These are the biscuits of my childhood. I actually learned to make these biscuits from my grandfather. He would get up early to milk the cows then come in to cook breakfast for the family. Of course, he never measured anything, and he kept the sifter and mixing bowl in the 5-gallon tin with the flour. He just scooped up the right amount of flour with the sifter and eyeballed the rest. They were always perfect!