Some Things Must Be Genetic

As any regular reader of Fiddley Gomme can tell you, Pete Dunn will not tolerate the least degree of Mormonism. My distaste for temple garments is well-documented. The thought of sacrament meeting makes me look around for a screaming child I can escort to the foyer. I can hardly keep my lunch down when my daughter mentions roadshow practice or mutual night.

But Mormon food? I can't get enough. I would be remiss if I didn't stand up here and bear my testimony of my love for Cult Cuisine. My honest-to-Kolob favorite meal of all time is Funeral Potatoes, Honey-Baked Ham, and Sister Dunn's world famous Green Jello Cottage Cheese Pineapple Salad. I swear on my long-expired temple recommend I could eat this every single day.

I have a special recipe for Funeral Potatoes. While I may have sworn by penalty of self-dismemberment that I would not reveal these secret combinations, you are all worthy. I desire that all should receive it.

Ingredients

6-8 medium pre-cooked potatoes (or a 2-lb pkg of frozen hash browns)

1/4 cup diced onion (Optionial - I prefer it without)

1 can (10 ¾ oz.) cream of chicken soup

1/2 soup can milk

1 cup sour cream

3/4 cup Corn Flake crumbs (Ritz crackers, Chex cereal, bread crumbs, French's fried onions, or potato chips can be substituted)

3 tablespoons butter, melted

1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Heat oven to 350 deg.

Thaw frozen potatoes or cook fresh potatoes and cut into cubes (skin on or peeled to taste).

Place potatoes in a greased 2-3 quart casserole dish or a 9x13 cake pan.

Saute onion in 1T of the butter and spread over potatoes.

Combine soup, milk, sour cream and salt and pepper to taste. For a creamier dish, add 2-3 tablespoons additional milk.

Mix well.

Spread sauce over potato/onion mixture.

Melt butter and combine with crumbs.

Sprinkle crumbs over mixture.

Sprinkle cheese over mixture.

Bake uncovered at 325 deg F for 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly throughout

Tomorrow I will share with you the Green Jello Salad recipe. Just warm up a ham, throw some Rhoad's Bake-n-Serv's in the oven of the Relief Society kitchen and you'll have the perfect between-sessions-of-Conference snack. No recommend required.