it blander by throwing everything in a casserole with egg noodles and cream of x or y and calling it "hotdish." No wonder we’re all starving for ethnic food around here. I agree that we’re sorely lacking in good Asian...

that it also has pie and hotdish on the menu? Or, is it because the Scandinavian part is Americanized? Surely, I will go investigate myself, but, I was just curious to get a weigh-in on this from someone who’s more familiar...

Exactly. Can you get good square cut pizza in New York, just like Dulono’s? Probably not. Can you get perfect cheese curds? Do the church functions have hotdish like it should be? This comes up all the time in different...

. You can make lowfat turkey meatballs and spaghetti. Use a good canned tomato to make the sauce and it’s not much more work than getting one of those jarred sauces. Pack this up in a casserole. Yum. Make her tuna-noodle...

Does authentic, or like home, equal superior food? I can point you to authentic Minnesota "hotdish", but does that mean it’s good (even if they use name brand Tater Tots?) My grandmother believes in cooking a roast until...

. Hotdish, hotdish, hotdish! I’ve always read these sorts of dishes as the hotdishization of Italian food. Home cooks have never really done courses, and it was economical to dump the meat into a casserole to stretch it...

to down the local specialty: the Garbage Plate in Rochester, Hotdish in Minnesota. At worst, it can be a waist-expanding endeavor in scary Americana (i.e. neon green jello moulds), but it is still a welcome opportunity to take a...

the produce is as bad as some seem to, for instance, and the queso fresco is good and cheap – and for a cheap bottle of wine. And there are also some Middle Eastern specialties there, too, at good prices. But neither the...

Hotdish, I was thinking about taking that class in August. Did he teach you guys different variations of bae choo kimchi or did you guys just learn one way to do it?

What about a work potluck with a MN theme. Hotdish, fried items on sticks, salads made with Jello, snickers salad, etc? regional beer might be nice as well. Summit? and ditto on what a nice co-worker!

more sashimi out on the tables, and they had raw oysters. A minor step-up over Pacific in that respect. However, there’s quite easily two or three TIMES the variety of hot-dish selection at Pacific, both seafood-based and...

. Louis, Cincy, and Chicago), but more foods that really define a people as unique, like: Minnesota Hotdish (tater tots casserole over what looks like Alpo) Horseshoe sandwiches in Springfield, IL (open face ham sandwich on...

Passadumkeg, one of my favorite recipes right now is the quinoa “bake” (or casserole or hotdish) that I mention upthread here http://www.chowhound.com/topics/506992#3572733 so, now I am very intrigued by this Bolivian...

Because it’s so BAD. I like the chips, and I like the sweet tamale stuff that comes on a combo platter... but the rest of the food is so terrible... I mean, their “chixadilla” or whatever it is, resembles...

will make, but I do need lots of slices quickly. This is what this baby was made for, and it does an excellent job. 4) Grating lots of cheese. When I had to make lots of pizzas, or lasagnas, or hotdishes (that’s Minnesotan...