Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Go ahead -- get your smarmy remarks all fired up. You
> can't hurt me.

<eg>

>
> 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?

Not that one, but it was always cream of (anything but mushroom) soup,
with or without the ground beef. That's all I remember. I had one sister
who wouldn't eat mushrooms, so I think my Mom just changed the soup for
her...
>
> 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.

I never cooked it myself, but I think you'd be OK if you used lean ground
beef, otherwise it would probably swim in grease.
>
> Bring it.

Tater Tots rule! I even use them for quick hash browns. Much better,
IMO, than the frozen hash browns.

BOB
> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Winter Carnival ice
> sculpture pics added 1-30-05.
> "I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to
> the end and say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" -
> Comedian Rita Rudner, performance at New York, New York,
> January 10, 2005.