Okay- so after all of that defining of other left over related foods, I am
left with still another question. And that is- what the heck is a
casserole? After some thought, I can provide two properties of a
casserole. First, a casserole must have a certain level of cohesion, at
least to the extent that it can sit on a plate in a blob or mound, if not
a block. If the food in question can be easily spread out into a single
layer, over another food, for example, then I don’t think it is really a
casserole. Second, a casserole must have a a combination of foods in it- a
mixture of some combination of meat, vegetables, and usually a grain food.
It is the grain food which tends to provide the required/desired cohesion.
Based on these two properties, a casserole is basically a soup which is
baked until all of the water is removed, and the food sticks together.
Hmmm… This could explain my general suspicion of casseroles. However, if
this is the case, it should be easy to include casseroles in the
left-over-food usage plan, and to perhaps even incorporate some of the
‘already
compiled’ dishes directly into a casserole. Basically mix
cooked
rice with stuff, cooked
macaroni with stuff or
cooked
other noodles with stuff and… have at ‘er!
posted at 17:35 on Tue, 21 Mar, 2006 |
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