rave: tater tot casserole

[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..

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 didn't know you had such issues with casseroles.

[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 didn't know you had such issues with casseroles.

he's clearly better than all of us Fat.. you can tell by his exquisite food taste..

thanks for the ribs baby..

[maddash]

I didn't know you had such issues with casseroles.

It's not all casseroles though. I don't like that casserole recipes invented by advertisers to sell canned/frozen goods give other casseroles a bad name. Those casseroles epitomize the American idea of selling you crap you don't need and probably don't even want.

[cardinalkarp]

I didn't know you had such issues with casseroles.

It's not all casseroles though. I don't like that casserole recipes invented by advertisers to sell canned/frozen goods give other casseroles a bad name. Those casseroles epitomize the American idea of selling you crap you don't need and probably don't even want.

The casserole recipe for party potatoes could be one of the best creations ever.

[omaha_red]

I didn't know you had such issues with casseroles.

It's not all casseroles though. I don't like that casserole recipes invented by advertisers to sell canned/frozen goods give other casseroles a bad name. Those casseroles epitomize the American idea of selling you crap you don't need and probably don't even want.

The casserole recipe for party potatoes could be one of the best creations ever if you're poor.

fixed..

[maddash]

I didn't know you had such issues with casseroles.

It's not all casseroles though. I don't like that casserole recipes invented by advertisers to sell canned/frozen goods give other casseroles a bad name. Those casseroles epitomize the American idea of selling you crap you don't need and probably don't even want.

The casserole recipe for party potatoes could be one of the best creations ever if you're poor.

fixed..

I think someone is on Ore-Ida's payroll