there is a certain bowl or dish that is always served?
In our family, it is scalloped potatoes in my grandmother's
red pyrex bowl.
Although i'm sure it was used for other things,
I can only remember that bowl being used for
scalloped potatoes.
Whether it was Sunday dinner (every Sunday we
went to Grandma's for dinner), Easter, Thanksgiving
or Christmas, the red bowl was set on the table
and when the lid was removed....there were the
scalloped potatoes, all hot and bubbly, the edges
brown/black with burned and scalded milk. (to this day,
I have always hated it when it was my turn to do the dishes...
scrubbing off all of those spatters and burnt crust
of starch and milk....easier just to soak it)
50 years later, my sister is in charge of making
the scalloped potatoes for any family gathering.
They are still baked in my grandmother's red lidded pyrex dish and
placed in the center of the table.
We all know what is inside.
4 large potatoes
2 T. Butter
2 T. flour
1 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste
Thinly slice potatoes, rinse, and arrange in dish.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir flour into
melted butter. Whisk in the milk and stir constantly
until the mixture thickens.
Pour the milk mixture over the layered potatoes.
Bake for approximately 1 hour in a 375 degree F oven.
