- Hotdish
Hotdish is any of a variety of baked,
casserole dishes popular in the MidwesternUnited States , and especially inMinnesota ,North Dakota ,South Dakota , northernIowa , and westernWisconsin . It consists of astarch , ameat , and a cannedvegetable , mixed together withcanned soup , which serves as a binding ingredient.Hotdishes are filling, convenient, easy to make, and well-suited for family reunions, church suppers, and
potluck s, where they may be paired with pan-baked cookies known as bars.Ingredients
Typical ingredients in hotdish are
potato es,ground beef ,green beans , and corn, with cannedsoup added for flavor and as a sauce. Potatoes may be in the form of tater tots, hash browns, potato chips, or shoe string potatoes. The dish is usually seasoned lightly withsalt and pepper, and it may be eaten withketchup as a condiment. Another popular hotdish is made with Kraft macaroni and cheese or plain noodles, cannedtuna , andpeas , with canned soup (usually cream of mushroom) for binding.Cream of mushroom soup is so ubiquitous in hotdish that it is often referred to in such recipes as "
Lutheran Binder," referring to hotdish's position as a staple of Lutheran churchcookbook s. The soup is considered a defining ingredient by some commentators. [Mohr, H. (1987). "How to Talk Minnesotan". New York: Penguin Books.]Popular Culture
Hotdish frequently appears, along with other sterotypical Minnesotan dishes such as
lutefisk , in "A Prairie Home Companion ", onNational Public Radio . Hotdish is also described in Howard Mohr's book, "How to Talk Minnesotan". [Mohr, H. (1987). "How to Talk Minnesotan". New York: Penguin Books.] Hotdish is an integral part of the book, "Hotdish to Die For", a collection of six culinary mysteryshort stories in which the weapon of choice is hotdish. [Dennis, P. (1999). "Hotdish to Die For". Minneapolis, MN: Penury Press.]ee also
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Midwestern cuisine
*Green bean casserole
*Comfort food References
External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0820/is_n221/ai_17911055 Article on Minnesota Hotdish]
* [http://flakmag.com/misc/hotdish.html Flak Magazine: Hotdish On A Stick]
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