friend's family calls them Thwack Biscuits.

My sister-in-law said, "Smack it on the counter."

"Thank you!" I exclaimed, happy to know someone else knew the "right" method.

I assume I smack it because that's how my mom did it. It works. Why look for trouble?

But now I'm wondering of those were the original directions. Anybody else remember?