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Graham

On 2018-09-28 12:08 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, September 28, 2018 at 1:42:28 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
>> On 2018-09-28 8:16 AM, l not -l wrote:
>>> On 28-Sep-2018, Pamela > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05:36 28 Sep 2018, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu 27 Sep 2018 08:34:29p, Dave Smith told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2018-09-27 11:05 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu 27 Sep 2018 02:57:37a, Cindy Hamilton told us...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 8:28:27 PM UTC-4, Wayne
>>>>>>>> Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed 26 Sep 2018 01:38:26p, jmcquown told us...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 9/26/2018 2:54 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue 25 Sep 2018 01:59:36p, Pamela told us...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02:16 25 Sep 2018, jay wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/24/18 5:34 PM, rosie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yesterday, i spent most of the day making two large pans
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of lasagna, one for us, and one for the really nice
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people at PHYSICAL THERAPY. It was delicious, they loved
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it and so did we !
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I love love love lasagna! I even had a crawfish lasagna
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> once in New Orleans that was super delicious! Nice that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you take care of your PT folks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jay
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I love lasagna as much as the next woman and perhaps more
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I draw the line at having one with crayfish.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've had lasagne in a restaurant that was made with lobster
>>>>>>>>>>>> and had a bechamel sauce. It was quite good. No tomato
>>>>>>>>>>>> products inolved.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> hmm... when does it cross the line from lasagna to
>>>>>>>>>>> casserole?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Lasagna *is* a casserole.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I suppose by broad definition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What's your narrow definition?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe I said this before, but perhaps not is so many words.
>>>>>>> Lasagna is a visibly structured pasta dish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From Wiki... Lasagne is a type of wide, flat pasta, possibly
>>>>>>> one of
>>>>>>> the oldest types of pasta. Lasagne, or the singular lasagna,
>>>>>>> commonly refers to a culinary dish made with stacked layers of
>>>>>>> pasta alternated with sauces and ingredients such as meats,
>>>>>>> vegetables and cheese, and sometimes topped with melted grated
>>>>>>> cheese.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By contrast, a casserole is a combination of a few or many
>>>>>>> ingredients generally dumped and mixed together, possibly in
>>>>>>> layers or not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What contrast? Lasagna fits the description of a casserole. If
>>>>>> you look at the Wikipedia article on casserole and follow the
>>>>>> link "list of casserole dishes" it includes lasagna.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think you're right because the other responses are using a poor
>>>> description as if it were an authoritative definition.
>>>>
>>>> Lasgana tends to a firm construction like a layered pie, whereas a
>>>> casserole tends to a sloppy consistency like a stew.
>>>>
>>>> Occassionally they may overlap but, in my book, that's only when
>>>> someone made a bad lasgana and someone else a partly dried
>>>> casserole.
>>>>
>>>> IMHO
>>> I think your characterization of "sloppy consistency" is mistaken; I can
>>> think of few, if any that are intended to be stew-like. Casseroles, such
>>> as green bean, scalloped potatoes, baked ziti, mac and cheese, tuna noodle
>>> casserole, tetrazzini and similar, IME, are only sloppy due to mistakes in
>>> preparation, not intent. Perhaps I've not been exposed to a wide enough
>>> world of casseroles; but, I can't recall ever having one that was,
>>> intentionally, stew-like. I have had stew served in a casserole dish; but,
>>> does that make it a casserole? Is chicken and dumplings a casserole?
>>>
>> I don't know what all the fuss is about. A casserole is the vessel in
>> which food is cooked. What you dump in it doesn't matter!
>
> It has come to mean both. Good thing language changes, or we'd
> still be grunting and pointing.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
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