On 6 Apr 2014 16:41:01 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2014-04-06, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>
>> Casseroles have an image problem.
>
>Interesting article. Even more so, as I didn't hafta login to NYT.
>
>The part that caught my eye was "stratas", a term new to me. Yet,
>that's exactly what I'd been looking for. I recall eating a French
>bread and broccoli strata that was quite tasty, yet never really knew
>it's name, it having been Americanized to "bake". So, I've found a
>recipe. Yay! I'm familiar with tagines, having cooked 'em many
>times. I saved the beet/greens/cheese crumble recipe, but may lose
>the crumble, not being a big fan of oatmeal.
>
>BTW, what's the deal with "clothbound" cheddar? I've never heard of
>it, let alone seen it, and I've eaten 8 yr old aged chedders. Or is
>that jes the NYT rearing its stratosphere-bound nose.
>
>nb
I haven't seen clothbound cheddar in 20 years or more. It was every
where in Wisconsin when I was growing up. I still run across
clothbound Swiss? or something like Swiss occasionally.
Janet US