In article >, "Saerah"
> wrote:

> >Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >
> >> snip
> >>
> >>It could happen! :-) I've got a mess of chicken leg quarters in the
> >>fridge that I don't feel like packaging up and freezing. I may make
> >>some chicken soup/broth and make some gumbo. Seems like the weather
> >>for
> >>it. Gotta check ingredients first; I think it's going to take a trip
> >>to
> >>the grocery store first.
> >>
> >>I've got about half a pound of ground beef to use up, too. Could be
> >>hotdish -- the kind that makes some of the snooties around here puke at
> >>the thought. I'm always happy to provide a good purgative. :-)
>
> what is "hotdish"?
>
> --
> saerah
>
> TANSTAAFL
>
> CrzyBitch (3:25:06 AM): I'm a secret agent, and a princess

Hotdish (and it's one word, not two) is Minnesota-speak for
macaroni-and-ground beef-and-cream-soup-based-casserole that a lot of
snooty people sneer at and a lot of midwesterners ate while growing up
and still love. I think the theory is that egg noodles or other
macaroni, along with cream of something soup, extend the number of
servings a pound of hamburger will provide. There are a gazillion
variations, some of which include the enhancement and garnish of crushed
potato chips or crisp chow mein noodles on top.

"We love it here, we love it here, we love it here" in Minneapolis,
Meen-a-soh-ta
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