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Broccoli Rice Casserole

by Gillian Polack

Farley from Wine Outlook has a very different family tradition to mine. Today I’ll give you her story and just when you feel all safe and relaxed, I’ll post the casserole recipe.

In her own words (and the answer to the question is that no, I’ve not seen Velveeta in Australia):

Broccoli Rice Casserole

So, my dad’s mom was an ok cook, but she made this delicious side dish. Broccoli Rice Casserole, and if memory serves, it was always at the holiday meals. And it always took up a large portion of my plate. When my parents got divorced, my mom started making it for us at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I spent a T.G. in Montana, where I lived a few years ago and couldn’t get home, with a big group of friends who were without families as well. A few of them teased my about one of my contributions saying it sounded ‘white trash’. So yes, the B.R. Casserole does have Velveeta in it (Do you have that there?), but it’s damn tasty and they did shut up and eat…

This Thanksgiving I went to eat with some friends parents and their out-of-town parents. It wasn’t feasible to bring a BRC with my being at work all day and then travelling the night before. So when my mom asked me last night for requests for Christmas dinner, you can imagine my enthusiastic reply.

Not only is BRC good fresh out of the oven, but it’s even better the next couple days. I loved taking TG leftovers back to my apartment and always had to take more BRC, so I could eat some of it as soon as I got home. Sometimes for breakfast the next morning. (it works well cold)

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Posted in General, festive, recipe on December 21st, 2006

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