The 12th Hotdish Hoedown is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003. Not sure how to get there? E-mail or call the hostess.
Please bring a hotdish, salad, dessert or some other dish to pass. Please label your dish as to whether it contains fish, beef, pork, etc.
Drinks (beers, wine, juice, water and apple cider) will be provided.
Jell-O contest entry is optional.
Hoedown guests are asked to bring Spam (unopened) as a contribution to the Atwood Community Center food pantry. Any canned meat product is acceptable.
For children whose parents are attending, supervised (and optional) activities take place in the basement.
Have friends or relatives visiting? Know someone who has heard about the Hoedown and always wanted to attend? …
Too much clutter in your home? Feel free to recycle your Jell-O trophies by leaving them on the front porch of the hostess’ home.
If you are not going to attend, please let the hostess know. (Or, send regrets after the party. This keeps you on the guest list.)
by weight or the most (unopened) containers of Spam to donate to the food pantry.
Hotdish “really came into its own after World War II … The busy hostess loved the casserole because, at last, she could go to her own party. … [T]he casserole could be made in the time it took to open a can and turn on the oven and sip a martini.”
Karal Ann Marling, “O, Casserole,” Minnesota Hotdish, 1995
