How come I heard someone calling a "casserole" a "hot dish"?

Question

What on earth? Which is the correct term? I always thought it was called a casserole.

Answer 1

6 of one, half a dozen of the other. They are considered the same. Depends on your location and the generation of the person using the terminology.

Answer 2

That's what they are called some places, I've heard the term "hot dish" used most often by people from Minnesota. Either is correct.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You must have been talking to someone from the upper Wisconsin and Minnesota area, they are of Swedish, Norwegian, etc. decent, that's what they call a casserole up there.

Answer 5

casserole is the correct term, but it also is a hot dish.

Answer 6

All casseroles are hot dishes but not all hot dishes are casseroles

Answer 7

I think it's a regional thing. I know that over here on the East Coast, we say "casserole." But it could also be a generational thing; I know my grandparents have some pretty weird names for ****.

Answer 8

Hotdish is any of a variety of casserole dishes popular in the Midwest of the United States and especially in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

It consists of a starch and a protein (meat and/or a vegetable) mixed together with a binding ingredient (most often canned soup or a sauce) and a topping.

In practice, typical ingredients are potatoes, ground beef and corn, with canned soup added for flavor and as a sauce, and seasoned with salt, pepper or tabasco sauce. Another popular hotdish is made with Kraft macaroni and cheese or plain noodles, canned tuna and peas, with canned soup - usually cream of mushroom - for binding. Cream of mushroom soup is so ubiquitous in hotdish that it is often referred to in such recipes as "Lutheran Binder," referring to hotdish's position as a staple of Lutheran-church cookbooks, although also made and enjoyed by all faiths in the region. Hotdish even made its way into books; Hotdish to Die For, a collection of six culinary mystery short stories in which the weapon of choice is hotdish, is a upper regional bestseller in Minnesota. Panko (Japanese bread crumbs) have in recent years become a popular topping, replacing the traditional (and higher in fat) potato chips.

Answer 9

It also, depends on what part of the USA one lives.
Every part of the USA refers to food differently.
Call it whatever appeals to you. It's food!
It is typically a hot dish, because it is is not served cold, in all parts of the U.S., again, that will vary depending WHERE in the USA you live.

Another example is Potato Salad. Some people make a potato salad that is served hot, in other parts of the USA, it is always served cold.

Answer 10

well what do you call lasagna..??
if your told to bring a hot dish
How about chilli or baked beens????