There was a good hot dish at church today. " Hot Dish" is not mentioned in the"Food Lover's Companion," which is my cheat sheet for all things culinary. I never thought that "hot dish" would be a defining term of our apparently obscure regional cuisine of church and pot luck suppers. Nor is pot luck listed in the "Companion.". Indeed we are obscure and special.
And as I discovered today, some hot dishes actually taste good. If they are an adaptation from another cultural cuisine, like Mexican. It was a sort of chicken and onions and peppers and Dorito chips and cheese lasagne, which is of course an adaptation of another cultural cuisine. It is not always necessary to change Scandinavian Midwest food three times to make it good. Sometimes you have to change it four times.
Salubrious greetings to all in this new year!
About Me
- Captain Cook
- A chef by trade, I had a restaurant and bar in the jeweled lake country of Mn for 20 years. A terrifying, yet rewarding endeavor. I remain interested and passionate about food and consider eating to be the ultimate existential experience; we must eat to live, and since we must eat, let us eat well. As the Captain, I explore the world of food at my doorstep, at your doorstep, and beyond the doorsteps of the many cafe's and restaurants of this exquisite Mn lake country. It is a picnic. I remain the Captain because I have no choice. Food has chosen me. I'll tell you about it. I also write a guest column for a local newspaper,the Mille Lacs Messenger, do a food piece for their quarterly magazine, the Compass,and write about outdoor food for Mn Outdoor News and Lake Country Journal magazine. I also teach occasional cooking classes. All food is outdoor food, or should be.
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