"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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> 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

I love that guy. Sooo funny!