"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> Mia wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever tried substituting cornmeal for breadcrumbs in a mixture
> > such as ground beef (to make hamburgers) ... with tasty or similar
results?
>
> I have used cornmeal on it's own and mixed with flour for frying fish. It
can
> get pretty gritty. I can't see using raw cornmeal with hamburger, unless
your
> teeth neat some extra abrasive cleaning.
>

If you add breadcrumbs (or something similar) you get a meat loaf, not a
hamburger (regardless of the shape). I have had good results using rice,
buckwheat, bulgur (all cooked of course), and crumbled cornbread.


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