On Friday in the past we have done a "Friday Food Debate" where we tackle some burning questions of the culinary world, ha. We have expanded it now to other fun and different regional uses of words in addition to food related words.
This week, the burning question is:
Ah, the most perfect of comfort foods. The cheesy, meaty, ooey gooey goodness of a classic casserole..er wait, is that a hotdish?
We've always called this a casserole but in the North and midwest apparently hotdish is the way you describe it. A creamy sauce holding together a starch, a protein and a vegetable. According to some research, a hotdish almost always is made with a cream of soup as a base but it has evolved over the years as just another way of saying casserole.
So what do you call these?
Casserole? Hotdish? Something else?
Normally Casserole dish for me but when having a neighborhood potluck they where called, 'covered dish'.
ReplyDeleteCasserole dish; a kind of stew or side dish that is cooked slowly in an oven.
DeleteCasserole or covered dish,depending on if at home or a pot luck dinner at church
ReplyDeleteI was born & raised in MI. We always called it a casserole but I have heard it called a covered dish many times. Never heard it called a hot dish.
ReplyDeleteCasserole and, if taking it to a potluck meal, a casserole hot and/or covered dish! Take your pick!
ReplyDeletecasserole. I don't make these cause my mom & grandmom never did. they always look like ICK to me.
ReplyDeleteSame here
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ReplyDeleteIt's always been a casserole around here.
ReplyDeleteCasserole in New Jersey!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Kansas and lived in Illinois for a while. We said casserole. I didn't hear hot dish until Garrison Keillor said it on A Prairie Home Companion.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
casserole for two of us in Alabama
ReplyDeleteHotdish in Minnesota. Although I've heard both used. My mom always called those type of one dish meals, hotdish. Ranee (MN)
ReplyDeleteCasserole in Indiana!!
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ReplyDeleteHot Dish from a former Minnesota gal.
ReplyDeleteCasserole in Massachusetts
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