(We’re also a no-cheese household.)Īlthough the basic formula has remained the same - protein, vegetables, sauce and a topping of tots - recipes have diverged to show cooks’ creativity and the changing demographics and palates of Minnesotans. Top with Tater Tots, stick it in the oven until the tots are nice and crispy and dig in. The blueprint is simple enough: brown a pound or two of ground beef, add vegetables (we’re a corn-and-green-bean household), salt and pepper and chopped onion, if you’re feeling fancy, and mix it all up with a can of cream of mushroom soup before heaping it into a 9- by 13-inch pan. The Tater Tot was born, to nearly immediate success. They decided to slice them up, add some flour and seasoning, and push the mixture through holes to create a shredded potato mixture. Nephi Grigg and Golden Grigg, the two farmers behind Ore-Ida, were looking for a way to use leftover potato slivers. Cream of mushroom soup became a staple in many Midwestern pantries, and a key ingredient in potluck offerings.īut the culinary game changer came in 1953, when brothers F. The doors to hot dish possibilities swung wide open in 1934, when Campbell’s introduced its line of creamed condensed soups. The “Grace Lutheran Ladies Aid Cookbook” from Mankato (the governor’s home turf) included a recipe that called for 2 pounds of hamburger, tomato soup, Creamette brand elbow macaroni and canned peas to be combined and baked. “There will always be someone with a grandma who makes it better.”Ī concept that began as farm wives’ solution to an economical meal, the first hot dish recipe recorded was in 1930 in, not surprisingly, Minnesota. “Hot dish is a dangerous thing to play with,” chef Gavin Kaysen, owner of Minneapolis restaurants Spoon and Stable and Demi, told Food & Wine magazine in 2016. (The inclusion of peas was the culprit.) People had very strong opinions, and they weren’t all Minnesota Nice. Tim Walz, who came under fire not only for the appearance of his hot dish, but for his choice of vegetables. To those thinking there is no correct way to prepare Tater Tot Hot Dish, look no further than a recent tweet by Gov.
soda, an allegiance to the original Jucy Lucy and the correct way to prepare Tater Tot Hot Dish (not casserole). MINNEAPOLIS - There are many things Minnesotans take personally: pop vs.
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