Roger W. Crice wrote: When I first heard about this, I thought to myself What sort of food could I share with my coworkers that would represent my culture?
Melinda Shore writes: Too bad you're not a lesbian, or else you'd be able to bring in some sort of disgustingly texture-free grey casserole made of lentils, potatos, and rice in an earthenware container.
Heh heh. My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner (a dyke potluck) this year was not too dissimilar, but had plenty of texture. It must have been good, for it (not me) was ravished. (I had to be content with being ravishing to no avail. :-) Recipe herewith, in outline:
Saute finely chopped onions. Mix wth cooked rice. I use 2 parts white rice to one part wild rice, but I've made it with brown rice too, works just as well, about eight cups altogether. Add a drained #1 can of red kidney beans. Mix in chopped spinach and quite a lot of feta cheese, spice to taste using black pepper, thyme, a (very) little ginger, or anything else you like, place in earthenware casserole, cover and bake in a medium oven about an hour.
For stricter vegetarians, the cheese won't do, but I've never made it without the cheese, and it seems to get eaten just the same.
Convenient in another way: leftovers freeze well and heat up in
nukes for later enjoyment.
