On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:39:46 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > Would you not put ham in the au gratin too? Ham and cheese are good
> > together. Jill mentioned that her Mum put additions to their scalloped
> > potatoes and I am curious about what else would be good in there.
>
> Again...some recipes are best left alone once you find a good one.
> Jill's mom used the Betty Crocker recipe and I might use that one too
> rather than the other I mentioned. Betty Crocker has never steered me
> wrong yet.
>
> Rather than put ham into the recipe, I think I would put separately
> cooked ham plain or with raisin sauce on the plate along with plain
> scalloped potatoes...add a green vegetable of your choice to finish
> the plate.

I think you're on the right track now. I finished my pork chops in
some leftover beer I always save for pork, which is usually oven
braised (My son and son-in-law always seem to leave an untouched,
opened bottle somewhere). Then I made a mushroom gravy using up the
last bit of mushroom ragu that was leftover from dinner the night
before.
>
> That BC recipe calls for onions too...definitely good with scalloped
> potatoes.
>
I forgot to add onions, but they weren't missed because of the cheese.
Thanks for getting dinner kick started for me last night!

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