Heavenly Biscuit THE SAMPLER
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Will there be biscuits in heaven?
t has come to my attention that many people engaged in the business of selling breakfast to the general public don’t have the slightest idea how to make biscuits and gravy. Growing up here in Southern Indiana, I always assumed that everyone knew what biscuits and gravy were and what separated the good from bad. It’s one of those things—like an omelet or béarnaise sauce—that is so simple and yet so easy to get wrong. I notice that restaurants have taken to using preprepared biscuits, and not even the good frozen ones that you bake yourself, but the pre-baked, mealy, hard, dry, crumbly sub-biscuits that come on a cardboard tray. Sometimes, they don’t even bother to heat them up! Luckily for me, there’s a new restaurant in town, up on North Van Buren Street, called “Heavenly Biscuit,” and I am very pleased to announce that they, for one, know what real biscuits and gravy are. Open from 8 to 2 daily and 7 to 2 on weekends, Heavenly Biscuit is a regular breakfast mecca, with a menu featuring everything that’s good for the morning meal.
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It starts with the biscuits, of course. They are hand-made and freshly baked at the store every morning. Big, fluffy and delicious, they are the perfect platform for a mind-boggling number of possible toppings; bacon, egg, sausage patty, ham, country fried steak, fried chicken, and even egg whites, or a grilled tomato. Of course, I know I am going to order the biscuits and gravy, but also some sides; maybe fried “taters” with onions, eggs cooked any way, or a delicious hash brown casserole. Mrs. Sampler has a bit of a sweet tooth, which may explain why she is so darned sweet, but I can see right away she is fixated on the giant, sticky, sweet-smelling cinnamon roll. I convinced her to also get a pecan roll since, purely for professional reasons, you understand, I will need to sample some of her pastry. There’s also banana bread, an English muffin, a croissant, or just plain toast. Amazingly, there is a bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, tomato and onion—a big city treat
