rave: tater tot casserole

[wart57]

I hate casseroles.

But they are food, how can you hate food?

[omaha_red]

I hate casseroles.

i don't think our relationship can ever be mended after this horrific news.

[Fat_Bulldog]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

[omaha_red]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

[Fat_Bulldog]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

But I wouldn't make a casserole because there's gross stuff in it.

[maddash]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

But I wouldn't make a casserole because there's gross stuff in it.

It's poor people food.

[omaha_red]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

But I wouldn't make a casserole because there's gross stuff in it.

It's poor people food.

i feel bad for you..

[Fat_Bulldog]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

But I wouldn't make a casserole because there's gross stuff in it.

It's poor people food.

i feel bad for you..

poopface,
Is my signature better now?

[maddash]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

But I wouldn't make a casserole because there's gross stuff in it.

It's poor people food.

i feel bad for you..

Well, it's actually not poor people food as much as it's lazy people food. I grew up on the occasional casserole because I'm from a huge family and my mom didn't have time to cook a fancy meal all the time. Casseroles, for the most part, were played up in the 50's as time savers. They're pumped full of salt and fat to counter their bland flavor. The casserole pushed aside a lot of the great meals that people used to make from scratch back in the day. And the casserole laid the ground work for frozen dinners. A large part of good and true American culinary history was lost to the casserole, and it's a damn shame.

Not all casseroles are bad though. A few of them aren't just slop baked in a glorified trough, a few of them are made with thought and care. Recipes that are passed down from generation to generation, not just out of the back of Reader's Digest.

Anyway, even though I grew up on my fair share of casserole dishes, I'll take a cassoulet over a casserole any day of the week.

Call me a food snob, but I love food and don't like to see it mistreated.

/I can't even tell if I'm kidding or not at this point... /

[omaha_red]

You can never trust what is put in a casserole.

There could be sour cream or mushroom soup or something like that.......

you can trust it if you make it yourself.. doi

But I wouldn't make a casserole because there's gross stuff in it.

It's poor people food.

i feel bad for you..

Well, it's actually not poor people food as much as it's lazy people food. I grew up on the occasional casserole because I'm from a huge family and my mom didn't have time to cook a fancy meal all the time. Casseroles, for the most part, were played up in the 50's as time savers. They're pumped full of salt and fat to counter their bland flavor. The casserole pushed aside a lot of the great meals that people used to make from scratch back in the day. And the casserole laid the ground work for frozen dinners. A large part of good and true American culinary history was lost to the casserole, and it's a damn shame.

Not all casseroles are bad though. A few of them aren't just slop baked in a glorified trough, a few of them are made with thought and care. Recipes that are passed down from generation to generation, not just out of the back of Reader's Digest.

Anyway, even though I grew up on my fair share of casserole dishes, I'll take a cassoulet over a casserole any day of the week.

Call me a food snob, but I love food and don't like to see it mistreated.

/I can't even tell if I'm kidding or not at this point... /

i like tater tot casserole