"Nicky" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:04:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>Not really casseroles. At least not most of them. A lot of those use
>>pasta
>>or rice and in most cases it doesn't do well in the crockpot. And most
>>call
>>for some kind of cream of something or other soup which we can't eat.
>
> LOL - Julie, NONE of Alan's recipes, or mine, for a casserole would
> call for pasta, or rice, or "cream of something or other" - you
> Americans have done something completely your own with the concept;
> the original version is a combo of whatever meat, beans, grains, and
> veggies you have around, flavoured with whatever spices you have
> handy, and cooked in whatever liquid you like. So perfectly suited to
> crockpot cooking, where you just reduce the liquid volumes. Experiment
> away...

Huh. That's not what a casserole is here!