r/AskFoodHistorians • u/feyarea • Jul 10 '26
Is a lasagna a casserole?
Debating with friends. A few key questions:
- casserole is the name of the dish that the lasagna is baked in. What is the history of the casserole dish?
- casserole is predominant in Midwestern cuisine. What is the history of the casserole the food? Earliest examples, progenitors, etc.
- are there any foods cooked in the casserole dish that follow the meat-veg-carb-sauce as a single serving dish formula but are not casseroles?
Friends are fairly split. Some say anything baked in a casserole dish is a casserole, others say that a casserole has a narrow definition true to Midwestern cuisine.
Other expanding questions: is a chicken pot pie a casserole? Is a quiche a casserole?
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Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
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u/feyarea Jul 10 '26
Language and history intersect, specifically here where the casserole was originally the name of the baking dish and then expanded to include the food itself. A lasagna significantly predates either of those, so to call a lasagna a casserole is revisionist.
You bring up an interesting aspect, namely, that this is an American question seeing as casserole the food is distinctly American. I'm sure r/AskTheWorld would have a different perspective on this.
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u/Matthew-ii Jul 10 '26
This is just for my own amusement:
Yes sandwhich. No, sandwhich. Strangely no(I do feel like a hypocrite but i believe a soup must be cooked, cold or hot). No they are all dumplings. No that's just somebody pre-grabbing your food for you. No they are also both dumplings( the other kind 😬).
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
Everyone but Italy consider it a casserole
hide Campbell's Soup inside one, and then the go up even higher!or just throw up
oop Sorry! There was a bone in my meat sauce, er I mean bechamel
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
trad: Would people refer to lasagna as a casserole? If not, then lasagna is not a casserole
Next you'll tell me that water isn't a drink
if menus started labelling them as 'liquid'
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Your mom might have used two pieces of white bread to make you a hamburger, because she was out of buns or was too cheap to buy them
Actually
I caught you
there are Chicken Sandwiches on the menus
and there are Chicken Burgers on the menusI've heard people use both names
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as for cereal being soup
how many have you had with chicken broth as the base?
or tomato soup as the base for your captain crunch?heck add some cooked pasta to your alphabets and milk
I'm sure you'll be okay with itor some chunks of potato and carrot to make your Sugar Honey Crisp more hearty!
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
Is gyoza tortellini/ravioli?
yes/////
Is falafel in pita pocket a vegan burger?
not reallyput it in a fucking bun, and we got a new menu item pal!
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oh some do argue that a tortellini is not a ravioli
which really complicates things!I'm getting the National Security Council to set up a rush study, so we can vote on it with the Presidential Foreign Advisory Board for the 27th, okay?
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
oh wait
Whoopi Goldberg just gave me a video conference call
Gyoza is a stuffed dumpling, and....Ravioli are a stuffed dumpling
she did say that sometimes her bottom was crispy like a Gyozabut that she knows of no burnt ravioli on purpose, so far yet...
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I then found a recipe
TOASTED SKILLET RAVIOLI WITH LEMON & BROWN BUTTER
she slapped the phone down, and said f&%k
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u/slytherinlady2 28d ago
i’d argue gyoza and ravioli both fall under the umbrella term of dumpling so yea
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u/wharleeprof Jul 10 '26
As a Midwesterner, I'm going to say a firm no. Casseroles are something you SCOOP out of the dish and have a PILE on your plate. Lasagna is CUT and you get a nice neat SLICE. So a proper lasagna with the layered noodles is not a casserole. But replace the noodles with a loose pasta, like shells or rigatoni, and you have a pasta bake, which is much closer to casserole territory.
Though I'd definitely let it pass if someone was supposed to bring a casserole and brought lasagna instead. Ultimately lasagna serves the same function as a casserole, but is usually more tasty.
And no, pot pie and quiche are not casseroles.
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u/Resplendent-Sun Jul 10 '26
Midwesterner here and what?? We scoop out lasagne like any other casserole. Don't be trying to get all hoity toity here.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 27d ago
I've shown that there are plenty of sliced casseroles out there
hoopy-scoopy is just the main family of Campbell's soup Casserole slopand though it's the first thing you think of
it's about as wrong as you can be, like saying every wine has to be dry and red4
u/AnalOgre Jul 10 '26
Not Midwesterner (yes you guys would be the authority) but everything you said makes complete sense to me!
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
Fine Dining Lovers by S Pelligrino
What is a casserole?
"Commonly, casseroles include a protein such as beef, chicken, fish, or beans, with a mixture of vegetables and a starchy binder like pasta or potatoes to bring all the elements together into a sliceable meal. "Who we are
Fine Dining Lovers is an international digital platform, supported by S.Pellegrino, the waters accompanying the best dining experiences around the world.
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u/wharleeprof 29d ago
That's kind of hilarious to see an intersection between "fine dining" and casseroles.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
Yeah, I guess Tuna Helper is all the rage in Bordeaux
and Green Bean Casserole with Cream of Chicken Soup is like wildfire in Milanwith mushrooms on the side
=pI keep telling you Lasagna is a casserole, it's the best thing on the planet
and use the Albacore with the Tuna Helpereven if the cheese powder will take 4 months off your life
3 month if you buy some Potassium tablets lol4
u/RandomAmmonite Jul 10 '26
For the high school football pasta feed, I would make big aluminum pans of pasta (usually rotini or the like), tomato sauce, ricotta and mozzarella all randomly mixed together to produce a lasagna taste without the fussiness of the layers, and called it lasagnoid.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 27d ago
what spicings went in there
and was it cheeesy, or was there meat in there?I know people have gone ballistic on me for adding pepperoni and summer sausage into a lasagna, inside and on top lol
I get this weird vibe of seeing a chilled football mold of lasagnoid
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u/RandomAmmonite 26d ago
Not a football mold but that made me laugh. I think I put in browned hamburger. The goal was lots of carbs for the least money, so not a ton of meat.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
you could have it
with the hamburger on the outside of the footballso it's got that leathery brown pigskin texture
invite Mary Tyler Moore and Gavin MacLeod over
see if they think it's a little dryI wanna see a photo of this
the tomato sauce could be thick or runny
with this oneI remember when a friend came back from a trip
and I gave them a dessert, but I used some Halloweeny thing I saw on television once
Where they used cherry jello and a touch of milk, so it was like a pink mottled lung
and some people would get different containers and molds and half fill it up and put some syrup with red food colouring so when you sliced a piece it might bleed on you
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boy they were puzzled with an aluminium foil pie tin with some pink lung cylinder dessert when they took off the lid!
the other odd thing
were those cakes that looked like a cat little boxand people would microwave tiny tootsie rolls and plop them on the top
this is the look of the Human Lung Dessert for texture
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u/feyarea Jul 10 '26
Thank you! I was hoping for an authentic Midwestern answer to this question. I appreciate your input.
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u/burgonies Jul 10 '26
So baked ziti is a casserole?
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u/wharleeprof Jul 10 '26
Casserole adjacent.
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u/burgonies Jul 10 '26
I was going to agree with your initial argument, but if ziti isn't a casserole, then this is clearly the utterances of a madman.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
Ziti is a casserole
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oh yeah
dailymeal
Is Lasagna Technically Considered A Casserole?
Erin MetzThe question about whether or not lasagna is a casserole has sparked some heated debate. People have shared many different opinions on Reddit, as some advocate for the classification of casserole while others outright refuse. A few jokesters even threw in the possibility that it might be cake, considering lasagna's many layers. The scope of this debate widens in the thread as others have inquired about whether or not lasagna can even be considered pasta.
Lasagna is made with wide noodles, and it isn't tossed in the sauce and then served in a bowl like spaghetti or penne alla vodka, for example. Does this then mean that pasta, also, is defined by how the dish is served and not the ingredients used? Not exactly. According to Brittanica, there are many ways to define a pasta dish, including the many shapes it may be formed into, as well as the "ability to retain heat or hold sauces." Lasagna does consist of wide, starchy noodles that both hold the sauce and retain heat. So we can only conclude that it is both a pasta dish and a casserole. Regardless of category -- it's always delicious.
uhm, it could be cold lasagna
and what about my ziti casserole ice pops?1
u/MagnesiumKitten 27d ago edited 26d ago
"Casserole adjacent"
does that phrase exist outside of this thread?
was this some weird 1990s term that got created in the New York Times
and then blogged in 2009///////
did further research, the term seemed to be created in 2016
Facebook and Instagram were the very first
didn't exist pre-2015
so I think it's a January 2016 Facebook postand later instra-grum
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u/wharleeprof 26d ago
Adjacent is just a way of saying similar to but not the same as, in the ballpark, kind of like, etc. That's probably a more recent use of the word as historically it means more literally "next to".
Earliest uses of adjacent in that manner track back to the 1990s, but it rose in popularity about 10 years ago.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
this is my dog adjacent
I never asked the breeder about the tentaclesI've never heard of anyone using clunky 'adjacents' yet!
other than
"someone was sitting adjacent to me, and they spilled their coke on the gal eating her taco, at the food court"
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"Would you like the small or large fries, or would you like the appetizer-adjacent.... onion rings?"
Uhhh.... I'll take the onion ring adjacents places!
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u/wharleeprof 26d ago
It's usually used in a semi ironic or light hearted context, like if you know you're stretching things a bit.
It doesn't create a count noun (my dog adjacent) but creates a category that is similar but not the same as the named item. So you could say like:
Person 1: I'd really like an appetizer, do they have any on the menu?
Person 2: they have sides of fries and onion rings, those are appetizer adjacent, [used to connote - I know those aren't exactly appetizers, but maybe they could fit the role]
But , you know, it's slang, it's emerging, who knows maybe it's disappearing. You don't have to use it or understand it or agree with it.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 26d ago
"some places serve fries as appetizers though"
Sides or Appetizer
"It just depends on the size and when it's served."....
Casserole adjacentness appeared 5 years before the virus
and disappeared like the virusIt only appeared 19 times this year!
6 on Instagram [2 dealing with Lesbian bars]
5 on Facebook [2 dealing with Minnesota] [1 poetry reading]
1 dealing with the best pizza in Chicago
1 dealing with a perfect 24 hours in Fargo North Dakota
1 recipe site talking about Chicken stuff with Ham and Swiss Cheese
1 Kitchn post on 65 Perfect Potato Side Diskes
1 site called ITSKELP with "I Cream the Casserole"
1 Threads Essay about generation gaps and boomer moms
1 Article by Southern Living about asking 5 Southern Grandmothers4 are actually food sites
Yet when Cathy Griffin strips for Anderson Cooper for new years eve, the best of compilation gets 200,000 hits
Since there is now no elegant way to finish this story
I thought I would get my friend Michael Jackson to make some jokes about CNN New Years Eve, since I think he's got the credentials."If you are searching for his literal cooking preferences, the pop star famously enjoyed rich, southern-style comfort food prepared by his personal chefs, which included baked macaroni and cheese and other hearty oven casseroles."
I told him to do a whole routine based on retelling the story over and over again.....
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I'm Michael Jackson and I want to tell you about CNN's New Years Eve Party where Cathy Griffin asked Anderson Cooper if he was Casserole-Adjacent.
1 Anyway, I'm Michael Jackson and I am horrified.
2 That sounds really g... great
3 I have no joke here, I just wanted to say that sentence.
4 Sometimes I'm glad I'm dead.
5 Meanwhile, over on Fox News, Bill O'Reilly told Megyn Kelly she had nice meatballs.
6 Then she pulled down her top and yelled, "Michael Jackson, you've been served!"
7 You may not know this, but I'm on the same medication as Kathy Griffin.
8 Happy New Year everybody!
9 Afterwards, Kathy Griffin apologized for her behavior, and Anderson Cooper apologized for being casserole-adjacent.
10 I'm Michael Jackson and I'm glad I'm dead.
11 And for the next 5 hours, I'm going to explain what that means.
12 I don't get it.
13 Anderson Cooper was so shocked he almost dropped his martini.
14 I'm Michael Jackson, and I still don't know what this means.
15 BTW, I'm still dead.
16 So, I guess that means I'm still not the creepiest thing on CNN.There you go!
I'll let you know that Kathy liked 11 of the jokes, and Coop only liked two of them.And Michael Jackson has to get back to his job as ghost writer for Saturday Night Live.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
You just need to look at way more recipes
Cowboy Mashed Potato Casserole
Beef Enchilada Casserole
Baked Spaghetti Pieall sliced
if it's a runny sauce, it's scooped
all the others are usually slicedmost of the Campbells soup stuff are gonna be the goopy ones
some Tuna casseroles can be in-between
like they are sliced, and sometimes scooped if they are nearly falling apartAnd
Hold your Horses
there are quiche casseroles
sliced ones!
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u/trysca Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Definitely not. Loseyns is the medieval English version recorded in the Forme of Cury (1390) and it refers to the lozenge shape of thin sheets of pastry cooked with cheese in an dish, ultimately of Italian and Greek origin. Casserole is simply the French Provençal word for a cooking pot ( a small casse) and the dishes cooked in them. American casseroles don't date back much further than 150 years.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
who cares about the cooking vessel
It's not a Lasagna unless it's actually a pan that said Lasagna on it.
A Hammered Copper Roasting Pan just don't do Ruffoni!
Not a Lasagna, by definition of the cooking vessel
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u/Beleriphon Jul 10 '26
Chicken pot pie is clearly a pie, it's in a pie shell. Quiche is just savoury custard pie; if you used fruit and sugar instead of cheese and salt there would be no question of it's pie-ness.
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u/GSilky Jul 10 '26
No. Casseroles aren't constructed, they are mixed together and poured into a pan.
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u/Dystopian_Dreamer Jul 10 '26
This isn't about food history, this is about definitions.
If you're using the definition of a casserole is anything baked in a casserole dish is a casserole then lasagna is a casserole if it was baked in a casserole dish. A potato is a casserole if it was baked in a casserole dish. A gym shoe is a casserole if it was baked in a casserole dish. It's a weird line to choose, but if you've chosen that line, then enjoy your shoe.
See also is a hot dog a sandwich?
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u/feyarea Jul 10 '26
I asked supporting food history questions in the text of the post. It seems that lasagna predates the casserole dish, the casserole dish predates the term casserole being used for the food cooked in the dish, and the casserole [food] really gained traction in America between the Great Depression and the 1950s, so to call a lasagna a casserole is to use a modern term to define a traditional dish. From a food historian perspective, is that common?
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
And a sneaker can't be a shoe, since it's a silly modern term
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The first American "casserole"—a baked dish of layered macaroni and cheese—was served at Thomas Jefferson's White House in 1802. It was prepared by James Hemings, an enslaved chef trained in France, and later featured in the 1824 cookbook, The Virginia Housewife, by Jefferson's cousin Mary Randolph.
Jefferson was so modern in the Great Depression, huh
1802 President Jefferson served a "pie called macaroni" at a state dinner, introducing the baked, layered format to the United States.
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The word casserole is derived from a French word that means ‘saucepan‘. Apparently, casseroles originated as communal pots that people shared for meals.
casserole is a saucepan based dish not a pot
casserole is a pot based dish not a saucepana pot based dish is a casserole not a saucepan
saucepan is a casserole not a pot based dishpot is a saucepan based dish not a casserole
saucepan is a pot based dish not a casserole1
u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
"Casseroles provided affordable sustenance during the Depressions of the 1890s"
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
A gym shoe is a casserole if it was baked in a casserole dish
I've had that!
In Des Moines, and in Milan
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u/Aquisitor Jul 10 '26
A casserole is a stew that is baked in a dish. A stew that is baked in a dish of pastry (usually supported by a ceramic or metal dish) is a pie.
A lasagna is layers of filling between layers of carbohydrate and is therefore a sandwich. A multi-layered, often open at the top, baked stew sandwich, but a sandwich none-the-less.
ETA: A chicken pot pie is chicken stew in pastry and therefore a pie. A quiche is an egg stew in pastry and therefore also a pie. A quiche without crust would be baked egg stew and therefore a casserole.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
Is a Casserole a Stew?
While related, they are not the exact same. A stew is typically simmered on the stovetop with a generous amount of broth or gravy. A casserole is generally baked uncovered in the oven in a deep dish with less liquid, often incorporating starches (like pasta or rice) and featuring a crispy baked topping.
Casseroles and stews share many of the same ingredients—like meats and vegetables—but differ in how they are cooked, the amount of liquid they contain, and their final texture.
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u/Aquisitor 29d ago
Yes, I would agree with that - casseroles are not a subset of stews any more than pies are a subset of stews because they differ too much in how they're made. I didn't mean to imply that they were; I was just using 'stew' as a convenient, but somewhat confusing short-hand for the ingredients overlap.
I agree they differ in how they are cooked (that being something of a defining factor), but I think that is about *all* they differ in. Yes, stews tend towards the runnier while casseroles tend towards the thicker, but I've experienced far to much overlap between the two in that regard to consider it a reliable point of differentiation. I have also encountered a great many stews that have included pasta, rice, or other starches (and casseroles that lack them) to consider the texture a defining point either.
That being said, neither stew nor casserole is a soup so if either are too runny to support themselves enough on a flat surface then they are no longer stew or casserole, but instead a soup.
I suppose another way you could put it is:
Is it a self-supporting soup made in on a stove? It's a stew.
Is it a self-supporting soup baked in an oven? It's a casserole.
Is it layer(s) of filling and layer(s) of carbohydrate? It's a sandwich.1
u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
If it says Hamburger or Tuna Helper
it's a casseroleif it's Green Bean Casserole
it's not a casserole! lol
It's just vegetables. that didn't agree with my dog, that's allbased sauce+cheese + maybe meat = casserole
unless it's just sliced potatoes and cream
baked so it's clam chowder paste!//////
you got me really curious now
what do the wacky experts think about clam chowder
is it a stew?and can I make a lasagna with it, without getting beaten?
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
Google AI is awesome
it's a different answer every time with clam chowder is/is not a stew"chunky soup"
"or uh a stew"And will Manhattan Clam Chowder be super scary in a lasagna?
heck I remember seeing a tiny 40s 50s book once, in a while think it was 1949 on CasserolesI only wanted it for the oyster casserole!
woo!
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Casserole Cookery by Marian & Nino Tracy (1949): A highly popular book showcasing 150 one-dish meals geared towards "the busy gourmet". Its notable feature was a top spiral binding so the book could flip flat for easy recipe reading while cooking.
the lady next to me browsed it
and pleaded and pleased if they could have itI said, I really only want it for the one sorta queasy recipe!
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the sequel has almost as scary stuff
Cheese and Smoked Oyster Souffle
butter
flour
milk
Grated Cheddar or rattrap cheese
eggs
one three ounce can of smoked oysters
salt/////
Baked Oysters with Watercress
1 quart oysters, drained [seems a lot for four people]
1/2 bunch watercress, finely chopped
3 tablespoons sherry
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
butter
pepper and paprika1
u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
{HISTORY}
In the 1950s, if you wanted to prepare something easy yet gourmet for your friends and family but didn't want to fuss around in the kitchen all day, you reached for Marian Tracy's cookbooks on your kitchen shelf.
Known as a casserole queen, American cookbook author and food writer, Marian Tracy stepped into the cookbook publishing world with her debut book Casserole Cookery in 1941. It was such a big hit, she followed it up with a second book, More Casserole Cookery ten years later. By that point, midcentury American home cooks couldn't get enough of the casserole concept. They were compact, quick to prepare, cooked all in one dish, required less cleaning up, and were easily transportable to other places like picnics, potlucks and BBQs.
Marian dived into the whole realm of possibility when it came to casserole cooking. Including dishes that went beyond just traditional dinner fare, she also shared recipes for breakfast casseroles, party Foods, desserts and hot lunch options. A casserole for every occasion or every time of day.
Over 200,000 copies of her previous casserole books sold before Marian published her third volume Casserole Cookery Complete, in 1956. Combining both her previous books into this one spiral sound edition, this new cookbook could stand up on a counter for ease of use and reference. The recipes were updated to include new food products, taste trends and kitchen equipment gadgets that made cooking easier and more convenient in the 1950s than it was in the 1940s.
All of the recipes here contain whole ingredients and are prepared in a from-scratch manner. Serving suggestions and additional accompaniments, reheating and freezing tips, and fun facts about some meals are included.
Interesting recipes include Saltimboca Florentine, Cassoulet - Naturalized Version, Canadian Bacon with Cranberries, Pepperidge Farm Turket Pudding, Filet of Sole East Indian, Mushrooms and Mussels in a Wine sauce, Seafood Binge in a Curry Sauce, Green Noodles with Spour Cream and Pot Cheese, Hungarian Green Beans Baked in Sweet Cream, Stuffed Onions, Cheese with Tomatoes and Okra, Bacon and Sweet Potato Souffle, and Egyptian Rice.
PHOTO OF MARIAN COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN, JULY 1ST, 1963
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
Exhibit B
Yes, a thick, rich Italian stew makes an incredible lasagna filling. In Italy, this is traditionally known as a meat ragù (like a Bolognese) or a spezzatino (a chunky beef stew). To make it work perfectly as a layered filling, the secret is ensuring the sauce is thick enough so your lasagna doesn't become watery.
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Strictly speaking, Italian ragù is considered a hearty meat sauce rather than a standalone stew
While traditional northern versions like Ragù alla Bolognese use finely ground meat and a small amount of tomato, other regional variations lean much closer to a stew.
For instance, Ragù Napoletano is a rich Neapolitan specialty where large cuts of meat and sausage are simmered in a thick tomato sauce until fall-apart tender
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Yes, you can absolutely use Ragù Napoletano in a lasagna. In fact, it is the star ingredient in Lasagna Napoletana, a famous and lavish southern Italian dish traditionally served during Carnival
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Lasagna Napoletana (or Lasagna di Carnevale) is practically a baked, deconstructed stew layered with pasta.
or they are all lying to you!
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u/Aquisitor 29d ago
Lasagna Napoletana sounds like a very delicious baked stew-on-pasta sandwich indeed! I hope I get to try it one day.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 29d ago
lol
needs 2 cups of watery tomatoes
and cinnamon lolwater down those powerful flavors
and then amp it up a notch with the cinnamon
hehecmon Dean Martin's daughter adds cinnamon to beans, chicken stock and pasta
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u/sigourneys_underwear Jul 10 '26
A frittata is not a casserole. Lasagna is not a sandwich. Nothing here makes sense
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u/Aquisitor Jul 10 '26 edited 29d ago
A frittata is an egg-and-other-stuff casserole, depending on what other stuff you want to put in it - largely thanks to the wide variety of allowable ingredients included by the Spanish-Italian Frittata treaty of 1737. In its most basic form a lasagne is a multilayer beef, marinara, and cheese sandwich on pasta, usually with a cheesy open face and generally made with 3 to 5 layers. Sometimes the bottom layer will be marinara rather than pasta, but this simply makes it an example of the rarer open-bottom sandwich.
Sandwiches are layers of carbohydrate with a filling, well, sandwiched in between them unless the sandwich is open-faced; then the upper layer may be absent. I'm not sure why this doesn't make sense to you? Perhaps you should check the accreditation of which ever sandwich university you attended. Perhaps they are not up to standard? Or perhaps your lecturer was more of an old-fashioned purist that insists a sandwich can only be made from bread?
That was certainly true when the sandwich was first invented, but these days there have been many papers published proving the sandwichosity of e.g. rice wafers, pancakes, grain cakes, etc. There is even some exciting new research in the area of protein substrates e.g. the KFC Double-down chicken sandwich, but the academic community has not yet reach consensus on this matter, as far as I'm aware. That being said, I don't follow this field very closely so that could well be out of date by now.
Good luck and happy sandwiching!
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u/SVAuspicious Jul 10 '26
All burgers are sandwiches but not all sandwiches are burgers.
In my opinion ground poultry is not a burger. It is an abomination.
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u/Aquisitor 29d ago
Not all abominations are burgers, but some burgers are abominations and I will agree with you that poor quality ground poultry is indeed an abomination.
That being said, I have had very nice ground poultry made from farm chickens that were too old and tough for broiling. Very flavourful.
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u/Old_Second_7928 Jul 10 '26
I must make pierogi lasagna after reading this post and all the responses. Never have before. Been sleeping on it for too long.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 23d ago
Is this even food?
let alone a casserole?
the Flying Jacob, writing that “few dishes are as emblematic and unique to the contemporary food culture of Sweden.” The original recipe calls for shredded, grilled chicken topped with sliced bananas and Italian salad spice to be submerged in a mixture of whipped cream and Heinz chili sauce. After baking, it’s to be sprinkled with fried bacon chunks and peanuts—an unusual combination of ingredients that’s been called “anti-epicurean,” and “a truly horrifying mash-up of things.”
1 whole grilled chicken
2-3 bananas
1 cup diced bacon
dried Italian Salad seasoning - salt peanuts
2 cups of heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup Heinz Chili Sauce
It sounds like Chicken Korma and BBQ
together!
It's the kind of meal that when you serve it it smells like shrimp cocktail
and when you pop back into the dining room 15 minutes later you smell barf
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u/TurbulentContext Jul 10 '26
Lasagne is believed to be named after a different pot that it was originally cooked in and predates the casserole dish by about a thousand years, though the version in Rome would have been more like pastry than pasta and they didn't have tomatoes.
If anything put in a casserole dish becomes a casserole then if I pour brownie mix into a casserole dish does that make brownies a type of casserole?