On 10/12/2018 7:42 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> Terry Coombs > wrote:
>> On 10/12/2018 4:48 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>> Gary > wrote:
>>>> Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>>>> It’s an uncomfortable 40 degrees out so a comfort classic, hamburger
>>>>> hotdish, is on the menu for tonight.
>>>> I just looked that up. Sounds good. I see many variations after
>>>> beef and egg noodles. How do you make yours?
>>>>
>>> No noodles. Its pretty much scalloped potatoes with carrots, and browned
>>> hamburger (with diced onion) instead of ham. The ratio of meat and carrot
>>> to potato is higher, too., like 1/3 each. Mixed with a basic scalloped
>>> potato sauce (no cream of soup). Dont skimp on salt and pepper else its
>>> pretty dang bland. Then baked a long dang time until the carrots and
>>> potatoes are soft, which depends on how thin you cut them. Hard to screw
>>> up and my kid likes it. I only make it when its the two of us home.
>>>
>>> If I were to re-write the recipe using noodles, Id omit the carrot, add
>>> mushrooms, use cream of mush soup and call it stroganoff hotdish. Ha!
>>>
>> Â* That sounds a bit like a layered casserole my wife useta make ,
>> layers of sliced taters , green beans , mushrooms , ground beef , thick
>> slices of onion and topped with a can of Cream O' Something soup .
>>
> Im not even sure my recipe is a €œreal€� recipe€”its just something my mom
> made when I was a kid and my daughter likes it, so I make it for her. Ive
> never, ever seen nor heard of it anywhere else. I just googled it and
> cant even find anything super similar online (although I didnt search
> long).
>
Â* Where do you think "real" recipes came from ? "No Ogg , you stupid
cave dweller , the meat goes over the fire fat side UP !" And thus was
born the first "real" recipe ...

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