"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> "Gary" > wrote in message
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>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I had some ground beef to use up but none of the usual stuff sounded
>>>> appealing. I found a recipe that called for sliced potatoes, a can of
>>>> cream
>>>> of mushroom soup, milk, onion, salt, pepper and cheese on up. Basically
>>>> you
>>>> brown the ground beef, then layer it with thinly sliced potatoes and
>>>> the
>>>> sauce made of the soup, milk and onion. Bake at 350 for 1-1.5 hours
>>>> then
>>>> add
>>>> the cheese till melted.
>>>>
>>>> Reviewers said it worked best to cover the potatoes for an hour and add
>>>> extra seasonings.
>>>>
>>>> I added more onion, celery, small cans of corn, peas, green beans,
>>>> parsley,
>>>> a little garlic powder and two pouches of Velveeta cheese sauce.
>>>>
>>>> Despite cooking it for a full 1.5 hours, a few of the potato slices
>>>> were
>>>> not
>>>> totally tender. This is likely due to my cutting them a bit thicker.
>>>> Wasn't
>>>> really a problem. I made the casserole last night and had a small
>>>> amount
>>>> as
>>>> a bedtime snack. To reheat, I just cooked for longer in the microwave,
>>>> until
>>>> the potatoes were tender.
>>>>
>>>> Very tasty, worked out well and allowed me to use up a few things.
>>>
>>> Sounds to me like a tasty home comfort meal. I've done similar in
>>> the past. Ingredient wise, it's pretty much the same as a cottage
>>> pie. At least close enough. That combination is never a fail.
>>
>> Yep. Was eaten by 5 different people. All liked it.
>>
>>
>
> My mom made something similar to this growing up. She would fry hamburger
> with onion, mix it with sliced potatoes and carrots, salt and pepper, then
> add a milk, flour, butter white sauce and bake in a casserole dish. No
> cheese, however. We called it "hamburger hotdish" growing up. I make it
> too once in awhile because it's good comfort food.

I needed to use the hamburger up and was running low on fresh food.