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@maxleibman I lived there so long ago that there were none even trying!
Kirk@WorkWithKirk @maxleibman I am still mad that neither my parents, nor my friends' parents, ever made tater tot hot dish. I never heard of it until decades later as a "distinctly Minnesota dish." Maybe Rochester was behind? It certainly felt culturally isolated. People who got moved there to work for IBM were aghast.
Also, my parents were not church goers. I think hot dish was often served at church functions and after funerals. My parents connection to the community was through wild drinking parties in the basement. Decades later, my mom told me that they were all swingers, everybody for blocks around our neighborhood.
@kimlockhartga @maxleibman
Well, that's different. JK! That sounds like it might have been fun.
If you wanna make your own tater tot hot dish, I recommend this cookbook, Hot Dish Heaven.
Mainly because I know the author.
Hot Dish Heaven by Ann L Burckhardt | Moon Palace Books
What do you get when you mix Tater Tots, ground beef, and cream of mushroom soup? Tater Tot Hot Dish, of course! Retired Minneapolis Star Tribune Taste section editor—the delightful auntie every discerning foodie wants to call their own—Ann Burckhardt brings back the comfy casseroles of the fifties and sixties with modern updates for busy families, swingin’ singles, and twenty-first-century potluckers in Hot Dish Heaven.
@WorkWithKirk @maxleibman ha ha! Sounds great.
Sadie@Burn_this_ @maxleibman
Ha ha. Many bland meals of pork chops, applesauce, and a stack of white loaf bread.
We only had a few restaurants, and they were such American diner fare: Bob's Big Boy, Mr. Steak, that sort of thing. It was a big deal when we got our first McDonald's. I wanna say we also had Dairy King instead of Dairy Queen.
Nothing hot. Nothing spicy. Absolutely no Mexican, Chinese or Italian restaurants. All of the kids in my school were homogenously white, and like 90% blonde like some scary children of the corn kinda thing.