On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:25:10 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> When many baked dishes like this one, or macaroni & cheese, or rice
>> pudding are cooking, they will generally begin to set and form a
>> crust around the edge of the baking dish and on the top surface.
>> Turn it under means stir the crusted parts back into the overall
>> content of the dish. It helps to even the cooking and prevent over
>> cooking of the edge and top.
>
> Okay, but ... the crust around the edges is what my brothers
> and I would fight over!
>
> nancy (still loves that sorta burnt part)

a friend of mine says he eats the crust from the macaroni and cheese and
gives the rest to his wife and kids.

your pal,
blake