I had Hotdish galore yesterday!

[KitchenWitch]

[SPKrazy]

1. was he that good?

i know you Minnesotans have hot dishes all the time, even in the dead of summer everything is a hot dish.

Jennifer Connelly is a hot dish KW!

I'd have her too

[KitchenWitch]

5. *chuckle*

I was at my uncle's memorial service yesterday. I commented to one of my relatives, "Ya know, there is never enough food at these things!"

I totally pigged out.

[janx]

2. TATER TOT?

Was it TATER TOT?

[KitchenWitch]

3. One of the varieties was Tater Tot!

[janx]

7. I KNEW IT!

And, as I have learned, there are variations of the tater tot hot dish. The one I knew best involved ground beef, Campbell's cheese soup, onion dip mix, and tater tots. (I spent some years with a Minnesotan.) But there are variations of the tater tot hot dish recipe, as told to me by a South Dakotan. Some are made with ham, some are made with variations of soup mixes, but all are well apportioned and graced on top with tater tots!

[grasswire]

9. Minnesota Lutheran soul food.

Hamburger, onion, mushroom soup, green beans, and tater tots.

A vegetarian friend made it with vegan sausages and a bunch of cheese. Not bad.

[KitchenWitch]

10. Oh yeah, that vegetarian version sounds great!

[janx]

11. Food hangover.

I don't know about the veg variety, but every time I (over) ate the stuff, I felt like hell the next day.

[janx]

12. Lude-er-an, St. Olaf's, Geeze!

Tater Tot Hot Dish!

I love it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. And just what is a hotdish, my dear KW?

I vaguely recall your mentioning this before, but now I've forgotten!

I gather it's yummy.......

[KitchenWitch]

6. It is one of any number of varieties of what many folks call "casseroles"

or "covered dishes".

Many varieties rely on using cream of mushroom soup as the sauce/binder.

They are all very yummy, but perhaps, not the healthiest of food choices. Think comfort food (which is why they are often served at midwestern funerals).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Ah yes, now I remember!

Oh indeed, comfort foods........And we need them!

They're like an embrace for your insides!

[krispos42]

13. Pussy Galore's sister?

Wow, I didn't know you had it in you...