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eDave
01-19-2017, 10:20 PM
30 Lasagna Recipes For Cold-Weather Comfort
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/07/lasagna-recipes-easy-chicken_n_1249660.html
I need meat in my Lasagna. Most Lasagna's lack meat.
stumppy
01-19-2017, 10:26 PM
I cook for one
eDave
01-19-2017, 10:27 PM
I cook for one
That's where I'm at. And it's pretty good. Needs more meat though.
Rasputin
01-19-2017, 10:28 PM
I nuke a bowl of ChefBoyRDee for 3min 30sec and then add cottage cheese. Yummy
stumppy
01-19-2017, 10:30 PM
That's where I'm at. And it's pretty good. Needs more meat though.
Yea, can't beat it for tossing something in the microwave and a 5 min. bake on some garlic bread sticks.
DaNewGuy
01-19-2017, 10:34 PM
I nuke a bowl of ChefBoyRDee for 3min 30sec and then add cottage cheese. Yummy
I hope you're not actually doing that
Pasta Little Brioni
01-19-2017, 10:34 PM
That's where I'm at. And it's pretty good. Needs more meat though.
Moar cheese. Sooooo disappointing when someone makes a lasagna and the cheese is lacking
Rasputin
01-19-2017, 10:43 PM
I hope you're not actually doing that
What's in lasagna? Cottage cheese am I right? Well yes I put cottage cheese in my ChefBoyRDee and it helps tremendously with acid reflux I have a problem with. I think it's good that way.
eDave
01-19-2017, 10:47 PM
What's in lasagna? Cottage cheese am I right? Well yes I put cottage cheese in my ChefBoyRDee and it helps tremendously with acid reflux I have a problem with. I think it's good that way.
I'm a big fan of eating what I like. Good on you Girl.
TimBone
01-19-2017, 10:50 PM
My wife makes some bomb ass spinach lasagna rolls.
threebag
01-19-2017, 10:51 PM
Trying to drag FMB out?
He won't tell you the secrets
Pasta Little Brioni
01-19-2017, 10:51 PM
MOAR CHEEEEEESE/ thread (no nasty ass ricotta either)
TimBone
01-19-2017, 10:51 PM
What's in lasagna? Cottage cheese am I right? Well yes I put cottage cheese in my ChefBoyRDee and it helps tremendously with acid reflux I have a problem with. I think it's good that way.
Do people put cottage cheese in lasagna?
I believe you're thinking of ricotta cheese.
Pasta Little Brioni
01-19-2017, 10:51 PM
Trying to drag FMB out?
Let's ban Inmen again to summon him
DaNewGuy
01-19-2017, 10:52 PM
What's in lasagna? Cottage cheese am I right? Well yes I put cottage cheese in my ChefBoyRDee and it helps tremendously with acid reflux I have a problem with. I think it's good that way.
I ate too much canned ravioli's as a kid. Kinda soured chefboyrdee for me, cottage cheese damn good on anything though I'm sure lmao
Pasta Little Brioni
01-19-2017, 10:52 PM
Do people put cottage cheese in lasagna?
I believe you're thinking of ricotta cheese.
ROFL
GloucesterChief
01-19-2017, 10:53 PM
not traditional. Use pepperoni and sliced hot italian sausage instead of ground beef.
DaNewGuy
01-19-2017, 10:54 PM
Do people put cottage cheese in lasagna?
I believe you're thinking of ricotta cheese.
Open your pallet up a lil bro, culture yourself homie
GloucesterChief
01-19-2017, 10:55 PM
Open your pallet up a lil bro, culture yourself homie
Ricotta or bechamel sauce. Bechamel only if it is seafood.
DaNewGuy
01-19-2017, 10:56 PM
Ricotta or bechamel sauce. Bechamel only if it is seafood.
Im American buddy, great value sauce or nothing
Pasta Little Brioni
01-19-2017, 10:56 PM
not traditional. Use pepperoni and sliced hot italian sausage instead of ground beef.
Absolutely...though I go with a sweet sausage and sauce
Easy 6
01-19-2017, 10:56 PM
Rule #1 - cottage cheese is NOT a good substitute for ricotta cheese, mozz, provolone or whatever Italian cheese
If you cant get at least one of those three, dont bother making lasagna
Pasta Little Brioni
01-19-2017, 10:58 PM
When you think you have enough cheese....ADD MOAR (no nasty ricotta)
Pepe Silvia
01-19-2017, 11:00 PM
It has to be Ricotta and Mozzarella. Maybe some Parmesan to top it off after its ready to eat but that's it.
Rasputin
01-19-2017, 11:08 PM
Do people put cottage cheese in lasagna?
I believe you're thinking of ricotta cheese.
ricotta or cottage I didn't know there is much of difference ?
eDave
01-19-2017, 11:10 PM
It has to be Ricotta and Mozzarella. Maybe some Parmesan to top it off after its ready to eat but that's it.
No maybe about it.
Haven't seen you around in a while.
cdcox
01-19-2017, 11:20 PM
I don't think ricotta cheese was widely available in the 1960s and '70s. The only Parmesan cheese you could get came in green cardboard can.
listopencil
01-20-2017, 12:21 AM
I accidentally discovered that if you mix cottage cheese and dill relish it makes a pretty good chip dip.
Baby Lee
01-20-2017, 01:06 AM
I accidentally discovered that if you mix cottage cheese and dill relish it makes a pretty good chip dip.
Cottage cheese and Manzanilla olives FTMFW!!
Not a particular fan of either alone. Love them together. And they're both cheap and add up to something mimicking sophisticated.
listopencil
01-20-2017, 01:28 AM
Cottage cheese and Manzanilla olives FTMFW!!
Not a particular fan of either alone. Love them together. And they're both cheap and add up to something mimicking sophisticated.
I can't keep either cottage cheese or green olives in the house. I'll just plow through them.
listopencil
01-20-2017, 02:23 AM
Oh yeah, lasagna, I'm not going to go through the bother of baking it. It's a pain in the ass to get it right and I'd rather just go out to eat it somewhere. But I'll make pretend Mexican lasagna. Cut tortillas into strips about two inches wide. Cook up some ground beef with taco seasonings or whatever generic pretend Mexican seasonings that you prefer. Acquire refried beans (you can get the canned stuff-go ahead-it's easier). Get some shredded cheese, I like to use cheddar as sharp as I can find it. Now get yourself some red sauce-not Italian-it needs to be at least pretend Mexican like the taco beef. Start with a layer of the tortilla strips in the bottom of that dish that you were going to make lasagna in. Add a layer of sauce, beans, beef, cheese and then put more tortilla strips on top of it. Keep doing that until you get to the top of the pan with a layer of tortilla strips. Cover that with the red sauce and liberally sprinkle it with cheese. Go ahead and bake it. For how long? It doesn't matter. None of that shit is raw, just eat it when it looks good to you. You can top it with sour cream and jalapeno slices once it's on your plate.
eDave
01-20-2017, 02:30 AM
Oh yeah, lasagna, I'm not going to go through the bother of baking it. It's a pain in the ass to get it right and I'd rather just go out to eat it somewhere. But I'll make pretend Mexican lasagna. Cut tortillas into strips about two inches wide. Cook up some ground beef with taco seasonings or whatever generic pretend Mexican seasonings that you prefer. Acquire refried beans (you can get the canned stuff-go ahead-it's easier). Get some shredded cheese, I like to use cheddar as sharp as I can find it. Now get yourself some red sauce-not Italian-it needs to be at least pretend Mexican like the taco beef. Start with a layer of the tortilla strips in the bottom of that dish that you were going to make lasagna in. Add a layer of sauce, beans, beef, cheese and then put more tortilla strips on top of it. Keep doing that until you get to the top of the pan with a layer of tortilla strips. Cover that with the red sauce and liberally sprinkle it with cheese. Go ahead and bake it. For how long? It doesn't matter. None of that shit is raw, just eat it when it looks good to you. You can top it with sour cream and jalapeno slices once it's on your plate.
I'm trying this.
And you need your own cooking show.
TimBone
01-20-2017, 02:43 AM
I'm trying this.
And you need your own cooking show.
Episode 1: Microwave pancakes
threebag
01-20-2017, 02:53 AM
Episode 1: Microwave pancakes
Throw some ketchup on them and Inmen will be tuning in
Dayze
01-20-2017, 07:30 AM
Episode 2 : Pantless baking
ChiliConCarnage
01-20-2017, 07:51 AM
Do people put cottage cheese in lasagna?
I believe you're thinking of ricotta cheese.
I'm going to be honest. When I initially read those posts I assumed it was trolling but now I'm not sure. ROFL
It might be because I normally eat cottage cheese cold (is it normal to eat it warm?) but I find the idea of it being in lasagna Eric Winston level disgusting.
KCUnited
01-20-2017, 08:02 AM
As cdcox alluded to, I don't think ricotta was as widely available several decades ago, especially in smaller towns and rural areas. Growing up in small town Midwest in the 80s, I know I've seen it used in lasagna, but not since.
I eat a container of cottage cheese a week, but I can't mix it with anything.
I like sausage and spinach in my lasagna.
DC.chief
01-20-2017, 08:23 AM
My ex use to make lasagna in a crook pot and it was awesome. I've never made lasagna myself but if i do i'll try the crook pot method for sure
carcosa
01-20-2017, 10:11 AM
Every time I make lasagna my asshole cat eats it smh
Sorce
01-20-2017, 10:20 AM
Pan
Layer of sauce
Layer of noodles
Mixture of Ricotta, Parsley, Egg, Italian cheese blend
Layer of noodles
Mixture of ground beef and ground Italian sausage with just enough sauce to make it stick together.
Layer of noodles
Sauce
Mozzarella cheese
Bake at 350 for a half hour.
Baby Lee
01-20-2017, 10:21 AM
Every time I make lasagna my asshole cat eats it smh
Mundaze, amirite?
Baby Lee
01-20-2017, 10:23 AM
CP Needs A Food Thread. Tell Me About Your Lasagna
For some reason, every time I see this thread, I read it in a Kevin Meaney [RIP] voice.
'asking a man about his baked pasta, . . . THAT'S NOT RIGHT!!!'
scho63
01-20-2017, 11:10 AM
I cook for one
ME TOO! I can eat the whole thing as well :eek:
Mr. Laz
01-20-2017, 03:01 PM
I nuke a bowl of ChefBoyRDee for 3min 30sec and then add cottage cheese. Yummy
:hmmm:
Mr. Laz
01-20-2017, 03:03 PM
Every time I make lasagna my asshole cat eats it smh
lol
Can't leave a plate unattended for even 60 seconds without our cat sticking his face into lasagna.
Doesn't act that way about anything else. Lasagne fiend.
ChiliConCarnage
01-20-2017, 03:10 PM
As cdcox alluded to, I don't think ricotta was as widely available several decades ago, especially in smaller towns and rural areas. Growing up in small town Midwest in the 80s, I know I've seen it used in lasagna, but not since.
Interesting, I must have glanced past that post. I think I would have opted to just throw more of whatever other cheese I was using in there but I suppose the texture is sort of similar.
I never make Lasagna. I do what what Listopencil does and make an Enchilasagna. Pretty much same thing as him but I normally chop some onion in w/ the beef and black olives on top
KS Smitty
01-20-2017, 03:43 PM
1# mild italian sausage, 1# ground beef, onion & garlic browned up, add some Prego pasta sauce (either original, mushroom or 3 cheese depends on the mood) and bring to a nice simmer. In baking pan glop some sauce down put 3 pieces of lasagna a layer of ricotta mixed with an egg, meat misture, mozzarella and parmesan cheese repeat X3 bake at 350 covered for 30 min and another 10 uncovered.
This is a thick and meaty lasagna, not very saucy, which is what we like. Lots of cheese too, it fills a 9X13 pan to the very top.
KS Smitty
01-20-2017, 03:46 PM
I have had cottage cheese lasagna. I don't really care for it but I do like cottage cheese. Probably all in my head though.
jspchief
01-20-2017, 03:58 PM
I grew up on cottage cheese lasagna, it's not bad at all. It also spreads a hell of a lot easier and is cheaper.
I like lasagna. But it's a pain in the ass to make so I rarely eat it.
I like it with a side of toast.
cabletech94
01-20-2017, 09:08 PM
Oh yeah, lasagna, I'm not going to go through the bother of baking it. It's a pain in the ass to get it right and I'd rather just go out to eat it somewhere. But I'll make pretend Mexican lasagna. Cut tortillas into strips about two inches wide. Cook up some ground beef with taco seasonings or whatever generic pretend Mexican seasonings that you prefer. Acquire refried beans (you can get the canned stuff-go ahead-it's easier). Get some shredded cheese, I like to use cheddar as sharp as I can find it. Now get yourself some red sauce-not Italian-it needs to be at least pretend Mexican like the taco beef. Start with a layer of the tortilla strips in the bottom of that dish that you were going to make lasagna in. Add a layer of sauce, beans, beef, cheese and then put more tortilla strips on top of it. Keep doing that until you get to the top of the pan with a layer of tortilla strips. Cover that with the red sauce and liberally sprinkle it with cheese. Go ahead and bake it. For how long? It doesn't matter. None of that shit is raw, just eat it when it looks good to you. You can top it with sour cream and jalapeno slices once it's on your plate.
ive done this for years. only i don't cut the tortillas into strips. i'll cut them in half and make "layers" with 2 tortillas per level. and use your imagination with toppings and such. whatever you like in tacos. your taste is your limit! and screw that chedder, go with a mexican cheese (no offense). 400 degrees for 30 minutes, and let it cool for 20.
making america great again. one mexican lasagna at a time.......
listopencil
01-21-2017, 02:29 PM
ive done this for years. only i don't cut the tortillas into strips. i'll cut them in half and make "layers" with 2 tortillas per level. and use your imagination with toppings and such. whatever you like in tacos. your taste is your limit! and screw that chedder, go with a mexican cheese (no offense). 400 degrees for 30 minutes, and let it cool for 20.
making america great again. one mexican lasagna at a time.......
Sure. I was just posting a basic idea of how to make the stuff. Go nuts and play with the ingredients. I've found that using loose ground pork sausage instead of hamburger is an interesting alternative. You can also add quite a bit of stuff to the sauce. Sauteed garlic/onion/mushroom/water chestnuts/bell pepper/etc. And you can combine various cheeses. Whatever you have on hand that you feel like putting in there.
Donger
01-21-2017, 02:33 PM
Brown the ground beef and sweet Italian sausage with onion and garlic. Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste. One Tbsp of sugar. 1/4 cup of red wine. Simmer for 1.5 hours. Freshly grated mozzarella, Parmesan and ricotta whisked with an egg. Al dente lasagna noodles. Layer it up. In the oven for 30 minutes at 300.
Mr. Laz
01-21-2017, 03:27 PM
I freakin' love lasagne. I can't make it worth a shit but I love it. I'm a terrible cook, can barely boil water. I'm not sure why. :(
Pablo
01-21-2017, 03:30 PM
Too much effort for a food that doesn't really trip my trigger. I like good lasagna if somebody else is making it.
Ricotta master race. You cottage cheese people are fukt. My wife is one of you. I'll never understand your ways.
Baby Lee
01-21-2017, 03:38 PM
Too much effort for a food that doesn't really trip my trigger. I like good lasagna if somebody else is making it.
Ricotta master race. You cottage cheese people are fukt. My wife is one of you. I'll never understand your ways.
I can accept cottage cheese is that's how it's made. It's kind of an embarrassment of riches thing. Like having cloth seats in a Veyron.
Ricotta is superior, but way more expensive.
And there's so much great about lasagna, that I can't complain too much if the subtle nutty and dry notes of ricotta are missing in the bland filler cottage cheese.
If you don't like the Veyron with cheap seats analogy, it's like insisting that your Sauerbraten be made with Wagyu primal.
Pablo
01-21-2017, 03:55 PM
I can accept cottage cheese is that's how it's made. It's kind of an embarrassment of riches thing. Like having cloth seats in a Veyron.
Ricotta is superior, but way more expensive.
And there's so much great about lasagna, that I can't complain too much if the subtle nutty and dry notes of ricotta are missing in the bland filler cottage cheese.
If you don't like the Veyron with cheap seats analogy, it's like insisting that your Sauerbraten be made with Wagyu primal.Only the finest ricotta for my lasagna!!
But for reals, I can eat either. If you put a plate of cottage cheese lasagna in front of me, I'd garfield it.
dirk digler
01-21-2017, 04:14 PM
Lasagna is my favorite dish and I make it most of the time with cottage cheese.
The Pioneer woman lasagna recipe uses cottage cheese and it is excellent.
Mr. Laz
01-21-2017, 04:32 PM
Lasagna is my favorite dish and I make it most of the time with cottage cheese.
The Pioneer woman lasagna recipe uses cottage cheese and it is excellent.
Thanks, I'll give it a shot sometime.
Baby Lee
01-21-2017, 04:45 PM
The Pioneer woman lasagna recipe.
Thanks, I'll give it a shot sometime.
ROFL ROFL - grandma used to regale us with tales of dutch ovens heaped full of . . . lasagna . . . that sustained them on the long wagon train across the prairie.
Hoover
01-21-2017, 04:55 PM
1 lb ground beef.
1/2 lb of Graziano Italian Sausage
1 container of mushrooms.
1 onion
1 container of ricotta
Marinara (I make my own, I don't skimp.)
1 small jar of alfredo sauce
Sliced provolone, fresh grated asiago
I use the Barilla Oven Ready Lasagna noodles.
Step one: Cook meat with half the onion, and to marinara
Step two: saute half onion and mushrooms, then add to alfredo.
Assemble:
Meat sauce on the bottom of the pan, I go pretty heavy.
Noodle
Alfredo mushroom layer
Noodle
Ricotta (I mix in an beaten egg, some asiago, and basil and oregano.
Noodle
Heavy sauce layer
Cap it off with provolone layer.
I bake it in a deep stoneware dish.
Shitty pic, but looks like this.
dirk digler
01-21-2017, 05:29 PM
ROFL ROFL - grandma used to regale us with tales of dutch ovens heaped full of . . . lasagna . . . that sustained them on the long wagon train across the prairie.
LMAO
But did they use cottage cheese?
dirk digler
01-21-2017, 05:31 PM
1 lb ground beef.
1/2 lb of Graziano Italian Sausage
1 container of mushrooms.
1 onion
1 container of ricotta
Marinara (I make my own, I don't skimp.)
1 small jar of alfredo sauce
Sliced provolone, fresh grated asiago
I use the Barilla Oven Ready Lasagna noodles.
Step one: Cook meat with half the onion, and to marinara
Step two: saute half onion and mushrooms, then add to alfredo.
Assemble:
Meat sauce on the bottom of the pan, I go pretty heavy.
Noodle
Alfredo mushroom layer
Noodle
Ricotta (I mix in an beaten egg, some asiago, and basil and oregano.
Noodle
Heavy sauce layer
Cap it off with provolone layer.
I bake it in a deep stoneware dish.
Shitty pic, but looks like this.
I think I will try that. Alfredo sauce in lasagne sounds interesting.
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 05:33 PM
30 Lasagna Recipes For Cold-Weather Comfort
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/07/lasagna-recipes-easy-chicken_n_1249660.html
I need meat in my Lasagna. Most Lasagna's lack meat.
Wut? Never heard of THAT!
RippedmyFlesh
01-21-2017, 06:21 PM
Wut? Never heard of THAT!
The meat from my mom's meatball recipe and her homemade sauce was what made her lasagna hers. She made the pasta from scratch I used to help hold the pasta when it come out of the pasta roller thing. I was so spoiled as a kid and didn't realize till I got older.
Easy 6
01-21-2017, 07:12 PM
I grew up on cottage cheese lasagna, it's not bad at all. It also spreads a hell of a lot easier and is cheaper.
I like lasagna. But it's a pain in the ass to make so I rarely eat it.
Dont go all emo defending Moms lasagna, I had plenty of it as well... but that doesnt make it good lasagna
Easy 6
01-21-2017, 07:15 PM
1 lb ground beef.
1/2 lb of Graziano Italian Sausage
1 container of mushrooms.
1 onion
1 container of ricotta
Marinara (I make my own, I don't skimp.)
1 small jar of alfredo sauce
Sliced provolone, fresh grated asiago
I use the Barilla Oven Ready Lasagna noodles.
Step one: Cook meat with half the onion, and to marinara
Step two: saute half onion and mushrooms, then add to alfredo.
Assemble:
Meat sauce on the bottom of the pan, I go pretty heavy.
Noodle
Alfredo mushroom layer
Noodle
Ricotta (I mix in an beaten egg, some asiago, and basil and oregano.
Noodle
Heavy sauce layer
Cap it off with provolone layer.
I bake it in a deep stoneware dish.
Shitty pic, but looks like this.
THIS... sounds like a lasagna, you can feel the weight of that sucker sitting on the counter
Baby Lee
01-21-2017, 08:25 PM
Dont go all emo defending Moms lasagna, I had plenty of it as well... but that doesnt make it good lasagna
That's not emo you're sensing . . .
He's nervous, . . . but on the surface he looks calm and ready.
Oh wait. Sorry. . . That wasn't mom's lasagna
Pasta Little Brioni
01-21-2017, 09:14 PM
JFC cottage cheese and ricotra are some poverty level lasagna
I'm going to make a more healthy version in the next couple of days. Whole wheat noodles, reduced fat everything else, and lasagna is not hard to make. I'm cutting the recipe in half, should make for 6 servings. I need to pick up some JJ bread.
Easy 6
01-21-2017, 09:45 PM
That's not emo you're sensing . . .
He's nervous, . . . but on the surface he looks calm and ready.
Oh wait. Sorry. . . That wasn't mom's lasagna
Eminems mom made lasagna with cottage cheese, guarantee it
jspchief
01-21-2017, 09:56 PM
JFC cottage cheese and ricotra are some poverty level lasagna
As someone else mentioned, it was probably more of an availability issue but I guess I don't know that for certain.
I still like to occasionally mix some cottage cheese into a bowl of pasta and marinara. Good stuff.
Mr. Laz
01-21-2017, 10:03 PM
JFC cottage cheese and ricotra are some poverty level lasagna
Food snob alert
CoMoChief
01-21-2017, 10:06 PM
My mom makes the best lasagna...better than any Italian restaurant I've had. She uses V's sauce. Love that stuff.
Just thought I'd put it out there. I don't have a recipe for it, I'd probably fuck it up anyway.
Carry on.
Easy 6
01-21-2017, 10:08 PM
My mom makes the best lasagna...better than any Italian restaurant I've had. She uses V's sauce. Love that stuff.
Just thought I'd put it out there. I don't have a recipe for it, I'd probably **** it up anyway.
Carry on.
Revisionist history
It was made with cottage cheese and hamburger and it was awful, sorry man
Hoover
01-21-2017, 10:29 PM
THIS... sounds like a lasagna, you can feel the weight of that sucker sitting on the counter
Yeah. It's a heavy SOB.
Fricking love lasagna, but rarely make it because the wife is now gluten free.
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:31 PM
What's in lasagna? Cottage cheese am I right? Well yes I put cottage cheese in my ChefBoyRDee and it helps tremendously with acid reflux I have a problem with. I think it's good that way.
Cottage cheese never! Perhaps, some Americans, that lack taste buds blaspheme lasagne with cottage cheese but not an Italian.
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:35 PM
Yeah. It's a heavy SOB.
Fricking love lasagna, but rarely make it because the wife is now gluten free.
They sell gluten free lasagne noodles. I use the VitaSpelt because I can't eat wheat but spelt has gluten in it. It tastes just like the real thing.
Don't ever get rice ones. It's too Asian-tasting for Italian. The corn and rice are a good blend that approximates well for Italian dishes.
http://muellerspasta.com/our-products/gluten-free-pasta/
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:39 PM
Lasagna is my favorite dish and I make it most of the time with cottage cheese.
The Pioneer woman lasagna recipe uses cottage cheese and it is excellent.
Bleh! Pioneer woman isn't Italian, obviously. Plains' woman taste buds.
I hope she at least adds egg and some mozzarella to her ricotta. You don't just use it out of the container.
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:41 PM
I'm going to make a more healthy version in the next couple of days. Whole wheat noodles, reduced fat everything else, and lasagna is not hard to make. I'm cutting the recipe in half, should make for 6 servings. I need to pick up some JJ bread.
It's not hard but it's time consuming. The way I, raised in a Sicilian family, make it.
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:43 PM
As cdcox alluded to, I don't think ricotta was as widely available several decades ago, especially in smaller towns and rural areas. Growing up in small town Midwest in the 80s, I know I've seen it used in lasagna, but not since.
I eat a container of cottage cheese a week, but I can't mix it with anything.
I like sausage and spinach in my lasagna.
Sure it was available in the 80's as well as 70's. I grew up in small town.
Chicago had Italians back then that had to have it.
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:44 PM
I freakin' love lasagne. I can't make it worth a shit but I love it. I'm a terrible cook, can barely boil water. I'm not sure why. :(
If you can read. You just follow the recipe. That's how I learned. My mom taught me nothing about cooking.
It's not hard but it's time consuming. The way I, raised in a Sicilian family, make it.
Didn't you just say you made it in a crock pot? :hmmm:
BucEyedPea
01-21-2017, 11:45 PM
Pan
Layer of sauce
Layer of noodles
Mixture of Ricotta, Parsley, Egg, Italian cheese blend
Layer of noodles
Mixture of ground beef and ground Italian sausage with just enough sauce to make it stick together.
Layer of noodles
Sauce
Mozzarella cheese
Bake at 350 for a half hour.
You got it.
alanm
01-21-2017, 11:59 PM
For some reason, every time I see this thread, I read it in a Kevin Meaney [RIP] voice.
'asking a man about his baked pasta, . . . THAT'S NOT RIGHT!!!'I don't care.. I don't care.. I doooon't care.... I pretty much sing that every day at work. :D Damn I didn't know he passed away. :(
KCUnited
01-22-2017, 07:23 AM
Sure it was available in the 80's as well as 70's. I didn't grew up in small town.
Chicago had Italians back then that had to have it.
No shit?
BucEyedPea
01-22-2017, 08:18 AM
No shit?
I wasn't around before those dates, but my family was making the same lasagne before then — with ricotta too.
KCUnited
01-22-2017, 08:24 AM
http://future.aae.wisc.edu/data/annual_values/by_area/3458?period=complete&tab=production
BucEyedPea
01-22-2017, 08:25 AM
A dish made with cottage cheese instead of one that calls for ricotta is soupier.
BucEyedPea
01-22-2017, 08:27 AM
http://future.aae.wisc.edu/data/annual_values/by_area/3458?period=complete&tab=production
That's U.S. production. What about imports?
There's also a lot more people now for more demand whereby the supply would increase. Especially, if certain dishes become more popular.
KCUnited
01-22-2017, 08:30 AM
How about sales and consumption?
http://future.aae.wisc.edu/data/annual_values/by_area/2188?period=complete&tab=sales
BucEyedPea
01-22-2017, 09:08 AM
How about sales and consumption?
http://future.aae.wisc.edu/data/annual_values/by_area/2188?period=complete&tab=sales
Well that too is a relative matter. Less population means less demand. Again, we have a lot more people in this country. Maybe your market didn't stock it due to few demanding it. Even chain supermarkets stock based on their area.
I can tell you we didn't just have it in lasagne growing up. On holidays there was always an Italian cheese cake, which is made with ricotta and/or there were cannolli.
Ricotta has been around since medieval times, in Italy.
KCUnited
01-22-2017, 09:10 AM
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BucEyedPea
01-22-2017, 10:08 AM
I was using google to see when Italian cuisine rose in popularity. Couldn't find much, except to find it is the most popular ethnic food today here. I was surprised. I thought it would be Mexican.
BucEyedPea
01-22-2017, 02:59 PM
Didn't you just say you made it in a crock pot? :hmmm:
That was someone else. But I've seen that online as a way to do it. Bizarre but apparently it works.
That was someone else. But I've seen that online as a way to do it. Bizarre but apparently it works.
Got it, not sure why I thought that was you.
dirk digler
01-22-2017, 05:41 PM
A dish made with cottage cheese instead of one that calls for ricotta is soupier.
Ah that is why mine is soupy. Thanks
Whole wheat noodles
Low fat Ricotta mixed in some light sour cream and seasoned
Mozzarella and colby jack cheese
Jar sauce and added hot Italian sausage
Served with salad, green beans and JJ french bread
It was pretty dam good, I'm stuffed. Not a very good pic.
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Demonpenz
01-22-2017, 09:26 PM
why the fuck does garfield love that shit so much. that writer must do lots of st joe drugs
Hoover
01-22-2017, 09:29 PM
Whole wheat noodles
Low fat Ricotta mixed in some light sour cream and seasoned
Mozzarella and colby jack cheese
Jar sauce and added hot Italian sausage
Served with salad, green beans and JJ french bread
It was pretty dam good, I'm stuffed. Not a very good pic.
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Looks good!
ChiefGator
01-22-2017, 10:08 PM
Lasagna takes me a damn long time to make, but I make it probably 3-4 times a year. I have a 4.5" deep pan I use, so my lasagna is deep. It freezes well, which is nice.
I always start with my own homemade tomato sauce, which makes it take longer.
For the meat, I use a combination of beef or veal, sausage, and lamb. Something about the lamb gives it a deeper, meaty flavor. Damn good.
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