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tert in seattle

writes:
>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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