On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
wrote:

>By MELISSA CLARK
>
>Casseroles have an image problem.

News to me.

>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>and Grandma’s house.

No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
ingredients.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
> wrote:
>
>>By MELISSA CLARK
>>
>>Casseroles have an image problem.
>
> News to me.
>
>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>>and Grandma's house.
>
> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
> ingredients.

Nor have I!

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On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 21:27:08 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>> wrote:
>>>By MELISSA CLARK
>>>Casseroles have an image problem.
>>
>> News to me.
>>
>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>>>and Grandma's house.
>>
>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>> ingredients.
>
>Nor have I!

I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
you live

Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...

Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
I have no recollection trying it.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 21:27:08 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>>> wrote:
>>>>By MELISSA CLARK
>>>>Casseroles have an image problem.
>>>
>>> News to me.
>>>
>>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>>>>and Grandma's house.
>>>
>>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>>> ingredients.
>>
>>Nor have I!
>
> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
> you live

So it seems)


> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...

Pretty much the same here as I know it anyway


> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
> I have no recollection trying it.

Nor have I!

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 21:27:08 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>By MELISSA CLARK
>>>>>Casseroles have an image problem.
>>>>
>>>> News to me.
>>>>
>>>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried
>>>>>onions,
>>>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>>>>>and Grandma's house.
>>>>
>>>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>>>> ingredients.
>>>
>>>Nor have I!
>>
>> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
>> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
>> you live
>
> So it seems)
>
>
>> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
>> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...
>
> Pretty much the same here as I know it anyway
>
>
>> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
>> I have no recollection trying it.
>
> Nor have I!
>

That used to be one of my favorite foods. Had to have peas in it and a
light sprinkling of ripple potato chips on top.

In article >, says...
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> > "Jeßus" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 21:27:08 +0100, "Ophelia"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>By MELISSA CLARK
> >>>>>Casseroles have an image problem.
> >>>>
> >>>> News to me.
> >>>>
> >>>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried
> >>>>>onions,
> >>>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
> >>>>>and Grandma's house.
> >>>>
> >>>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
> >>>> ingredients.
> >>>
> >>>Nor have I!
> >>
> >> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
> >> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
> >> you live
> >
> > So it seems)
> >
> >
> >> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
> >> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...
> >
> > Pretty much the same here as I know it anyway
> >
> >
> >> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
> >> I have no recollection trying it.
> >
> > Nor have I!
> >
>
> That used to be one of my favorite foods.

Thanks for the warning.

Janet UK

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> On Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:47:56 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 21:27:08 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>By MELISSA CLARK
>>>>>>Casseroles have an image problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> News to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried
>>>>>>onions,
>>>>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>>>>>>and Grandma's house.
>>>>>
>>>>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>>>>> ingredients.
>>>>
>>>>Nor have I!
>>>
>>> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
>>> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
>>> you live
>>
>>So it seems)
>>
>>
>>> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
>>> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...
>>
>>Pretty much the same here as I know it anyway
>>
>>
>>> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
>>> I have no recollection trying it.
>>
>>Nor have I!
>
> I have had it on occasion - usually pot luck do's - and I suggest you
> never bother to make it

Thanks, I can't say I have ever been tempted

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On 4/8/2014 5:07 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>
> > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:47:56 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 21:27:08 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> By MELISSA CLARK
>>>>>>> Casseroles have an image problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> News to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried
>>>>>>> onions,
>>>>>>> limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired
>>>>>>> potlucks
>>>>>>> and Grandma's house.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>>>>>> ingredients.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nor have I!
>>>>
>>>> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
>>>> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
>>>> you live
>>>
>>> So it seems)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
>>>> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...
>>>
>>> Pretty much the same here as I know it anyway
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
>>>> I have no recollection trying it.
>>>
>>> Nor have I!
>>
>> I have had it on occasion - usually pot luck do's - and I suggest you
>> never bother to make it
>
> Thanks, I can't say I have ever been tempted
>

Tuna casserole is actually pretty good if not made with all of that
prepared gobblygook. A fresh bechemel, nice tuna from the seafood
stand, peas, onions, pasta. Nothing wrong with any of that.


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On 2014-04-07 5:44 PM, Jeßus wrote:

> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
> you live
>
> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...
>
> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
> I have no recollection trying it.
>


I think that tuna casserole is what may have turned me off the idea of
making any type of casserole.

On 4/7/2014 5:42 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-04-07 5:44 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> I guess I can now add casserole to the long and growing list of food
>> names/terms that have drastically different meanings depending where
>> you live
>>
>> Growing up in Australia, the typical casserole involved either beef or
>> lamb, with peas, carrots, potatoes, onions...
>>
>> Tuna casserole is another type I've heard of over the years here, but
>> I have no recollection trying it.
>
> I think that tuna casserole is what may have turned me off the idea of
> making any type of casserole.

Tuna casserole is absolutely gross !!! I grew up with it (decades ago),
and it was just horrid! I'd go hungry instead of eating it.

Sky

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On 2014-04-07 19:13, wrote:

>>
>> I think that tuna casserole is what may have turned me off the idea of
>> making any type of casserole.
>
> I love fresh tuna, especially as sushi, and will even eat canned tuna
> as a sandwich, but spare me from tuna casserole.
>


All the more for me. I like tuna salad sandwiches. In fact, I had one
for lunch tomorrow. There is enough left for me to have one tomorrow.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-04-07 19:13, wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I think that tuna casserole is what may have turned me off the idea of
>>> making any type of casserole.
>>
>> I love fresh tuna, especially as sushi, and will even eat canned tuna
>> as a sandwich, but spare me from tuna casserole.
>>
>
>
> All the more for me. I like tuna salad sandwiches. In fact, I had one for
> lunch tomorrow. There is enough left for me to have one tomorrow.

Time traveller huh? ;-)

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"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
> wrote:
>
>>By MELISSA CLARK
>>
>>Casseroles have an image problem.
>
> News to me.
>
>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles, the stuff of uninspired potlucks
>>and Grandma's house.
>
> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
> ingredients.

I did. 1980's potlucks.

On 2014-04-06, Jeßus > wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >

>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles

> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
> ingredients.

I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common in
Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.

http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511

I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.

nb

On 4/7/2014 11:17 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-04-06, Jeßus > wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>
>>> The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>> limp green beans and rubbery noodles
>
>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>> ingredients.
>
> I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common in
> Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>
> http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>
> I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.
>
> nb
>
I've never tried it, either. Mom never served that green bean
casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
there.

Jill

On 2014-04-07, jmcquown > wrote:

> casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
> recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
> there.

I never even heard of it till I was middle aged. Now it's on TV from
Halloween on. I finally tasted the canned deep fried onions when my
mom bought a can and opened it to nibble on 'em. Ick!!

nb

On 4/7/2014 12:07 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-04-07, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
>> recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
>> there.
>
> I never even heard of it till I was middle aged. Now it's on TV from
> Halloween on. I finally tasted the canned deep fried onions when my
> mom bought a can and opened it to nibble on 'em. Ick!!
>
> nb
>
Yeah, the Thanksgiving hooplah. Fortunately my mom never made it for
us. It does not sound at all appealing.

I suppose it would be easy enough to cobble together from scratch. I
won't bother.

Jill

On 2014-04-07, jmcquown > wrote:

> I suppose it would be easy enough to cobble together from scratch. I
> won't bother.

Good'onya.

I always preferred the classic Southern grn bean dish, green beans,
onions, and bacon. Hard to mess that one up.

nb

On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:39:09 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I suppose it would be easy enough to cobble together from scratch.

It is and it's delicious.


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"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-04-07, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
>> recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
>> there.
>
> I never even heard of it till I was middle aged. Now it's on TV from
> Halloween on. I finally tasted the canned deep fried onions when my
> mom bought a can and opened it to nibble on 'em. Ick!!

I have see those in cans here. I haven't been tempted and now never will
be

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jmcquown wrote:
>
> I've never tried it, either. Mom never served that green bean
> casserole.

My mom never cooked one either and I've still never tried one. I will
someday. It sounds pretty good to me.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I've never tried it, either. Mom never served that green bean
>> casserole.
>
> My mom never cooked one either and I've still never tried one. I will
> someday. It sounds pretty good to me.

I only ever had it twice. Once at a potluck. Then I made it once but had
to use cream of celery soup as my bro won't eat mushroom. It is good but I
prefer plain veggies.

On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:22:40 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/7/2014 11:17 AM, notbob wrote:
>> I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common in
>> Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>>
>> http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>>
>> I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.
>>
>I've never tried it, either. Mom never served that green bean
>casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
>recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
>there.

Green beans... one of the few veggies I'm not very keen on.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:22:40 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 4/7/2014 11:17 AM, notbob wrote:
>>> I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common
>>> in
>>> Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>>>
>>> http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>>>
>>> I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.
>>>
>>I've never tried it, either. Mom never served that green bean
>>casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
>>recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
>>there.
>
> Green beans... one of the few veggies I'm not very keen on.

I like them if they are steamed and sprinkled with good balsamic vinegar.



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On 2014-04-07 5:52 PM, Ophelia wrote:

>>
>> Green beans... one of the few veggies I'm not very keen on.
>
> I like them if they are steamed and sprinkled with good balsamic vinegar.

As far back as I can remember my father tended a vegetable garden, and
a lot of it was devoted to green beans. We had green beans almost every
night when they were in season and my mother froze enough to have then
several times a week all winter. I loved them, but for a number of years
I ate only the local beans in season. The imported beans were crap.
Over the last year the imported stuff has improved a lot. In fact, we
had green beans for supper tonight, and they were delicious.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:22:40 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 4/7/2014 11:17 AM, notbob wrote:
>>> I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common
>>> in
>>> Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>>>
>>> http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>>>
>>> I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.
>>>
>>I've never tried it, either. Mom never served that green bean
>>casserole. Imagine my surprise when I found she'd written out the
>>recipe and taped it inside one of the kitchen cabinets. It's still
>>there.
>
> Green beans... one of the few veggies I'm not very keen on.

Oooh! They are the favorite veggie in our house.

On 2014-04-07 11:17 AM, notbob wrote:

>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>> ingredients.
>
> I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common in
> Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>
> http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>
> I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.

I used to hear about it and was under the impression that it was a
classic American Thanksgiving and Christmas side dish. My mother wanted
to do it for Christmas and she was menu planning and supervising while I
cooked. I was dreading that dish, but I have to say that I was
impressed. It was pretty good.

On 7 Apr 2014 15:17:22 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2014-04-06, Jeßus > wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>
>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles
>
>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>> ingredients.
>
>I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common in
>Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>
>http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>
>I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.

Oh, that looks nasty

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-04-06, Jeßus > wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:35:43 -0400, Ubiquitous >
>
>>>The word itself conjures canned cream of mushroom soup and fried onions,
>>>limp green beans and rubbery noodles
>
>> No, it doesnt. I've never had a casserole with *any* of those
>> ingredients.
>
> I think that's the *classic* French's Thanksgiving dish that's so common
> in
> Middle America. It's all from cans and sounds wretched, IMO.
>
> http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/french...sserole-RE1511
>
> I've yet to experience it and hopefully never will.
>
It's actually quite good.