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Lasagna !
On 2018-09-27 11:05 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 27 Sep 2018 02:57:37a, Cindy Hamilton told us...
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>> On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 8:28:27 PM UTC-4, Wayne
>> Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 26 Sep 2018 01:38:26p, jmcquown told us...
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>>>> On 9/26/2018 2:54 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>> writes:
>>>>>> On Tue 25 Sep 2018 01:59:36p, Pamela told us...
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>>>>>>> On 02:16 25 Sep 2018, jay wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 9/24/18 5:34 PM, rosie wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Yesterday, i spent most of the day making two large pans
>>>>>>>>> of lasagna, one for us, and one for the really nice people
>>>>>>>>> at PHYSICAL THERAPY. It was delicious, they loved it and
>>>>>>>>> so did we !
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I love love love lasagna! I even had a crawfish lasagna
>>>>>>>> once in New Orleans that was super delicious! Nice that
>>>>>>>> you take care of your PT folks!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> jay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I love lasagna as much as the next woman and perhaps more
>>>>>>> but I draw the line at having one with crayfish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've had lasagne in a restaurant that was made with lobster
>>>>>> and had a bechamel sauce. It was quite good. No tomato
>>>>>> products inolved.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> hmm... when does it cross the line from lasagna to casserole?
>>>>>
>>>> Lasagna *is* a casserole. 
>>>>
>>>> Jill
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>>> I suppose by broad definition.
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>> What's your narrow definition?
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
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> I believe I said this before, but perhaps not is so many words.
> Lasagna is a visibly structured pasta dish.
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> From Wiki... Lasagne is a type of wide, flat pasta, possibly one of
> the oldest types of pasta. Lasagne, or the singular lasagna, commonly
> refers to a culinary dish made with stacked layers of pasta
> alternated with sauces and ingredients such as meats, vegetables and
> cheese, and sometimes topped with melted grated cheese.
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> By contrast, a casserole is a combination of a few or many
> ingredients generally dumped and mixed together, possibly in layers
> or not.
>
What contrast? Lasagna fits the description of a casserole. If you look
at the Wikipedia article on casserole and follow the link "list of
casserole dishes" it includes lasagna.
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