Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[DakotaCelt]

Ben, this looks like the IA/MN church basement tater tot casserole
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tater-Tot-Casserole/Detail.aspx?k=1

I make it quite often but vary it. I have used beans, peppers, peas, carrots and a number of other interesting vegetables...

[DakotaCelt]

I see we have toddled over to PAGE 7!!!

[DakotaCelt]

Tater tot casserole is very common here. It's served at all sorts of church gatherings

Along with glorified rice and jello up here... 

Scalloped potatoes are big here also...

[Jane]

DR Dakota do you collect post cards?

I can send you one from Oregon & have my friend send you one from California.  The ones I'm collecting now are for my friend's granddaughter's school project.  She doesn't have ND or MN that I know of.

[George]

It's not well known but Tater Tots are one of the five basic foods for optimum health.  Fried crunchy crisp, they're fantastic with omelettes or as a stand-alone meal alternative.  Be certain to try them with melted Velveeta cheese or the warm cream filling from a Hostess Twinky or two!

Ok, you had me until the filling from a twinkie

That statement is completely true because it is Keith's opinion, NOT mine.

Well, he really wouldn't eat Velveeta cheese

Until I realized that Velveeta was actually sold off the shelf, not refrigerated, I stopped liking it.

I don't really understand how it can be called cheese.

It's probably officially labeled as something like "processed cheese food product."

[Jane]

I haven't had scalloped potatoes in years.

[George]

It's not well known but Tater Tots are one of the five basic foods for optimum health.  Fried crunchy crisp, they're fantastic with omelettes or as a stand-alone meal alternative.  Be certain to try them with melted Velveeta cheese or the warm cream filling from a Hostess Twinky or two!

Ok, you had me until the filling from a twinkie

That statement is completely true because it is Keith's opinion, NOT mine.

Well, he really wouldn't eat Velveeta cheese

Until I realized that Velveeta was actually sold off the shelf, not refrigerated, I stopped liking it.

I don't really understand how it can be called cheese.

It isn't. It's cheese food.

What John said.

[DakotaCelt]

Ben, this looks like the IA/MN church basement tater tot casserole
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tater-Tot-Casserole/Detail.aspx?k=1

Campbell's cream of mushroom soup makes just about anything taste good.  A food favorite I don't keep in the house anymore.

I have used southwestern style cream soups also in Tator tot Hotdish...

NOt sure where the usage of Hotdish and Casserole change over.

[Jane]

Interestingly, in the early 20th Century it was not unusual to have family pictures as postcards. It was used to let other relatives know about their children or their farms.

I wouldn't want any special collectibles. 

[George]

I was wise to call for the dermatologist to fit me in today.  She did a biopsy.  If it is skin cancer it will be the best kind so there isn't anything to worry about.

~~~Skin Vibes!!~~~

[Jane]

Gotta go,
'night

[John G.]

The author of the book on which the movie "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" was based has died.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/04/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing-author-dies/

It was also a soap opera....

With Andrea Marcovicci in it. I watched that as a kid.

[George]

Topic of the Day:

All Those Christmas Clichés (especially Lainie Kazan's version)
Hard Candy Christmas
Turkey Lurkey Time
Wishing You a Drag Queen Christmas

[DakotaCelt]

DR Dakota do you collect post cards?

I can send you one from Oregon & have my friend send you one from California.  The ones I'm collecting now are for my friend's granddaughter's school project.  She doesn't have ND or MN that I know of.

I like to collect things from diffferent states and postcards are only part of it. I also include local attractions, etc. My idea to go that directions started when I was in 4H. I was on two different 4H award trips and we would exchange thingswith other states that had ND on it for things others were trading from other states ranging from bumper stickers to pins to postcards. It was a fun way to learn about other areas.

So now when I travel I take some ND postcards with me to share and then I purchase some from the places i visit.

[DakotaCelt]

The most interesting items are a small race car from Indiana and a frisbee from American Virgin Islands.

[DakotaCelt]

I do like to have postcards around for creative projects. The ND and MN ones come in handy for that. My rare and collectible ones I have put away. The ones I would share are duplicates.

[DakotaCelt]

TOD:

Grandma got ran over by a reindeer
Jingle Bells/Rusty old Chevrolet

[DakotaCelt]

This week is the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble for those who just can't enough.

I did some damage at two (2) Barnes & Nobles this weekend.

My pocket book screams when I enter Barnes and Noble...

[ChasSmith]

This week is the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble for those who just can't enough.

I did some damage at two (2) Barnes & Nobles this weekend.

My pocket book screams when I enter Barnes and Noble...

My wallet says, "Don't leave home with me."

[bk]

No mail, no packages, but a fun meeting with the agent and Jason Graae - can't really talk about it now, but something fun is afoot or maybe aelbow.

[bk]

Since I was right there, I made a stop at K's Donuts and got my whipped cream-filled donut and then I made the horrid mistake of asking if they had one filled with peanut butter.  The only place I've ever found one of those is Stan's in Westwood - the answer was yes and so I got one of those and that is now my new current favorite.

[TCB]

I had to put my dog, Missy, down. 

She was with me for almost 17 years.

 

My deepest sympathies, DR Druxy. 

[TCB]

DR Jane, no Callie won't get used to traveling.  I used to take her and Nilla with me when I went to the lake, until Nilla went crazy and I had to put him to sleep. She hates the car and will be upset that she's going, but it's better than being locked in a cube for days.

Have you ever used a very mild tranquilizer prior to traveling?  I've done that for a couple of our cats when we have moved.  It made a big difference.

I have.  It never did a thing for Angel, but I felt better!   

[ChasSmith]

Peanut butter filled donut!

BTW, is Stan's still there?  I did see a small sign on one side of the building.

[Cillaliz]

Ben, this looks like the IA/MN church basement tater tot casserole
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tater-Tot-Casserole/Detail.aspx?k=1

Campbell's cream of mushroom soup makes just about anything taste good.  A food favorite I don't keep in the house anymore.

You can get it low fat. It doesn't taste that great alone but still tastes good in a recipe

[Cillaliz]

It's not well known but Tater Tots are one of the five basic foods for optimum health.  Fried crunchy crisp, they're fantastic with omelettes or as a stand-alone meal alternative.  Be certain to try them with melted Velveeta cheese or the warm cream filling from a Hostess Twinky or two!

Ok, you had me until the filling from a twinkie

That statement is completely true because it is Keith's opinion, NOT mine.

Well, he really wouldn't eat Velveeta cheese

Until I realized that Velveeta was actually sold off the shelf, not refrigerated, I stopped liking it.

I don't really understand how it can be called cheese.

I think they actually call it a cheese product or processed cheese or something like that

[Cillaliz]

I haven't had scalloped potatoes in years.

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham...one of my favorite comfort foods

[ChasSmith]

Peanut butter filled donut!

BTW, is Stan's still there?  I did see a small sign on one side of the building.

I snapped a picture, and the sign wasn't all that small, but it's not like that one they used to have.  I should have stopped.  On the other hand, I'd just been to K's an hour before!

[Cillaliz]

Everyone I have talked to today feels totally beaten down by all the ads, phone calls and random people blowing up about politics. I think four different people said today they dont' even care who wins anymore they just want it to stop.

[vixmom]

Cilla  - my ESP tells me that you have a message!