Last Friday of the Month Recipe Cheddar Green Onion Biscuits ~ From Kaye George! Plus Read An Excerpt from CHOKE

Hi Loyal Readers,
I promise this recipe will not make you CHOKE (the name of Kaye George's book, excerpt below)

They sound yummy and I'm making some this weekend. 

Cheddar Green Onion Biscuits

adapted by Kaye George from a recipe on My Sister's Kitchen (http://mysisterskitchen.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/cheddargreen-onion-biscuits/)

2 1/4 c. Bisquick

6 T. butter, chopped coarsely

1 1/2 t. minced garlic

6 oz. grated sharp cheddar cheese

3 green onions (or scallions) chopped finely

1 c. buttermilk

 

Cut butter into Bisquick until the texture of coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese, onions, and garlic. Add buttermilk and stir just enough to mix. Do not overmix.

Drop onto greased cookie sheet or pizza stone by heaping teaspoonsful.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes nearly 4 dozen.

 

Optional: Add 4 oz. coarsely chopped green chili or jalapeno peppers.

 

 

  Blurb for the first Imogene Duckworthy mystery, CHOKE:

Twenty-two-year-old Imogene Duckworthy is waiting tables at Huey's Hash in tiny Saltlick, TX, itching to jump out of her rut and become a detective. When Uncle Huey is found murdered in the diner, a half-frozen package of mesquite-smoked sausage stuffed down his throat, Immy gets her chance.

Immy's mother, Hortense is hauled in for the crime. Unclear of the exact duties of a PI, Immy starts a fire in the bathroom wastebasket to bust Mother out of jail. On the run from the law with her mother and her toddler daughter, Nancy Drew Duckworthy, Immy wonders, now what?




Excerpt:

"That's it, Uncle Huey!" Imogene Duckworthy whipped off her apron and flung it onto the slick, stainless steel counter. "I quit!" If only her voice didn’t sound so young. Her order pad, pencil, even the straws skittered out of their pouches and across the floor. She took a step back, her shoes sticking to the trod-upon-after-lunch debris of squished lettuce, blobs of gravy, and bits of unidentifiable brown stuff. 

"You can't quit, darlin'," drawled Uncle Huey in that thin, nasal voice that made him seem six inches shorter than his five-ten. "You're family." He dipped a scoop of mashed potatoes onto a plate, ladled thick brown gravy on top, and handed it to the cook. 

"I'm not working double shifts again next week." Immy hoped she sounded serious. Mature. Convincing. 

"Well, you'll just have to, won't you? Since Xenia just quit on me today, you and April are all the waitresses I've got left." 

Clem, the portly cook, piled the hot plate with thick slabs of meatloaf, spooned green beans beside them, and shoved it into April's waiting hands. Immy hadn't eaten lunch yet, and the oniony smell of the meatloaf kicked up some saliva under her tongue. She watched April swing through the double doors and glimpsed the whitewashed dining room full of scarred wooden tables and chairs, almost empty of customers now. 

She’d worked and played in this restaurant her entire twenty-two years. It had been started by her grandparents and handed down to her father and her uncle. Since her father’s death, of course, Uncle Huey had run it alone. 

Would she miss this place? Maybe, but she was quitting anyway. 

Immy pounded her fist on the work counter. Hugh Duckworthy jumped. "No, Uncle Huey. April is all you've got left, and if you'd kept your mitts to yourself, you'd still have Xenia." Immy's hands shook as she snatched her purse and jacket from her cubby, but she succeeded in stomping out the back door of the diner, past the cook and busboy who were staring open-mouthed. Aside from troublesome customers, she didn't talk back to people often, even when she wanted to. 

Uncle Huey may have been her father's brother, but he was a first class jerk. 

In the alley she paused beside the dumpster. Leaned against the sun-warmed metal. Gulped a big breath of relief. And choked on the stench of rotting vegetables. She  moved a little farther from the dumpster for her next breath and collapsed against the brick wall, trembling in the aftermath of her bravery. 

Immy closed her eyes and let the Texas sun soak into her upturned face, willing it to calm her. She turned her mind to the future. A purchase was waiting for her in Wymee Falls, but she had no transportation to pick it up. What should she do now? She tried to focus. 

"What in the hell got into you, Immy?" 

Her eyes flew open at the sound of the deep voice. Baxter, one of Huey's two busboys, emptied a bin of food scraps into the dumpster, plunked it onto the alley paving, and strolled over to stand a couple of feet from her. Her pulse raced at the closeness of his lean, hard body. Damn, that man was handsome. 

Immy had had a crush on Baxter Killroy since he started to work in the diner two and a half years ago, even though he was at least ten years older than Immy, mid-thirties. 

"I never heard you talk back to the boss like that before." 

That lazy smile drew her closer. She pushed off the brick wall and took a step toward him. Her mind always messed up in front of a handsome man. "Well, I guess I never did before." 

"Gotta admire that in a woman. That's spunk, Immy."

 

 

 

Links to buy CHOKE:

Ebooks:
E-book at Untreed Reads
Amazon

Paperback:
Amazon

Newsflash: Kaye hopes to have an audio version of this book in October. 


Bio:

Kaye George is a short story writer and novelist who has been nominated for Agatha awards twice. She is the author of four mystery series: the Imogene Duckworthy humorous Texas series, the Cressa Carraway musical mystery series, the FAT CAT cozy series, and
The People of the Wind Neanderthal series. EINE KLEINE MURDER, the first Cressa Carraway novel debuted in April from Barking Rain Press and was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award. DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE, the first Neanderthal book, in June by Untreed Reads.  The first FAT CAT book, from Berkley Prime Crime, will appear in 2014.
 
Her short stories can be found in her collection, A PATCHWORK OF STORIES, as well as in several anthologies, various online and print magazines. She reviews for "Suspense Magazine", writes for several newsletters and blogs, and gives workshops on short story writing and promotion. Kaye is agented by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds Literary and lives in Knoxville, TN.

Find her at:
 
Homepage: http://kayegeorge.com/ 
Blogs: http://travelswithkaye.blogspot.com/
and
http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/