Barbecue For Real

I was eating some grilled salmon steaks the other evening (along with grilled red potatoes and a green salad). I thought to myself, you know, some biscuits would really MAKE this meal.

So I got to fiddling around in the kitchen...I wanted some biscuits quickly. I also wanted something easy. Here's what I came up with:

Quick BBQ Biscuits

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 Tablespoons mustard (I like the coarse, stone-ground kind)
• 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil or butter (or margarine), at room temperature
• 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons water or beer, at room temperature

Combine the mustard, oil, and water/beer in a large bowl. Sift in about 1/4 cup of the flour, and whisk to remove lumps. Then, sift in the remaining flour, the salt, and the baking powder. Stir to thoroughly combine. The mixture should be about as thick as peanut butter.

Using a spatula, spread the mixture (in a roughly rectangular shape) on a large, greased sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil. The mixture will be sticky, so you might want to grease the spatula, as well. Spread the mixture out so that it's roughly eight by ten inches, and about 1/2 inch thick.*

Lay the foil sheet onto a pre-heated grill, and close the lid. It should take about 10 minutes for the mixture to begin to rise, and develop a golden-brown crust. Keep checking every few minutes, until the biscuits are done to your liking.

*Alternately, the dough may be spread on the foil, then placed on a baking sheet. Bake (in the oven) at 425 degrees F, for about 15 minutes.