The Midwest.

>>21393435 (OP)
The only problem around here is you op.

>>21393435 (OP)
That's just America in general. They can't cook. They're generic retards.

>>21393445
>>21393443
Retards, OP's picrel is top-tier food.

>>21393478
tater tots casserole enjoyers, lets meet up and fuck, eh?

>>21393478
Yeah, if that utter abomination had come from another country you'd have been deriding it vehemently. I'm onto yours and the restplof your bbc adoring contingent's game. It's a bundle of naivety, ignorance and American exceptionalism. Basically just outlining you're wall to wall cunts because of how you've been raised and influenced. Sort of like parrots but not as clever

>>21393435 (OP)

I'm down to clown, just toss on some hot sauce and we're set

>>21393487
wow dude, just wow. *cries*

>>21393487
Imagine hating a country so much that the mere mention of them makes you butt hurt enough to dive into an emotional rant. You'd be speaking German instead of English right now if it wasn't for us, I expect a Thank You letter from you post haste.

>>21393500
Sorry I put sand in your panties Karen. It obviously was about what I said rather than why I said it. Dry the tears, try and stop your lips from quivering. You're a mess.

>>21393503
>I'm not emotional you are!
Lazy "no u" response Pierre, care to try again?

>>21393505
You really offended and hormonal aren't you? I don't know how else to help you. An apology maybe? I can't give one I'm sorry, you know I'm right. Just tell everybody you won the argument and await the high fives

>>21393435 (OP)
The Midwest.

>>21393511
Man you're bad at this.

>>21393435 (OP)
I'm pretty sure that isn't made with pet food. But I can't be positive.

>>21393435 (OP)
If they were freshly sliced potatoes then we could talk. But frozen tots is just genuine slop.

>>21393445
Post something delicious you have cooked please.

>>21393752

>>21393781
Oof

>>21393781
Don't worry anon, that other guy would have reeled at anything you posted. You could have posted some Michelin Star shit and he would have called it garbage. I think it looks good.

>>21393836
Incorrect. It is barely cooking, bud. He just threw shit on a plate. At least it is somewhat healthy.

>>21393435 (OP)
That hot dish looks underdone as fuck OP, what the hell
Also, where's the cheese

As much as I despise Midwestern culture surrounding food, it could be worse. Why not just use instant mash potatoes or something at least? I'm not sure if it was out of "convenience" and they think this is clever, or if they actually prefer it this way.

Let's be real, it's probably both.

>>21393435 (OP)
Fuck yeah
>>21393445
Idiot

>>21393445
This is very true indeed, evidenced in the op

the "Mid"-West

Here's what a hot dish is supposed to look like. Golden cheese over crispy tater tots (they have to be tots, yes, nothing else gets crispy quite right), and beneath that a mixture of browned ground beef, green beans, and onion in condensed cream of mushroom soup.
You bake the tots uncovered first until they're crispy, then put the cheese on and bake it again until the cheese is golden.

>>21394022
Most people posting on /ck/ do not have the ability to cook something as easy and delicious as that. Most people hating on these dishes are just bandwagoning npc types that cannot think for themselves. Essentially fast food consuming bots.

I would love to be proven wrong, so post your amazing dishes that btfo this mans casserole.

>>21393435 (OP)
Looks good to me.

>>21394030
Here's another hot dish made to Amy Klobuchar's (Jeb!-tier also-ran presidential candidate) precise specifications. This one uses pepper jack cheese and has garlic (like 4 cloves), so it's less appealingly golden but has a really nice depth of flavor.
Sure, they aren't lookers, but it's a fucking casserole.

good dish

>>21393485
It's literally just a cottage pie with tater tots instead of mashed potatoes

>>21394056
I am going to make one of these now. What is the best recipe for one you got? Tater tots are a must and ground pork would be good because I have a lot of it.

>>21394062
Just follow this >>21394057 recipe, but if you're using ground pork I would use 2 cans cream of mushroom instead of 1 can mushroom 1 can chicken.
It doesn't specify, but be sure to use CONDENSED soup like Campbell's, or else it's going to be a soupy mess.
I also usually add frozen green beans or some other vegetables in there (along with the beef and onions when you're mixing those), would be good with pork as well.

>>21393435 (OP)
>>21393527
>>21393527
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>>21394057
Ghastly.

>>21394031
no it doesn’t. you are trolling

>>21394066
Thabk you based hot dish anon.

>>21393435 (OP)
Why is it that only the coasts have any cuisine worth mentioning? Do people just get dumber as you move inland?

>>21394191
Ah yes, the new York hotdog and the California taco truck. Fine dining.

>>21394238
More like New York everything and California nothing.

>>21393445
My mother makes my favorite food. You scurvy dog, you.

The midwest really is a culinary wasteland
It's nothing but shit like loose meat sandwiches and various casseroles made from canned food

>>21394242
New York is just every food but "NEW YAWK"

>>21393435 (OP)
Looks Australian.

midwest is the best

>>21394281
I still remember my aunt's recipe for green bean casserole which included both Cream of Celery and Cream of Mushroom (she called it "Cream of Mush"). And canned beans, of course. My mom suggested using fresh green beans once and was looked at like a leper.

>>21393435 (OP)
I don’t care, I love tater tot casserole. It’s perfect for bulking. Usually I make it with just tots, ground beef, green beans, and cream of mushroom or cream of chicken. Ruben casserole is like crack

Tater tot casserole doused in sriracha sauce is kino.

>>21393435 (OP)
Pathetic. People in rural areas of Eastern Europe eat better than this.

>>21394847
>shit meat to cabbage ratio
Swap bacon for kielbasa

The tot casserole is just a shepherd's pie. If Gorgon Ramses prepared it, it would hit the front page of Reddit.

>>21394058
how fucking dare you bring this sublime dish to the mere peasant cottage pie level.

>>21394238
LA has better hot dogs and NY has better taco trucks.

>>21395710
>LA has better hot dogs
not this week lmao

>>21393435 (OP)
I'd eat that.

>>21394281
Tell me about it. I grew up in Iowa and this was "pizza" to my family growing up.

>>21395731
They're still up and running. Even making hot dogs on the freeway
>>21394238
LA is know for more that just tacos

>>21393435 (OP)
Nothing wrong with a jury-rigged cottage pie.

>>21393500
Yeah, instead they're speaking Urdu.

>>21395618
Oh shut the fuck up you gronk cunt.

>>21396062
no u

>>21393445
As opposed to specific retards?

>>21393478
Its literally just shepherds pie but sloppified. I though 'mericans hated british food

>>21394281
>there's nothing but

Where? Restaurants serve regular food and so can anyone else. If you just eat at your aunt's house the whole time you're there you might think so I guess.

>>21393853
I fairly doubt that's raw rice and broccoli on that plate but you believe what you want
>>21394022
I don't have a problem with the preparation, it just feels to me like there's way too many ingredients and they would all start interfering with each other to create something less than the whole in terms of flavor
Cheese on tater tots seems good (as long as it's good cheese). Throw in the ground beef and I'm there. Even the onions or green beans on their own could make a good addition. But all of those together along with the cream of mushroom soup starts to feel like I'm just eating someone else's predigested meal
Part of the reason why people gravitated toward simpler dishes in recent years is because it allows you to actually savor each individual ingredient more
Also, let's not forget that the origins of mid West cooking comes from the wives of farmers who were explicitly trying to use up surpluses of different foods before they went bad. Contextually, this type of food doesn't really make a lot of sense for other regions where food is a lot more expensive and less plentiful. Just saying.

>>21396500
>like 7 extremely common ingredients
>way too many

>each ingredient available for like $1 at Walmart anywhere in the US/Canada
>weird regional autism about food scarcity

>>21393445
This is just a white trash version of shepherds pie. It could be alot worse

I love making that shit. Its so fucking good and easy and cheap and can feed an army.

>>21396567
You don't have to like what I typed but it's the truth for like ~90 percent of the population in both America and elsewhere. Why do you think there are so many haters in these threads all the time?
Just take a look at the vast majority of staple meals from around the planet and you'll see they use something like 3-4 ingredients, maybe 5 if you're including spices
And we both know you don't get 'food' from Walmart for $1 - you get processed garbage. Unless you're trying to implicitly admit that mid West 'cooking' is really just the act of throwing a bunch of industrially produced, artificial ingredients into a casserole dish and heating it up, which I guess is fine with me too
Calm your tits there, Farmer Joe. Nobody is saying you can't enjoy your slop, just be aware you're living in a bubble and go back to shoveling it down

>>21393435 (OP)
Irredeemable.

>>21394056
Bro I had a cool idea. I've been on a barbecue kick lately. What if I cooked the hot dish in my smoker to give it some of that good que flavor?

>>21393435 (OP)
This hogs gonna slop

Minnesotans are disgusting

>>21393435 (OP)
Sexo

>>21393435 (OP)
I thought this was baklava for the thumbnail.

I fucking love hot dish, it's the only thing worthwhile in Minnesota. Sure, it's slop made from canned and frozen foods, but it's good slop. It's like shepherds pie, but better in every conceivable way

>>21396363
It's honestly mind blowing that meat pies never really gained popularity here.

>>21393435 (OP)
This is literally just a cottage/shepards pie. You've got mince meat and veg with a thick gravy and potatoes on top, baked in the oven. It's common pretty much everywhere humans have access to meat, veg, potatoes, and ovens.

>>21397946
Well it's not, is it? You've got to put some form effort in to make a decent gravy and decent mash. You're not pouring in a can of fucking soup and then pushing reconstituted frozen potatoes on top. The amusing thing is to see a reasonable amount of posts glorifying the dish. It's something that a 9 year old can do as well as your average Karen because there's absolutely no skill involved. Fry, pour, mix, top it off. I'm not saying shepherd's pie involves any high level of skill because it's particularly difficult to prepare, but this recipe is as phoning it in as it gets.

For everyone hating on tater tot casserole just try it at least once

>>21398053
I have. Born and raised in Davenport. It’s trash.

>>21393905
The heat of the seething cooks the tater casserole

I miss unironic food. Everything on the coast has to BE something like organic or vegan or Ethiopian or whatever. Midwest they just show up with a huge portion of tasty food and share it with everyone. People are stingy here and only bring enough for themselves.

>>21394099
Fuck off back to fagtown fancy pants.

>>21393487
If it came from japan, youd be soyjaking in joy and cumming in your asshole

>>21399397
cope.

>>21393445
hard truth unfortunately.

>>21399457
they cook nice cookies and cakes though, I'd save them if only just for that

>>21399457
This is what his "cooking" looks like. >>21393781 Lmao.

>>21399397
I certainly wouldn't, mr ghey. Weebs disgust me.

>>21393781
lmao

I made this while high as fuck and it BTFOs your tomato and broccoli

>>21393435 (OP)
>ITT: bongs found a new way to cope with their god-awful cuisine

>>21400352
Yours looks like a sloppa shit as well, but not quite as incredibly basic as his. Poorly incorporated egg, tortilla doesn't look well cooked, WAY too much green onion, and random carrots? I guess if that's what you like... It is nothing to be proud of, and it looks like a meal someone would make high.
It looks like he just cooked rice, steamed broccoli and dumped an obscene amount of cheese on his plate then called it gourmet.

love these whiny tit-sucking brit babies that act like they're hosting master chef, but never post anything they've made. peak jeet behavior

>>21396694
>and you'll see they use something like 3-4 ingredients
Yeah genius, it's because they're poor and undeveloped, why do you think they're all skin-and-bones and 5 feet tall?

casseroles and sloppa are soul
would work better with homefries instead of tots imotbqh though

>>21393781
OP's pic looks much tastier, although less healthy.

>>21400368
>Yo
stopped reading there. I'm fucking tired bros

>>21400627
You read it. We all know the truth you big old sloppa shit poster.

>>21400629
I didn't I swear on my mama and my papas favourite bottles of rum and cartons of cigarettes

>>21400627
>>21400912

Yeah, I'm really tired of the likes of you

>>21393781
BRANDON MIKAELA MARY SUE ANGELA ANTHERNY PAXTEN

DINNER IS READY

>>21400388
And yet they have a better quality of life (and live only marginally shorter lives) than American lardasses who develop diabetes by the time they're 30 and require lifelong pharmaceutical intervention just so their hearts don't explode without warning
...Yeah, you're really 'winning' there, Elijah. Tell us more about how great your country is

>>21393781
Grim.

>>21400937
then stop liking me, have a rest

>>21401364
That's so clever! Oh my golly gosh! Touche!

>>21401375
morning tooshy, how's your week going?

>>21401538
It's going pretty well thanks. There's this absolute dick who thinks highly of herself, she doesn't get that she's an absolute bottom feeder, not that it really matters to me, it's just a shame when people don't have self awareness.

>>21393435 (OP)
>The Midwest.
Should be nuked.

>>21401565
is she a colleague? Bottom feeders are fuggin gey

weekend soon, do the weekend dance

>>21393435 (OP)
We do things a little differently here on caturdays.

>>21393435 (OP)
My name is Frank. I've been a mechanic for 28 years and I married my wife, Nancy, a week after we graduated from high school. Nancy and I have eaten at the same restaurant since we were teenagers. It's nothing fancy, but we know the owner and his family and the other customers make for good company. When we do want something fancy, we go to the Olive Garden on the interstate. They've got the best lasagna anywhere. Nancy cooks too, and can make a mean casserole if I ever had one. Her recipes come from her momma, who left her everything she knows in a big plaid cookbook. I hear my brother's boy Jeffery cooks too. He's 28 and spends all his time on the web learning about French food and Chinese soups, and my brother says he won't hardly eat his mamma's dinners anymore. He says once Jeffery finds the right college he's either going to be a chef or some kind of computer hacker. I can't tell a computer's head from its ass, so when they came over this summer I got him this big tray with some sausage and a few slices of cheese I've never heard of. Figured it'd be his type of party. I gave it to him before dinner but I couldn't tell if he liked it or not. He's always got a sore look on his face. Nancy made her mom's tater pie and was excited to show Jeffery, one wiz to another. Jeffery lit up like a Christmas tree and asked if he could take a picture to show his friends how good it looked. That might've been the first time I've seen him smile since he was eight. He kept calling it a deconstructed, reconstructed shepherd's pie. Never heard of that in my life, but Nancy didn't have the heart to correct him that it was actually just a plain old-fashioned tater pie. It's nothing fancy, but it fills you up, keeps everybody happy, and I know it meant a lot to Nancy that Jeffery liked it. Stuff like this reminds me of what Christmas was like when I was a boy. It's nice to see the way food brings everyone together.

>>21395552
bacon works just fine for haluski, but I add onions and potatoes and dill and sour cream. usually just add sauerkraut when I make it with smoked sausage, but definitely needs egg noodles and butter.

>>21397740
jesus christ how horrifying

>>21401674
>he says shortly before being burned alive in his city slicker cuckshed during peaceful protests

>>21393435 (OP)
>>21393527
>>21393987
>>21394022
>>21394056
>>21395552
Old doll at my work would call all of these shepherds pie

>>21401870
AI was NOT a mistake

>>21393445
yuropoor obsession

seriously get a hobby man its not good for you