Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> Go ahead -- get your smarmy remarks all fired up. You can't hurt me.
>
> I have a vague memory of making this culinary delight by patting out a
> pound of raw ground beef into a pan (9x9 square maybe?) and laying some
> frozen Tater Tots on top and pouring a can of cream of mushroom soup
> over all of it before baking for half and hour or something. Does that
> sound familiar to anybody?
>
> I haven't done an extensive search for this -- the Tater Tot and burger
> hotdish recipes I'm finding seem to involve cooking the meat first and
> I'm pretty sure that what I did used raw meat.
>
> Bring it.


I think the can of soup (and maybe some frozen peas) goes in *before*
the Tater Tots. And you are right, the ground beef goes in raw (and
unseasoned, IIRC) For an interesting variation, try using different
flavored cream of soup -- like maybe cream of chicken or cream of celery.

Best regards,
Bob