On 10/13/2018 5:30 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/13/2018 6:14 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> On 10/13/2018 4:38 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 10/12/2018 9:32 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>>>> 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.Â* 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.Â* 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*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.Â* I just googled it
>>>>> and
>>>>> cant even find anything super similar online (although I didnt
>>>>> search
>>>>> long).
>>>>>
>>>> Â*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 ...
>>>>
>>> No need to get testy, Terry.Â* Most recipes were originally cobbled
>>> together with what was available or using what one could afford.
>>> BTW, when it comes to meat, fat side down, sear then turn the meat
>>> and let the melting fat baste the meat as it cooks.
>>
>> Â*Â* See , you just modified the first "real recipe" to improve the
>> dish. I suspect most recipes evolve as we learn and discover new
>> ingredients ...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> She wasn't talking about searing meat.Â* She was talking about sliced
>>> potatoes in a cream sauce.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Â*Â* You're over reacting Jill ... I was just demonstrating the
>> mostly-mundane origins of "real recipes" .
>>
> You're the one who called her Ogg.
>
> Jill

Sweet Jesus Jill , do I have to put a disclaimer in every post ? Ogg was
a fictional cave dweller thought up for the purpose of demonstrating how
easily a recipe can be originated ...

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