On 2014-10-06, Becca EmaNymton > wrote:

> Same here, I never heard of "hotdish" until Barb mentioned it in this
> newsgroup.

Not surprising a resident of MN would use a temperature term to
describe a food dish.

nb

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!

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)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

"Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
...
> 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?
>> Janet US
>
> Same here, I never heard of "hotdish" until Barb mentioned it in this
> newsgroup.

I had heard it but didn't know what it was.

On 10/6/2014 7:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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?
>>> Janet US
>>
>> Same here, I never heard of "hotdish" until Barb mentioned it in this
>> newsgroup.
>
> I had heard it but didn't know what it was.

Al Franken apparently runs a contest every year, and has the most recent
winners on his official website,
http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=hot_topic&id=2738. There is another
Franken hotdish recipe book at
http://www.winonadailynews.com/congr...9bb2963f4.html

On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:15:59 -0400, Travis McGee wrote:


>
> Al Franken apparently runs a contest every year, and has the most recent
> winners on his official website,
> http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=hot_topic&id=2738. There is another
> Franken hotdish recipe book at
> http://www.winonadailynews.com/congr...h-recipe-book/
pdf_1b8e04a2-b408-11e2-960c-0019bb2963f4.html

Fun

Tara

"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
...
> On 10/6/2014 7:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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?
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> Same here, I never heard of "hotdish" until Barb mentioned it in this
>>> newsgroup.
>>
>> I had heard it but didn't know what it was.
>
> Al Franken apparently runs a contest every year, and has the most recent
> winners on his official website,
> http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=hot_topic&id=2738. There is another
> Franken hotdish recipe book at
> http://www.winonadailynews.com/congr...9bb2963f4.html

I love that guy. Sooo funny!

Check this recipe/article by Michael Ruhlman:
http://ruhlman.com/2010/05/macaroni-...hildhood-love/

In the comments, several people refer to this as American Chop Suey or Goulash.

It looks like the OP's recipe with the addition of cheese.

Call it what you will, it's delicious and comforting.

Ken Kozak