On 10/6/2014 3:23 PM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 10/6/2014 10:20 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:29:24 -0500, Moe DeLoughan >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/2/2014 11:33 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> That's what I made for dinner tonight. I found the recipe in the
>>>> notebook I keep on the bedside table. I must have written it down
>>>> during some Food Network or similar show.
>>>> It isn't what my mother made.
>>>> It isn't precisely what I make (mine trends more to chili Mac)
>>>> Do you make something similar? What do you call your version?
>>>>
>>>> AMERICAN CHOP SUEY
>>>> 10/2/2014 - Janet
>>>> 1 pound ground beef
>>>> 1 cup chopped onion
>>>> 1 cup chopped green pepper
>>>> Plenty of chopped garlic
>>>> Fresh basil
>>>> Fresh parsley
>>>> Oregano
>>>> Salt & pepper
>>>> 1 can tomato sauce
>>>> 1 can diced tomatoes
>>>> Scant 3 cups dry macaroni
>>>>
>>>
>>> We just called ours by the generic term 'hot dish'. Pasta, ground
>>> beef, tomato sauce, onions, corn, and sometimes kidney beans. Oh, and
>>> topped with slices of bacon and sometimes shredded cheese. The bacon
>>> would get super crispy during the baking and we kids squabbled over
>>> who got a piece of it.
>>>
>>> Now I'm getting all nostalgic...
>>
>> I never heard the term 'hotdish' until this newsgroup. It seems to be
>> used around Minnesota. Are you from Minnesota?
>
> You betcha!
>
Many years ago we became fans of Garrison Keeler's Lake Wobegon program
and I first came to know of the Minnesotan "Hot Dish".

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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