Thanks very much for the recipe — it is damn tasty. Even the cat is interested, following my plate wherever I set it down. My hot-dish was nearly thwarted when a sale on tots at Lund’s resulted in an empty shelf in the freezer case. Tragedy was averted when a helpful employee who was restocking ripped open a new case for me. The same employee later requested over the P.A. that the owner of a brown chihuahua please report to the parking garage. Two cashiers debated how ferocious a little dog could possibly be.

Ore-Ida and I spell it “tater,” for the record.

Time for seconds…