Some very persistent Googler has been on a quest for Tator Tot Hotdish for WEEKS now, and it's making me feel bad, since one of my life mottos is No Hotdish Seeker Left Behind. Anyway, here's where I originally posted the recipe I use. Also, I'm positively BRIMMING with hotdish recipes, so email me if you ever find yourself in some kind of Hotdish Crisis. If you have Cream of Mushroom in the pantry, I'll fill in the gaps.
Transcription of online convo with my (awesome) sister this morning:
Mandy: I go to pick up my new car tonight-I'm pumped! It's going to be great to have cruise control and air conditioning!
Tessie: NICE. What are you doing with the Escort, demolition derby?
Mandy: Pfft. No! I'm getting $500 for that beast! She's a beaut Clark! [OMFG, I love my sister]
Tessie: You totally hosed them on that one, eh? They only gave me $250 for the Dynasty when it finally died. My goal is to drive cars until their value is less than or equal to zero.
Mandy:He originally offered $250 but I was not having it. I mean, I realize practically the whole bumper is missing--but the interior is still in perfect condition (minus the chicken nuggets and french fries fossilized between the seats).
I miss Minnesota, The End.
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That totally happens to me, I see people who found my blog by Googling a question that I KNOW THE ANSWER TO but the answer ISN'T IN MY BLOG and I want to somehow psychically tell them the answer. But I still don't usually just post it in my blog. You are a clever one.
Ah what kind of car did she get?
Also, I had an Escort and I can understand her happiness to be rid of it! It was a beaut that Escort (two tone blue and primer gray with so many cracks you could hardly see through the windshield, neither headlight worked except on high beam and even then one was still out... oh and it stalled in the middle of VERY busy intersections! SWEET, eh?)
I got $800 for my 1992 Subaru Legacy Wagon three years ago.
And driving them until their value is less than or equal to zero is not so much my GOAL, but a financial necessity.
SIGH
I think TT Hot Dish is our default meal. We always have the ingredients. I've been trying to branch out to other hot dishes (if I'm cooking, odds are it invoves a casserole dish and some sort of canned soup) but nothing tops the TT Hot Dish.
My sister and I have similar email exchanges... they always brighten my day. I have the same drive-the-car-into-the-ground philosphy, proudly inherited from my dad.
I am forever indebted to you for the Spam hotdish recipe.
Seriously, you need to come for a visit and we will eat nothing but hotdish for the duration! And then you can blog about it from your gastric bypass recovery room.
Since you're giving out recipes, do you happen to have the one that involves hamburger, kidney beans, pinto beans, chili beans, BBQ sauce, ketchup and bacon? Never mind, I think I just spelled it out.
My worst car ever was my first- a 1985 Accord. I was born in 80, so do the math. The best day of my life is the day I got rid of that thing. Your first new car is just the best!
My mother-in-law gave me a recipe book of nothing but hotdishes (or casseroles, as I still like to call them) for Christmas one year when I was dating H. I haven't used it yet, but only because I am lazy, not because I don't love hotdish/casserole. I do!
I just (as in Tuesday) bought a new car, so I know how excited your sister is! And I totally hosed someone on my 2000 MomiVan, broken tail light and all. Hee hee!
Awesome. Sounds like a conversation that I could have with my sister... complete with a $500 Escort. Didn't everyone drive one of those at some point in their lives?
$500? Really?
I couldn't be more surprised if I woke up tomorrow morning with my head sewn to the carpet.
Totally my family's favorite movie.
Yeah. Except for the sad part is I'm 27.
Woops, responding to mimi there.
Why do I not know how to find out how people find my blog? I am obviously missing something.
I want to know how you guys see the google thing, too.
I am hoping people aren't searching for "psycho neurotic whiny bitch" and finding my blog.
But...how do I check and make sure?
Emily and Misty-As far as I know, you have to install Google Analytics or Sitemeter or one of those deals to be able to see your blog stats. I use Google Analytics, and it was pretty easy to set up. You can find the link from your Google Homepage, and then it walks you through setting it up, which just involves copying and pasting a line of code into your Blogger template. I don't know how Sitemeter works, but I'm sure it's the same type of deal.
I get google hits for things like wind and rope burn, pancake recipes and potty training.
Also where were you when I was craving CASSEROLES?
I made a sort of Tater Tot Hotdish last night, with artichoke hearts, water chestnuts, italian sausage and pees. Yumm.
My mom is from Minnesota (Pipestone, you familiar?) and she liked to make what my father called "prairie pasta". You can't find it here, so she stocks up when we visit -its those teeny, tiny little rings of pasta. She makes groody noodle salad using the "pasta".
Banana, Pipestone is near my parents' hometown (Tyler). We used to go to the Pipestone National Monument when we were kids.
Aw man. I am so in the mood for this TT Hotdish now. Too bad Mother Nature decided it should be 72 here today. Bitch!
I love Clark!
Make sure she knows how to put gas in it!
You have a fabulous sister and fabulous hotdish recipes. I am so thankful that you introduced me to the lovliness of the hotdish!
You actually drove a Dodge Dyn-nasty.
My word of the day should've been HOSED! GAH. Maybe tomorrow.
HOSER! You got totally HOSED!
(That was me. Talking to myself.)
The Hotdish, hmm it intrigues me. It reminds me of when I lived in Chicago. Sigh. Now I need a beer just thinking about it.
Say you should start posting a hotdish recipe a week, y'know like HotDish Tues or something equally geeky and fun.
Driving a vehicle until its value is negligible! I love that. Before my wife and the rest of the rational adults in my life prevailed, I was intent on driving my beloved old two-door Tahoe (yes, yes, it was awesome) until it fell apart. I loved that car. I actually felt bad when I traded it in-like a parent abandoning their infant child on some stranger's doorstep in the night.
Anyway, love the blog Tessie. Devouring your archives.
Tess.....I've got a good one for you! You remember the asshole, Greg, that I dated in university?
Anyhow, we drove his car all the way to freakin' Iowa one weekend so he could buy a car there that he wanted. Well....his trade-in, a white 1980 Toyota Carolla, brought in a WHOPPING $50!!!!
The salesman said there was just really no market for his car. Ha!
I want Banana's Tater Tot Hotdish recipe!!!
I just had to comment because hearing "hotdish" makes me homesick. I *love* TT caserole! Haven't had that it years, so that's now going to be a priority for the weekend! Fellow transplanted Yankee....PJ
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