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Do you know what a "Hot Dish" is?? I didn't .......

Barbarainnc — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:36:40 GMT

Just saw this on Mr. Food. Howard said a casserole was named for the type of dish it is baked in.

A hot dish has to have a meat, can of soup and some type of starch. He showed the recipe for Minnesota Hot Dish. It had ground beef, veggies, soup and tater tots on top.

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akaburtonfan — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:42:39 GMT

My in-laws are from Minnesota and they call any type of casserole a hot dish. I'd never heard the term before I met them.

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Mj12 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:25:20 GMT

One of my best friends is from Minnesota, she uses this term occasionally. I have no idea what it means, I think it's a casserole with tater tots? 0 for 2 IMO.

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gloriajean — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:27:29 GMT

I call it a hot dish all the time. It's browned hamburger or gr. turkey, with onion and some garlic, and celery, then put in macaroni or noodles, with spaghetti sauce - or some mushroom soup and mushrooms. Casserole, but we call it a hot dish and that's what my Mom used to call it too. I make it either with noodles, or with vegetables. Both delicious. And I live in Minnesota.

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santorini — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:36:59 GMT

It's anything that needs to be warm to eat. When people ask you to bring a "hot dish" to a gathering, it just means something hot - usually a casserole, but could be a serving dish of any type of meat - chopped brisket, turkey, etc.

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MotivatedMomma — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:04:31 GMT

I'm a Cheesehead by birth and have lived in MN for the last 20+ years... anything in a casserole dish is a ""hot dish"". It's what you bring to all the ""potluck"" dinners! I think I was practically an adult before I knew what a casserole was. My favorite hot dish was a tuna casserole. How confusing is that?!?!

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BabyYoda — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:33:56 GMT

On 10/7/2014 santorini said:
It's anything that needs to be warm to eat. When people ask you to bring a "hot dish" to a gathering, it just means something hot - usually a casserole, but could be a serving dish of any type of meat - chopped brisket, turkey, etc.

That's what I believe it is also.

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DiAnne — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:35:31 GMT

I was born and raised in California and I would just assume it was something served warm. Never heard the phrase.

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goodstuff — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:35:41 GMT

I never heard this term used to mean a particular type of casserole dish with specific types of ingredients. Maybe it's a Minnesota thing. In my (Southern) experience, a "hot dish" is any kind of main dish or side dish served hot. It's often used to designate things people are to bring to a pot luck or family dinner -- a "hot dish" like a casserole, meat, or warm veggie dish -- as opposed to a "cold dish" like a green salad, fruit platter, veggie tray, congealed salad, etc.

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sandy53 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:40:04 GMT

At the Minnesota State Fair you could buy a Hot Dish on a Stick! I believe it was meatballs and tator tots on a skewer, dipped in corn meal batter and deep fried. The dipping sauce was cream of mushroom soup. Google it and you can see pictures.

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Zita — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:43:48 GMT

I'm from Minnesota and always call it a ""casserole."" Hot dish is what they serve at church suppers in Lake Wobegon.

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Cookie06 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:55:25 GMT

On 10/7/2014 StyleIcon said:
On 10/7/2014 santorini said:
It's anything that needs to be warm to eat. When people ask you to bring a "hot dish" to a gathering, it just means something hot - usually a casserole, but could be a serving dish of any type of meat - chopped brisket, turkey, etc.

That's what I believe it is also.

I live in Washington state all my life. I agree with you girls on this one. It doesn't have to have specific ingredients, just something served hot.

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circles — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:07:33 GMT

a Hot Dish to our family and friends was a casserole of any kind...didn't have to have soup or tater tots on it or in it....I heard that term since I was a kid....(I'm 72 now)

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Daysdee — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:30:26 GMT

On 10/7/2014 DiAnne said:
I was born and raised in California and I would just assume it was something served warm. Never heard the phrase.

First time I heard of ""hot dish"" was on QVC several years ago. I assumed it was any casserole dish regardless of the ingredients. Here it was just called a casserole.

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151949 — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:34:31 GMT

Obviously a regional term.

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debcakes — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:39:49 GMT

On 10/7/2014 StyleIcon said:
On 10/7/2014 santorini said:
It's anything that needs to be warm to eat. When people ask you to bring a "hot dish" to a gathering, it just means something hot - usually a casserole, but could be a serving dish of any type of meat - chopped brisket, turkey, etc.

That's what I believe it is also.

MotivatedMomma above is completely correct.

It depends on how you say the word and if you use it as one word or two. We are having a "hot dish", so please bring dessert. That means a casserole.

I have dessert, salad and relishes, so please bring a hot dish. That might mean bring something we will serve hot.

And, You might be Lutheran if you know what a hot dish is. Paraphrased from a book I gave to a friend that was like the phrase "You might be a redneck if....."

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CatsOnMyLap — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:41:45 GMT

Born and raised in MN. "Hot dish" is any kind of casserole, although we just happen to be having the tater tot hot dish tonight at our house ...... : )

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brewhaha — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:52:03 GMT

It's what I see everytime I look in the mirror.

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CatsOnMyLap — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:55:24 GMT

On 10/7/2014 brewhaha said:
It's what I see everytime I look in the mirror.

You are too funny!

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Mominohio — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:08:20 GMT

On 10/7/2014 GoodStuff said:
I never heard this term used to mean a particular type of casserole dish with specific types of ingredients. Maybe it's a Minnesota thing. In my (Southern) experience, a "hot dish" is any kind of main dish or side dish served hot. It's often used to designate things people are to bring to a pot luck or family dinner -- a "hot dish" like a casserole, meat, or warm veggie dish -- as opposed to a "cold dish" like a green salad, fruit platter, veggie tray, congealed salad, etc.

This is the way it has been used in my area as well. And of course, a good looking woman is often referred to as a "hot dish" by members of the "cruder" persuasion.