Kalmia wrote:
> On Dec 5, 7:12 pm, George > wrote:
>> Lasagna is "poor people food" where you use up the leftover meatballs
>> and sauce to make another filling meal. Ravioli is a more elegant
>> concept where you use good filling to make an interesting dish.
>
> Aw, c'mon. It ain't cheap to make if you consider the price of decent
> cheeses, make your own sauce etc. I have never used leftover anything
> to build mine. There is plenty of work too to boil the noodles, built
> it attractively. bake etc. For me, it's a two - three day affair to
> make it.


It is cheap to make when you consider how many people it will feed
with just 1 pound of meat. The cost goes down even more if you use a
bechamel (sp?) sauce instead of ricotta cheese.

Instead of boiling the noodles, try laying them out in your lasagna
pan and pouring hot water over them; let them soak while you prepare
the fillings, then drain.

-Bob