Tune Pinwheels, revealed!

Due to some comments made after my last post, I am hereby revealing the secrets of Tuna Pinwheels, one of my wife's recipes. (It's a bit delayed, because I was busy all weekend, but better late than never.)

A major ingredient is called Bisquick. To those of you outside the States, Bisquick is a premixed baking product made by General Mills.

Also, this recipe uses the "imperial" measures used in the States, along with degrees Fahrenheit. Your measures may vary.

And now, without further ado (drum roll, please!):

TUNA PINWHEEL ROLLS

1-1/4 cups Bisquick
1/3 cup water
Mix thoroughly and knead smooth.

1-1/2 cans tuna (6 oz. cans)
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup grated cheese (1 oz.)
2 Tbsp chopped parsley
1/2 tspn celery salt
1/4 tspn salt
dash pepper
1 egg, slightly beaten

Heat oven to 425F. Mix tuna, onion and cheese. Mix about 1/2 of the egg with remaining ingredients and combine with tuna mixture.
Roll dough into 10 x 10-1/2 inch square. Spread tuna mixture, leaving 1 inch along 10-1/2-inch edges. Roll up and slice 1-1/2 inches thick. Place slices on well-greased baking pan. Brush with remaining egg. Bake 15-20 minutes or until nicely browned.

Voila! You have yourself some tummy tuna pinwheels. If you decide to try out the recipe, you may invite me over to "test" them. (FWIW, my wife usually made scalloped potatoes or au gratin potatoes as a side dish with the pinwheels.)

JUST IN CASE you can't find Bisquick where you live, here is my wife's recipe for Biscuit Mix, taken from the same recipe card--she often doesn't have it and doesn't want to run to the store just for that.

BISCUIT MIX
1-1/4 cups flour
2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn salt
3 Tbsn shortening
1/3 cup milk

No other instructions. I guess it replaces the Bisquick + milk part of the recipe, and then you pick up with the other part--tuna, etc.
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The weekend was rough. Very little went on during the week--everything was Friday night or Saturday, including two major basketball games and a volleyball tournament. The volleyball tournament meant I couldn't do any writing on Saturday, as usual--it was all pushed back to Sunday, along with the tournament itself. Quite tiring. I didn't even try to visit my mom--a phone call had to do.

Then, today, it was a lot of scrambling and hustling to get everything finished. Photos, stories, even an editorial (nothing profound, believe me). But I got it all done. Then, tonight, I covered a volleyball match and then back home. Finally, after 11 p.m., I got to write this.

On Tuesday, I took my mom and to the eye doctor for a new set of glasses. The weather was nice--mid 30sF and even some sun. Wow! We have been under gray skies for weeks now--the sun came out for a while late this morning, and the person at the next desk ran to put on some shades.