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/
