On May 6, 5:55 pm, (Victor Sack) wrote:
> maxine in ri > wrote:
>
> > to the potluck this coming Friday. Hmmm, hotdish. Isn't that a mid-
> > western phenomenon of the casserole kind? What elements make up
> > hotdish, and how creative can one get when making it?
>
> Here is what Howard Mohr says, in _How to Talk Minnesotan_:
>
> "Hotdish is constructed on a base of canned cream cream of mushroom soup
> and canned vegetables. The other ingredients are as varied as the
> Minnesota landscape." Here is his generic recipe:
>
> Victor
>
> Generic Hotdish (for 4)
>
> Mix together in a large bowl:
> Two cans cream of mushroom soup
> 1 pound cooked pulverized meat
> 2 cans of vegetables.
>
> Stir.
> Salt to taste.
> Pour into baking dish.
> Sprinkle with canned french-fried onion rings
> or Chow Mein noodles.
> Bake at 400 degrees until a brown crust forms.

This appeals to my sense of the absurd: A Minnesotan generic recipe
from Germany for a RI potluck at a UU church.

Nothing wrong with any of them, please don't get your danders up.

maxine in ri