On 10/6/2014 7:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 10/6/2014 10:20 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:29:24 -0500, Moe DeLoughan >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/2/2014 11:33 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>>> That's what I made for dinner tonight. I found the recipe in the
>>>>> notebook I keep on the bedside table. I must have written it down
>>>>> during some Food Network or similar show.
>>>>> It isn't what my mother made.
>>>>> It isn't precisely what I make (mine trends more to chili Mac)
>>>>> Do you make something similar? What do you call your version?
>>>>>
>>>>> AMERICAN CHOP SUEY
>>>>> 10/2/2014 - Janet
>>>>> 1 pound ground beef
>>>>> 1 cup chopped onion
>>>>> 1 cup chopped green pepper
>>>>> Plenty of chopped garlic
>>>>> Fresh basil
>>>>> Fresh parsley
>>>>> Oregano
>>>>> Salt & pepper
>>>>> 1 can tomato sauce
>>>>> 1 can diced tomatoes
>>>>> Scant 3 cups dry macaroni
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We just called ours by the generic term 'hot dish'. Pasta, ground
>>>> beef, tomato sauce, onions, corn, and sometimes kidney beans. Oh, and
>>>> topped with slices of bacon and sometimes shredded cheese. The bacon
>>>> would get super crispy during the baking and we kids squabbled over
>>>> who got a piece of it.
>>>>
>>>> Now I'm getting all nostalgic...
>>>
>>> I never heard the term 'hotdish' until this newsgroup. It seems to be
>>> used around Minnesota. Are you from Minnesota?
>>> Janet US
>>
>> Same here, I never heard of "hotdish" until Barb mentioned it in this
>> newsgroup.
>
> I had heard it but didn't know what it was.

Al Franken apparently runs a contest every year, and has the most recent
winners on his official website,
http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=hot_topic&id=2738. There is another
Franken hotdish recipe book at
http://www.winonadailynews.com/congr...9bb2963f4.html