"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:12:23 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> That's a breakfast casserole. A Strata is built in layers.
>>> Bread on the bottom, a filling, another slice on bread on top of that,
>>> perhaps some sort of topping and then a custard mixture is poured over
>>> all. The strata needs to sit, refrigerated for those mysterious 6-8
>>> hours. A serving is then what amounts to a custardy sandwich.
>>> Just sayin
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>>Thanks Is there nothing in there but bread and custard? Sound awfully
>>like bread pudding to me I was expecting it to be a savoury thing.
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> No, there is a filling. The recipe I have puts cheese in between the
> bread and tops with 'jelly' when baked. I'm not sure about the word
> usage here. Jelly to you means a gelatin dessert? If so, what I mean
> is a fruit preserve, jam, jelly, marmalade or something along that
> line. The term 'strata' has been *******ized to also mean a breakfast
> casserole. To you, that would be a savory bread pudding.
> From Wiki:
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> Strata (food)
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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> The earliest strata recipe known is a 1902 recipe for Cheese strata, a
> gratin of layers of bread, white sauce, and cheese, but no eggs
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> Strata or stratta is a family of layered casserole dishes in American
> cuisine.
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> The most common modern variant is a brunch dish, similar to a quiche
> or frittata, made from a mixture which mainly consists of bread, eggs
> and cheese. It may also include meat or vegetables. The usual
> preparation requires the bread to be layered with the filling in order
> to produce layers (strata). It was popularized in the 1984 Silver
> Palate Good Times Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins.[1]
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> Other recipes merely require that the ingredients are mixed together,
> like a savory bread pudding. A beaten egg mixture is then poured over
> the ingredients. The dish requires a rest of anywhere between one hour
> and overnight before it is baked.[citation needed] It is served warm.
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> Janet US

The cheese strata I made was layered and the cheese is what would be the
filling. I will not be making it again though. I'm sure I would have liked
it. But they didn't like it at all. Wasn't sure daughter would like it
because for as much as she likes cheese, she seems to like it only by itself
these days and not in or on things. Husband hated it. So I will not ever
make it again.