jmcquown > wrote:
> On 10/12/2018 6:35 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>>
>>> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
>>> news
>>>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>>>> Tonight I'm making salmon patties with sauteed green beans. Not very
>>>>> exciting, perhaps, but quite tasty. 
>>>>>
>>>>> What's on your menu for tonight?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I love salmon patties, but I havent had them in years. Since DH went to
>>>> go check on the Florida house, its just my DD and I at home this weekend.
>>>> Its an uncomfortable 40 degrees out so a comfort classic, hamburger
>>>> €śhotdish€ť, is on the menu for tonight.
>>>
>>> What do you put in that?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Potatoes, carrots, hamburger, onions, flour, milk, butter, salt, pepper.
>>
> You described it in another reply as scalloped potatoes. My mother
> occasionally made scalloped potatoes with a white sauce but the meat was
> usually cubed ham or browned sliced smoked sausage. It was tasty.
> She didn't call it a "hotdish", though.
>
> Now I'm thinking I need to make scalloped potatoes sometime soon!
>
> Jill
>
As €ślike€ť scalloped potatoes, but not scalloped potatoes. Like your moms,
scalloped potatoes have ham, not hamburger and carrots. I was using that
comparison as a descriptor to give Gary an idea what the finished product
was like. Scalloped potatoes arent €śhotdish€ť in my house (a small
technicality)€”theyre a side item.