Bisquick

I know that we're all aware of where to get Bisquick in our local areas, but just thought i'd mention that Asda on-line are selling  2 x boxes of Bisquick for £1.50 at the mo.

good to know! I love that stuff

is it only online, or in the store as well?

My bf had never had "American style" pancakes before and was thrilled when I made them...thank goodness we can find that mix over here!  He thinks I'm spoiling him when I make them.  Hee hee!

I've got about 8 boxes of bisquick in my cupboard because ASDA started selling it in their shops near Pancake day and I was afraid they would stop.  As far as I know they do still sell it and I think it is only 98p or there abouts for a small box.  (Much better than Tesco, who was selling it for about £2.50!). 

Just watch the pancake recipe printed on the label.  I think it is for British style pancakes.  My mom origionally printed off the American lable for me, so that is what I use.  Mind you, she also sent me American baking powder to use as well (fluffier pancakes)!

I have a great Bisquick pizza-pie that I make, and a lovely fruit crisp.  Yep--LOVE Bisquick!

is it only online, or in the store as well?

sorry, i dont know... i saw it in the online shop, but havent been into an actual Asda for months.

bisquick is the sole reason that I can't spell bisquits. I mean biscuits! 

I love it!

That's ok... i know someone who cant spell Bisquick! 

I  just found Bisquick at my corner shop, literally just across the road, was I ever surprised to find it there!! So I dug out a Bisquick recipe booklet that I bought in the states ages ago, it has recipes for everything from snacks, main courses, desserts, and breakfasts! Some of them are really yummy, I'd forgotten just how versatile Bisquick is!

The Betty Crocker website has lots of Bisquick recipes as well...

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/search/search_results.aspx?searchText=bisquick

Never look at recipes websites when you're hungry!!!! Lots of neat recipes there. Reminds me of how much I miss sloppy joes!!!!! I need to figure out how to make the sauce, any ideas?

I was ecstatic when I first saw Bisquick in the stores a few years back. But...I approach it with caution nowadays. Something that I can't quite put my finger on just isn't the same. Pancakes don't *quite* come out the way I (almost) became famous for in the US. I knew my recipe by heart and yet when I make them here, exactly the same way but with the UK version, they lack that extra something. Is it the milk? The eggs? I've brought over plenty of Log Cabin, so it can't be the syrup. And the butter here is SO much better than the US. I've tried regular milk, Channel Island milk, buttermilk...

And then I tried to make US-style biscuits. Same *odd something different* that I can't quite explain. Is it the cooker? The fact I use gas and in the US it was electric? Is it elevation? (No, can't be, there's only about 10 feet difference.) Being more close to magnetic North, whereas before I was almost at the Equator?

Then I tried making their scone recipe. True Brits tried them and I got raves even from those who normally wouldn't rave. *THOSE* I seemed to get right.

So I wonder...is the recipe different? Has it been Brit-icized?

I confess it's only something I'm scratching my head over. I haven't stopped making pancakes, nor stopped using Bisquick. (Heavens, no!) I just dont serve them with the same prewarning, "Prepare your tastebuds for something special". They're just...well, just "ordinary" now. And I don't exactly know why.

Has anyone else had that some experience?

Sloppy Joes: http://southernfood.about.com/od/sloppyjoes/r/bl30107h.htm
I'm not recommending it, just that it was the first hit on my google search.

I cheat and bring back the McCormick dry mix of it 

I havent had that experience, Lisa, but i only ever use Bisquick for pancakes... and when they're smothered in butter and syrup, i cant see a difference at all.   
It's probably because ive been away from the US for so long... I've forgotten what it's meant to taste like?