“Buy them ready-made in the big blue box with the picture of the biscuit on the front, or in the brown bag with the dark stains that indicate freshness.”
-Garrison Keillor

By Brooke A. Brown 

Ahhhh… now that’s the type of wrapping paper I like to see. Okay, so it isn’t terribly colorful, and it’s lacking festive icons such as snowmen, reindeer and candy canes. But thanks to the buttery, greasy goodness contained within, it shines as bright as the glossiest, most glittery holiday paper around.

Tudor’s Biscuit World is probably why the New Year’s resolution was created. But let’s not feel guilty just yet about the goodness that is a biscuit sandwich from Tudor’s. Instead, let’s celebrate this West Virginia institution and the incredible product that they make from scratch every single day.

I can’t tell you how many ‘Rons’ or ‘Thundering Herds’ I’ve had in my lifetime (clearly not too many, I’m still here after all). But every biscuit I’ve ever encountered at Tudor’s has been consistently delectable. Sometimes the goings-on between the biscuit’s top and bottom are of questionable taste – an overcooked egg, heat lamp-dried sausage, undercooked bacon – but the biscuit itself is always golden brown with a tender, flaky texture.

The thing is, I’m a bit of a biscuit snob. Growing up in Tennessee, where good biscuits are as common as sweet tea, will do that to a person. That being said, a Tudor’s biscuit is a southern biscuit through and through. They are tall, light and airy, possibly due to the not-so-common combined use of self-rising flour and baking powder. That was my grandpa’s technique, anyway.

However they’re made, we should consider ourselves lucky to have easy access to such an authentic representation of a regional delicacy. Now that I think about it, I may resolve to eat more biscuits in 2008.

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