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crdo

For all y'all MN/Twin Cities gals:

Currently watching Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, and tonight's episode is all about the Twin Cities. I've never had hot dish, but now I REALLY want some tater tot hot dish. Yum.

MamaNicoleof3

crdo said:

For all y'all MN/Twin Cities gals:

Currently watching Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, and tonight's episode is all about the Twin Cities. I've never had hot dish, but now I REALLY want some tater tot hot dish. Yum.

You've NEVER had tator tot hot dish?!? Oh mylanta, that's a staple here. 

And why is that a bizarre food, I wonder?!

crdo

MamaNicoleof3 said:

crdo said:

For all y'all MN/Twin Cities gals:

Currently watching Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, and tonight's episode is all about the Twin Cities. I've never had hot dish, but now I REALLY want some tater tot hot dish. Yum.

You've NEVER had tator tot hot dish?!? Oh mylanta, that's a staple here. 

And why is that a bizarre food, I wonder?!

Nope, born and raised southern girl here, so my tater tots have all been fried and dipped in condiments. 

Haha, Delicious Destinations is just an off-shoot of Bizarre Foods where he features distinctive dishes of a particular region, not necessarily weird food

ETA: They also featured a Jucy Lucy cheeseburger where the cheese is stuffed in the middle of the burger at a place called Matt's? Mouth. Watering. Pregnant ladies should be careful when watching food shows...

MamaNicoleof3

Now I want tator tot hot dish. Dang. 

NicknShan

MN born and raised. It's bomb. 

VikingGirl12

sdnybrk said:

Does the nursery thread make anyone else's app go crazy? Not the Bump thread but the other one? It totally shuts down my app and makes my screen go blank. Every. Time.

I gave up trying to open it around 40 posts ago. I really wanna see!! 

MamaNicoleof3

Juicy Lucy's are amazeballs. 

crdo

@MamaNicoleof3 and @NicknShan: Want. Now. Mmmmm.

dennyandlee

I am seriously about to just facking quit with the stupid Bump app. Half the time it won't let me reply to posts or like others posts. Dangerously close to restricting my Bump access to my computer at work which means I'm going to miss a helluva lot. Argh!!!

and I LOVE tater tots but like @crdo says, never had a tater tot hot dish or heard of it before, but now I need it.

mkemommy

Just googled Tater Tot Hot Dish...yummmmy.

splsmama2016

My recliner/rocker got delivered today!!! And it is glorious!!! Thanks, Jeromes! 

I also survived a major major shopping trip to Carters outlet with both my mom AND my MIL. I'm beyond thankful they get along so well, and that there was no drama at all, except for when my mom wanted to buy more newborn clothes that I clearly don't need. 

GinnyJ2012

For dinner I made whipped potatoes and they were amazing! The container to store them in was too small.  Instead of getting a bigger container, and having to wash extra dishes, I ate what didn't fit. I have no regrets. 

CourtJack

MamaNicoleof3 said:

I just realized my favorite part about pregnancy.....NO PERIODS!!!!

Same!!! Yesterday I heard someone upwrappng a tampon (pad?) in the washroom and I high fived myself. 

CourtJack

I just looked up tater tot hot dish and despite it being 7:30 am. - I want it. I think tots are an American thing, though. I don't know if I've ever had them used in a casserole/dish. They also remind me of Napoleon Dynamite. 

Kballew10

I also looked up Tater Tot Hot Dish and I have to say that it seems like a good way to ruin perfectly tasty tater tots!  Green beans and corn?!  I will take mine fried, drenched in nacho cheese sauce, and WITHOUT veggies... please.

NicknShan

Kballew10 said:

I also looked up Tater Tot Hot Dish and I have to say that it seems like a good way to ruin perfectly tasty tater tots!  Green beans and corn?!  I will take mine fried, drenched in nacho cheese sauce, and WITHOUT veggies... please.

I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes!   I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes! I promise not to disappoint you!  

DeePaddy24

Okay. You ladies convinced me. I had to look up Tater Tot Hot Dish as well....and, damn. What have I been doing with my life?! 
I. NEED. THAT!

MeganF08

I had dreams of only gaining 10-15 pounds with this pregnancy since I am already overweight. I managed to make it 20 weeks with no weight gain and put on 9 pounds in the last 4. I also had illusions of eating salad and fruit every day and that is not happening. Today the irony of the fact that I am so concerned about using only natural products, making baby food, and cloth diapering etc when baby gets here yet I am eating total crap while she is actually growing in my body hit me. Was it enough to kill my toaster strudel craving, sadly no. Am I considering making this 'tater tot hotdish for dinner? Yes. Total fail.

Sydvicious08

crdo said:

MamaNicoleof3 said:

crdo said:

For all y'all MN/Twin Cities gals:

Currently watching Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, and tonight's episode is all about the Twin Cities. I've never had hot dish, but now I REALLY want some tater tot hot dish. Yum.

You've NEVER had tator tot hot dish?!? Oh mylanta, that's a staple here. 

And why is that a bizarre food, I wonder?!

Nope, born and raised southern girl here, so my tater tots have all been fried and dipped in condiments. 

Haha, Delicious Destinations is just an off-shoot of Bizarre Foods where he features distinctive dishes of a particular region, not necessarily weird food

ETA: They also featured a Jucy Lucy cheeseburger where the cheese is stuffed in the middle of the burger at a place called Matt's? Mouth. Watering. Pregnant ladies should be careful when watching food shows...

We have a local place down here that does the stuffed burger..yummmmmm

Sydvicious08

NicknShan said:

Kballew10 said:

I also looked up Tater Tot Hot Dish and I have to say that it seems like a good way to ruin perfectly tasty tater tots!  Green beans and corn?!  I will take mine fried, drenched in nacho cheese sauce, and WITHOUT veggies... please.

I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes!   I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes! I promise not to disappoint you!  

Can we start a recipe board? Pretty please, I have a ton of easy recipes that I make that I could share (disclaimer: they  aren't necessary healthy. But yummy to my pregnant tummy)

Kballew10

sdnybrk said:

NicknShan said:

Kballew10 said:

I also looked up Tater Tot Hot Dish and I have to say that it seems like a good way to ruin perfectly tasty tater tots!  Green beans and corn?!  I will take mine fried, drenched in nacho cheese sauce, and WITHOUT veggies... please.

I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes!   I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes! I promise not to disappoint you!  

Can we start a recipe board? Pretty please, I have a ton of easy recipes that I make that I could share (disclaimer: they  aren't necessary healthy. But yummy to my pregnant tummy)

You should create a post for recipes!  I could use some new ones... especially this non-veggie related tater tot thing.

CourtJack

Kballew10 said:

sdnybrk said:

NicknShan said:

Kballew10 said:

I also looked up Tater Tot Hot Dish and I have to say that it seems like a good way to ruin perfectly tasty tater tots!  Green beans and corn?!  I will take mine fried, drenched in nacho cheese sauce, and WITHOUT veggies... please.

I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes!   I do not eat mine with green beans and corn :-) I'll have to share recipes! I promise not to disappoint you!  

Can we start a recipe board? Pretty please, I have a ton of easy recipes that I make that I could share (disclaimer: they  aren't necessary healthy. But yummy to my pregnant tummy)

You should create a post for recipes!  I could use some new ones... especially this non-veggie related tater tot thing.

Yes!!!! 

VikingGirl12

Tator Tot Casserole was on my meal plan last week! It's not healthy at all so I make sure to add a side salad. Mine does have green beans. And cream of chicken soup. And ground beef. And tonnns of grated cheese. DS devours it. F-ing delicious.

Lilwatz

Ugh, this food talk sounds so goooooooood.  I LOVE tater tots.  Like in a weird way.  But I never passed my glucose test after my daughter was born (glucose intolerant), so they gave me my sugar test in January (I KNOW, RIGHT?!) and I failed and failed the 3 hour, so I have been testing sugars and moderating carbs since 19 weeks.  21 WEEKS OF NOT EATING WHATEVER THE CRAP I WANT.  So, I eat as poorly as possible without carbs (Spoiler: it's not much and not that tasty, but delicious cheese stands no chance in my path).

Rant over.  

NicknShan

Sorry for the Dr. Suess repetition of green beans and corn... Dumb App.

Lilwatz

NicknShan said:

Sorry for the Dr. Suess repetition of green beans and corn... Dumb App.

I assumed you were just very passionate about your hot tater tots.

MamaNicoleof3

My TTHD recipe has cream of chicken and green beans and no cheese. It's yummo with cheese though. And the tots?! droooool. 

Kballew10

@Lilwatz - That sounds terrible, but I might be right there with you in a few weeks.  At least you still get cheese?  Small perks, I suppose, but still.... sounds awful.

hockeyfan42

Kballew10 said:

I also looked up Tater Tot Hot Dish and I have to say that it seems like a good way to ruin perfectly tasty tater tots!  Green beans and corn?!  I will take mine fried, drenched in nacho cheese sauce, and WITHOUT veggies... please.

I was over here drooling with thoughts of tater tot cheesy goodness....then read this. Vegetables?! 

DeePaddy24

My Kate Spade baby bag just arrived!! WOO!! 

Huskerfanz

DeePaddy24 said:

My Kate Spade baby bag just arrived!! WOO!! 

Pic!

dennyandlee

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

crdo

dennyandlee said:

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

Scoot over, I'm going to sit next to you in the same boat. 

CourtJack

crdo said:

dennyandlee said:

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

Scoot over, I'm going to sit next to you in the same boat. 

Make room for me too. I'm so tired and sore from shoveling (big storm yesterday) and not sleeping well that all my brain power has disappeared. I have no brain to do work. I think I'd actually be doing people a disservice if I tried to legitimately be smart today. No thank you. I just want to talk about tater tots all day.

DeePaddy24

Huskerfanz said:

DeePaddy24 said:

My Kate Spade baby bag just arrived!! WOO!! 

Pic!

I'm slightly obsessed...

MeganF08

CourtJack said:

crdo said:

dennyandlee said:

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

Scoot over, I'm going to sit next to you in the same boat. 

Make room for me too. I'm so tired and sore from shoveling (big storm yesterday) and not sleeping well that all my brain power has disappeared. I have no brain to do work. I think I'd actually be doing people a disservice if I tried to legitimately be smart today. No thank you. I just want to talk about tater tots all day.

Ugh me too! We may need a bigger boat. I have been ridiculously distracted the last few weeks.

dennyandlee

MeganF08 said:

CourtJack said:

crdo said:

dennyandlee said:

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

Scoot over, I'm going to sit next to you in the same boat. 

Make room for me too. I'm so tired and sore from shoveling (big storm yesterday) and not sleeping well that all my brain power has disappeared. I have no brain to do work. I think I'd actually be doing people a disservice if I tried to legitimately be smart today. No thank you. I just want to talk about tater tots all day.

Ugh me too! We may need a bigger boat. I have been ridiculously distracted the last few weeks.

I feel a little less horrible about it, now.  Thanks ladies.  Glad to have company.

gray51015

I had to ask what a hotdish was on the deleted thread, I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who hadn't heard that term! But YUM! We might be having that for supper tonight

PBear93

MeganF08 said:

CourtJack said:

crdo said:

dennyandlee said:

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

Scoot over, I'm going to sit next to you in the same boat. 

Make room for me too. I'm so tired and sore from shoveling (big storm yesterday) and not sleeping well that all my brain power has disappeared. I have no brain to do work. I think I'd actually be doing people a disservice if I tried to legitimately be smart today. No thank you. I just want to talk about tater tots all day.

Ugh me too! We may need a bigger boat. I have been ridiculously distracted the last few weeks.

I'll join the boat too.  But I have to brain for a few hours and teach two virtual classes, but then I will turn my brain back off. 

crdo

PBear93 said:

MeganF08 said:

CourtJack said:

crdo said:

dennyandlee said:

I am the most distracted person on the planet right now. I literally cannot pull myself away from June '16 long enough to get anything done at work. I'm a horrible person.

Scoot over, I'm going to sit next to you in the same boat. 

Make room for me too. I'm so tired and sore from shoveling (big storm yesterday) and not sleeping well that all my brain power has disappeared. I have no brain to do work. I think I'd actually be doing people a disservice if I tried to legitimately be smart today. No thank you. I just want to talk about tater tots all day.

Ugh me too! We may need a bigger boat. I have been ridiculously distracted the last few weeks.

I'll join the boat too.  But I have to brain for a few hours and teach two virtual classes, but then I will turn my brain back off.