AH-HA! Now I’m Cooking With Broadband

There’s a recipe I like probably way more that I should. I got it off the back of a can of tamales (Ellis’s?). It’s called straw hat casserole, I’ve seen the name applied to a lot of dishes acually but I’m dubbing this recipe authoritative (because I can). If you like American style Mexican food you’ll probably like this. Take a greased cake pan crumble torilla chips in the bottom top with a layer of tamales, chili, more chips, onions, and cheese. Cover and bake at 350 for about 45 min or until warm. It’s not much of a recipe but it’s a ton of food for a few dollars, it keeps well and taste good reheated. My roommate and I used to make this a lot when we were low on cash. Some time I want to make a better version of it using my own chili and my own tamales. But I think it would be pretty hard to beat the recipe as it stands. A note for anyone who attempts this - use double the chili at least and you really should double the tamales.

I love bread pudding and I’ve always liked recipes that do something with leftovers. I really don’t like leftovers so I would much rather make something new out of them. I had about half of a pound cake sitting on the shelf that was starting to go stale (it wasn’t great to begin with, got it at King Soopers on discount as a midnight snack, and its been sitting on the shelf for quite a while) . So I decided to try a little experiment.
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