December 18, 2003
Blogs: Baking, Best Of, Birthdays
rachelle tries out the Kottke family recipe for Tater Tot hotdish, but prefers her family's recipe, which is basically the same, but with Tater Tots on the top, not the bottom as the Kottke recipe specifies. Gothamist, raised in the mean streets of Brooklyn and suburban New Jersey, has never had any sort of meal that includes Tater tots, canned soup, and ground beef in the same dish, but we're willing to give it a shot. We'll just have our GI on call.
Mysterioso New York service site she loves new york serves up their awards edition, with ones like "The Diddy Runs The City Award" ("recognizing the major achievement of an ego maniac in 2003") and "The White LV Award" ("given to that venue which contributed most to the bling"); and the "Resy." Yes, happy new year, matty, and do whatever slny says.
And Gawker celebrates its one year birthday/anniversary. Jesus, where has the time gone? It seems like it was just yesterday when we were blessed with this goldmine of gossip of all kinds (as long as it's within two degrees of Conde Nast), served up with biting wit. Ah, we can't wait until the golden anniversary or when Catherine Zeta–Jones sues, whichever comes first.
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i think jason & i need to have a bake-off in which he makes the hotdish with the tator tots on the bottom and i make it with them on the top.. and then we'll let the unbiased ny/nj tasters tell us which way is best!
You should! "Tops Vs. Bottoms: The Hotdish Bakeoff" (I have a feeling Tatertots on top would be better, but what do I know, I look for the Chex with the most artificial cheese in the Chex Mix.)
great name! but who has a kitchen/place that is big enough!? another bake-off that we are supposed to have is Callalillie's Great Mac and Cheese Challenge. I made her recipe and it's delish. (don't laugh at the onion pic, it was painful)
I also made chex mix recently and as a chex mix purist am sorry to inform you that there is no cheese in chex mix.
oh snap! i want to get in on this. it'll be just like iron chef! my kitchen can hold about 10 people- feel free to hold this bakeoff here. Jen's kitchen is even bigger- you could get like 20 people in there.
okay, i propose several challenges...mac and cheese, tater tot hotdish, and rib and cheesecake tasteoffs. maybe even a key lime pie tasteoff. i think this is a good idea. gothamist, make it happen!
I'll put my professional chef of a roommate up against all of you any day of the week!! If you want to compete against me, I'll win in the dial-a-take-out contest.
I'll be emailing a proposal to you guys (and Kottke) later.
i am a more than willing eater. i shall wear my sweatpants. or maybe i'll invest in some regular pants with an elastic waist. it's like the great chili cookoff, but better because this is real!
i was introduced to tater tot hot dish by a co-worker who grew up in Minnesota. I once helped her stuff and lick shut 150 envelopes for her class reunion in exchange for TTHD -- its that good! you guys will be so lucky to partake of it. I would also recommend pizza hot dish and ranch chicken hot dish.
Awesome. Totdish Smackdown. I will bring my custom-made Campbell's Soup holster (the two-can model) and a copy of "Hotdish to Die For", a collection of short mystery stories involving hotdish. (Only one of those items is made up...)
jenny - were the tator tots on the top or bottom when your co-worker made the hotdish?
Hotdish to Die For is not made up.
tater tots are on top and then you mix a few into the burger/soup/veggie underneath to get the full effect. I told her about your site -- she agreed that tater tots are for the top.
that tater tot dish scares the crap out of me...which is all the more reason to have a bake-off. we do need to have the mac and cheese bake off, as well, though not on the same day.
jen & jake-- one of you should host this if you could! i'd volunteer to bring a couple of batches of Mom's Famous Cookies & Blondies for dessert.
Wow. I had honestly forgotten that tater tots even existed. I doubt I've had them since my miserable days on the meal plan in college.
What about "Hotdishes for Dummies?"
Gothamist Iron Chef!
ALLEZ CUISINE!
What??? TATOR??? It's TATER, folks! As is potater.