I made some cheesy scallop potatoes for Easter Supper
yesterday. They were really good, not
just because they were cheesy but because they were made using a recipe from
Shane’s Grandma Whipple. She passed away
earlier this year, on leap day. Grandma
Whipple was so amazing; I knew that she loved me. She loved my boys, and they loved her. We all miss her very much, even now, its been
about 6 weeks, and I still get a lump in my throat when I think about her. She used to invite Sam and I (when we lived
with Dan and Carolyn, back in 2001) over for lunch about once a week after
Grandpa had gone fishing. We would have
fried fish and these scalloped potatoes. Her passing has left us missing her in
so many ways. I had been asking her
every so often over the years for the recipe.
Many times her answer would be a small little laugh and a shrug, saying
“Oh they’re nothing special you just throw in a little bit of this and
that.” She wasn’t trying to not tell me,
she just didn’t use a recipe. So this
year after Christmas I sat down and wrote her a letter asking if she would
please write down the recipe for me. She
did, and I am so glad that she did. I
thought I would share it with all of you especially Shane’s family. Enjoy.
Grandma Whipples Scallop Cheesy Potatoes (from her letter):
I made potatoes today – we had:
8 cups potatoes
2 onions (or more)
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 ½ can to 2 milk
1 tsp salt
Pepper to taste
Shredded Cheese on top
I heat my soup and milk in a pan then add salt and pepper.
I like to micro wave my potatoes and onions for about 12
minutes. Then I add to the hot soup mixture.
You can bake it or cook on top of the stove if your kettle is good and
tight. I think you could also bake it in
the oven from the start.
I have a great big glass casserole so often I cook it all
the way in the micro wave. Grandpa loves
aged sharp cheese, so that is what goes on top of it.
*** I have made this three times now and my boys do not like
onions so much so I definitely cut back on them. Minced and dehydrated onions
work pretty well with this as well. I
also just add some water to the potatoes and onions microwave them for the 12
min. add the soup mixture and put them back in the microwave for about 12 more
minutes.
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| She always had time to talk to and listen to my boys! |
