jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 1/2/2016 8:58 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On 1/2/2016 6:11 PM, sf wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 16:16:46 -0500, jmcquown
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 1/2/2016 2:11 PM, sf wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 10:46:30 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 1/2/2016 2:55 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:01:27 -0700, Janet B wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sausage and cheese balls by Dora copied from this
> > > > > > > > > group:
> >>>>>>>> Sausage Cheese Balls
> > > > > > > > > >
> >>>>>>>>> 1 lb. ground sausage
> >>>>>>>>> 16 oz. shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
> >>>>>>>>> 3 cups all purpose baking mix
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Heh. I just made these yesterday as part of the New
> > > > > > > > Years Eve munchies. They're the turd-looking things
> > > > > > > > between the lobster claw, the chicken wings, and the
> > > > > > > > pao de quiejo:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwert...3017609/in/pho
> > > > > > > > tost ream/lightbox/
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Even with only three ingredients (I also add minced
> > > > > > > > onion and a little milk), they are bitch to get all
> > > > > > > > mixed together thoroughly.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I made them once, just to see what they were. People
> > > > > > > mention them all the time. Okay, I would never try those
> > > > > > > again if I didn't have my (sound of angels singing) stand
> > > > > > > mixer.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > That's the first thing that occurred to me: stand mixer, use
> > > > > > paddle except I wouldn't try them in the first place. The
> > > > > > thought of meat mixed into bread doesn't appeal.
> > > > > >
> > > > > It's not bread, it's baking mix (like Bisquik). No different
> > > > > from using flour with some added leavening ingredients. It's
> > > > > merely a binder.
> > > > >
> > > > Bisquick makes biscuits and biscuits are bread.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Uh yeah. Are you telling me you never add flour to something you
> > > don't plan to turn into bread?
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Umm, at 3 cups bread mix, it's a bread.
> >
> How can you say dried biscuit mix is bread?
>
> Despite the Bisquick recipe, I never used three cups of baking mix.
> One and a half to two cups, worked in gradually. I'd have done
> gradually the same with seasoned flour if I didn't have baking mix.
> It's used as a BINDER. It's not the main ingredient. What don't you
> understand about this?
>
> Jill

Jill, it's 50% by volume flour. What part of 'that makes it more a
bread than anything else' isnt clear?

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