"Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
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> 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!

I have made similar but no carrots. Need to try with carrots.