bear sign for dummies

[rowdyripley]

howdy all
      Im gettin to like this whole com-putter thing. so far Ive gotten to gab with folks about guns and now we're movin on to food. that covers both my favorite topics. maybe I should get one of these com-putters for my own self. any hoo. I was hopen yall could enlighten me on bear sign.

[Camille Eonich]

Bear sign?  Are you talking about for tracking while hunting or am I missing some kind of cooking or eating term?   

[Shotgun Steve]

Here you go. Check out this link. There are many versions of this recipe!!

http://www.recipes-from-friends.com/cowboy/bear.html

Shotgun Steve

[Camille Eonich]

Ohhhh...donuts!  See I was missing something.



Del!  Oh Del!  You better get in here.

[Delmonico]

Bear sign, bear poop, bear sh$$ all old time terms for a "doghnut" twisted out like bear sign and fried, today they call them bear claws.  Any doughnut dough recipe works fine, I use the 1950's Betty Crocker one, I can dig it up later if someone wants it, it is a simple baking powder one.

Acually I just mix some flour, salt, brown sugar, baking powder some cinnamon and nutmeg just right, add some melted lard and some milk and make a workable dough.  I will have to dig that book out to get it down beyond that.

[rowdyripley]

thats the trouble with askin folks how to cook. if their any good at it they usualy dont use recepies they just "mix some flour, salt, brown sugar, baking powder some cinnamon and nutmeg just right, add some melted lard and some milk and make a workable dough"

[Delmonico]

OK, I'll dig it out later, I have whole wheat bread about ready to bake and I just stirred up some sinner-man rolls that are risin'.  Might include a picture later, when they are done, mine are a bitt different.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I bear try some.

[Delmonico]

Ok, per Betty, 1955.



Out of Grandma Parrish's own copy.  (I got her copy when she passed on in 1997)  Notice Grandma used this one a lot by the dough stains.

Every cook should own a copy of this vintage Betty Crocker Cookboo, the 1950 version is back in print for a while at least, snag one while you can.

For Historical correctness I use brown sugar because it was used more although white is correct.  Use 1 1/3 Tablespoons or lard instead of the shortning and you'll be right on for the period.  If using canned milk or fresh double the baking powder and cut out the salertus (baking soda)  Roll out with yer hands so they look like bear sign, (bear poop) and fry.  

[Dr. Bob]

Dang it Del,

Now ya gone an made my mouth water for a good Cini-man Roll!!   I should try to remember my $.99 Frosty and be happy anyway.

[Delmonico]

Sorry, you can't digitize taste.

[rowdyripley]

you just came a lot closer than I could. Im gonna hafta make som-o-dem. momma used to make um every christmas mornin and burn um every time. when your makin christmas special for ten kids you tend to forget what you got in the oven.
   thanx for the recipes all theres gonna be fat burnin in the boiler tonight

[rowdyripley]

its kinda bitter sweet eating so much you hurt yourself. I suppose I just took two years off my life but if you ask me they were years well spent.