How I Cook, OR: How did this get into my Oven?

The way I cook things is thus: I read a recipe, think of how I would actually cook it with the things I have on hand, then muddle it together guessing how much how many and to what extent I should do it by.
Example, my Tater Tot Casserole.

Where Morg Comes From

I play a game called SecondLife. ( http://www.secondlife.com ) IF you also play this game, I'm Morgdah Graves, send me an instant message, or not.. if I'm not there as Morg, look up Rayne Oconnell (another story behind THAT name, too.. long long story)

SL is fun, but you have to play it a bit of a while, there are ALL sorts of things there that are or are NOT PG... a LOT is NOT PG, a LOT is ADULT, but the majority is PG... IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN under 18, Don't let them get your password. LOG ABILITY is good, but ya know, people can get ahold of those logs.

OTHERWISE, it's fun. People are mostly happy to help you there, but don't go begging for monies. you may end up on the wrong end of an orbit.

PLAY NICE!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Jesi's Tater Tot Casserole

NEEDED:
1 Roasting pan (turkey pan is best)
1 Oven
1 Large Cooking Pot (holds about a gallon or two or so)
Cooking (normal or Runcible) Spoon, Spatula, or something handy you can stir with
Colander

5lb bag of Tater Tots (any brand is fine... but if you can find those bacon ones, AWESOME, everything tastes better with bacon, which will be another recipe)
spray cooking spray in the bottom of the roasting pan.
line bottom of roasting pan with tater tots. sprinkle italian seasoning over those tater tots. add other spices if you wish, it's up to you.
preheat the oven to about 375 or so.
put roaster in oven, then:

2lbs or so of hamburger
1/2 white onion diced 
1 small can of stems and pieces of mushrooms
Italian Seasoning
Garlic powder (or about 2tbsp of diced garlic)
Onion powder (about 1tbsp, one tsp if you aren't into onion flavour)
1 stick of butter, not that margarine crap.
Melt Butter in pot, fry diced onion, garlic, mushrooms with seasoning until carmelizedish. add hamburger, fry rest of the way until hamburger is crunchy little iddy biddy bits. drain in Colander then put back into pot.

add two cans of Cream Of Soup (cream of mushroom/chicken/asparagus/spinach, you get the idea, whatever you like, I like Cream of Mushroom) and about 4 cans of MILK.
Stir all up into a slurry, letting it bubble and boil.
Add a 1LB bag of frozen mixed vegetables. corn, peas, lima beans, diced carrots packet if you can find it. if not, just whatever 1lb bag of frozen mixed veggies you can find, or want in there. (gotta have yer veggies)

Cook in pot, boiling it, stirring it. will take about 10 minutes or so... maybe longer. TURN OFF STOVE TOP.

TURN OVEN TO BROIL for about 7 minutes.

pour slurry over the really toasty tater tots.. make sure they are really toasty!!! crunchy even!!
add a layer of cheese. about 1 1/2 lbs, more if you like your cheese. Put the rest of the tater tots over the cheese. sprinkle with italian seasoning and other spices. Put in oven WHILE IT IS ON BROIL. Broil to cook those top tater tots!! about 10-15/20 min, depending on how long to make them REALLY CRISPY.

pull out and check, if they are really crispy, then add another layer of 1 1/2 lbs or more of cheese. Put back in oven for about 5 more minutes, to melt and crisp-top that cheese. 

When the cheese looks nice and crispy, or is completely melted on and around the tater tots. Pull from oven.
TURN OFF THE OVEN!!!
Set on top of stove and let it settle / cool for about 15-20 minutes.

EAT!!!
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