On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:41:17 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>> 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!

Possibly. But then "here" is your small section of the USA
for you and casserole is a French word, so what matters to
the rest of the world is what a casserole is wherever they
happen to be. And for the rest of the world it appears to
differ from your version.


Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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