Unless somebody else out there comes up with yet another recipe for that certain “seven-soup” casserole requested by Alice Thull over there in Clinton, here’s our third and last shot at it.
Lynnwood cook Patricia Radzwon shares this concoction with us, saying, “Here is the recipe that you asked for. It’s a casserole that uses six cans of soup and two cans of pizza sauce.
“I read your column faithfully, and I asked around for this recipe. I finally found it. It was my daughter’s husband’s Grandma Whitman’s recipe.
“My daughter said her husband loved it when he was a kid and couldn’t wait to visit Grandma to eat it.”
Grandma Whitman’s eight-can lasagna
1 1/2pounds ground beef
3cans cheddar cheese soup
3cans tomato soup
2cans pizza sauce
Seasonings to taste
1package lasagna noodles
1pound mozzarella cheese
Paprika
Brown ground beef in large skillet. Add soups and pizza sauce, 1 can at a time, mixing well. Season to taste, as desired. Prepare noodles according to package directions.
While noodles are cooking, allow sauce to simmer and also grate the cheese.
To assemble, coat bottom of 2 casserole dishes with sauce. Cover with 1 layer of cooked noodles, then a layer of sauce, topped with a layer of grated cheese. Repeat with layers of noodles, sauce and cheese, until all ingredients are used, ending with a layer of cheese. Sprinkle with paprika and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Makes 2 casseroles.
SOS: A Camano Island Forum friend writes, “OK, Judyrae, here is the deal. Once again, in a recent Forum column, appears a recipe for sour cream cookies. Every time a sour cream anything is printed, my daughters and I go round and round with this question – what is sour cream?
“I’m in my 70s, and my thought for sour cream is: Add 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup of heavy (whipping) cream and let it stand at room temperature until the cream thickens. To my daughters, in their 40s, their thoughts are sour cream: Open carton.
“Many of my recipes are over 60 years old, and we didn’t have sour cream in a carton then. Help! Which do we use?”
If you can answer this very good question, and put an end to this friendly family controversy, please write to Judyrae Kruse at the Forum, c/o The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
We are always happy to receive your contributions and requests, but all letters and all e-mail must include a name, complete address with ZIP code and telephone number with area code. No exceptions and sorry, but no response to e-mail by return e-mail; send to kruse@heraldnet.com.
The next Forum will appear in Monday’s Time Out section.
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