The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

@MrBook After all your tater tot posts, I immediately thought of you! Looks like I'm dining out this weekend!

BarbaraTheBibliophage Holy wow - that looks yummy! 7y

MrBook Ohhh... 😳 *blink blink* Ohhh myyyy... 😱😱😱😆😁😁😁😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻!!!!!!! And it looks like you'll be dining out with ME 😆😎👍🏻. 7y

SaraBeagle @MrBook Hop on a plane my friend! They open at 5 😆 7y

SaraBeagle @BarbaraTheBibliophage I have no doubt it is! They make some great food! 👍🏻 7y

MrBook Leeaaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again... 7y

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Lindy

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

I spotted someone enjoying a casserole supper recently at my local library.

MrBook

Reviewsbylola That's hilarious! 8y

saresmoore Ha! My straight-laced heart just thrummed in my chest. Isn't that against the rules?! 8y

Lindy @saresmoore The no eating policy ended in about 1990 at Edmonton Public Library. I had a dream back then: I found a group of patrons peeling oranges and smoking cigarettes in the library where I worked and appealed to my supervisor about ejecting them but she told me everything was now allowed. (In real life, smoking is still banned.) Sometimes people ask if they can use the staff microwave. (No to that, also.) 8y

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saresmoore @Lindy That's so interesting! I can't imagine having the nerve to ask for use of the staff microwave. 8y

TeR Omg--- we are not allowed any food in our library! 8y

Simona 😲 I'm speechless... 8y

Lindy @saresmoore Scissors, stapler, lined paper, plain paper, paper cutter, ruler, tape, envelopes, coloured markers, pen with blue ink, pen with black ink, red marking pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, correction fluid, protractor, a glass for the drinking fountain... So many things get asked for, all the time. 8y

Lindy @TeR @simona @saresmoore When I gave a presentation about teen services to a conference at the Montreal public library in 2007, they were shocked at the idea of allowing food. Or even talking. They said they had to kick teens out all the time for laughter. It was very different from the rest of North America. 8y

Simona I am really shocked because I've never seen before that you can eat in the library and to put it mildly - it seems to me rather strange... 8y

shawnmooney It's a little shocking to me too, but I think it's absolutely wonderful! I have heard that more and more libraries are starting to have silent reading rooms and talking-is-allowed reading rooms. Sounds like a great idea to me. 8y

Foxyfictionista I'm making an intense frowny face at the thought of eating food in the library. And who brings a flipping casserole???? 😵 8y

Donna_sBookMinute This is wrong on so many levels. 1. Eating a casserole in the library. I'm just getting over them allowing snacking. 2. A bag that will make noise no matter how quiet she tries to be. 3. She's gonna eat from a spoon that's been resting on a table that may be reasonably clean but not sanitized. I could probably go on. But these three jump out at me. 8y

Lindy @Donna_sBookMinute And also some staff member will likely have to clean up afterwards. @Foxyfictionista Yeah, the giant bag of pretzels is not so remarkable, but an actual corningware casserole... that's unusual. I'm still shaking my head. 8y

Foxyfictionista @Lindy @Donna_sBookMinute There are so many issues here that I find frustrating. I live in a big city and the people that aggravate me the most are the people who don't think about how their actions affect others. The hygiene, the cleaning up, the smell, the bag rustling... There are so many reasons that this isn't quirky; it's discourteous to those around her. I get that she has a lot going on, but I still can't wrap my head around this. 8y

Donna_sBookMinute @Foxyfictionista -- I was outdone when I saw it at my neighborhood branch several years ago. The first thing I noticed was the noise. I was raised with the use of hushed tones in the library. No one seems to care about lowering their voices these days -- even some librarians. Then, when I saw a box of snacks for sale at the information desk, I was done. But this lady here . . . As the saying goes, "Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile." 8y

Foxyfictionista @Donna_sBookMinute that's insane! I live in Britain and have seen food in a library only once. The Barbican Library had cake to celebrate an event but the public aren't allowed to bring in their own food. I wonder if this is common in US libraries. My mom worked in a library in NC for many years and I'm sure that people aren't allowed to bring in food. I can't imagine a library selling food unless they have a cafe or something. 8y

Donna_sBookMinute Today's generation doesn't practice the same level of respect/decorum previously held for libraries. Rules are relaxed. Libraries are used for general entertainment these days. Computers and internet access are not limited to information regarding books. Some librarians don't even hold their voices down when assisting patrons. It's annoying to have to tune out. The food is just a sign of the times. Unfortunately, I'm over it. #librarycafe (edited) 8y

Lindy @Donna_sBookMinute Yes, libraries have changed a lot, and noise level tolerance has long been contentious. When I started work in 1989 at the busiest branch library in North America, there was a big sign over the reference desk: NO SILENCE. We have quiet rooms for studying, but the rest of the library space tends to get loud during busy times. I personally prefer quiet spaces, so I don't hang out at the library now that I'm retired. 8y

Donna_sBookMinute @Lindy -- "NO SILENCE"? Well alrighty then! Quiet rooms. Okay. One of the libraries I use has them too. And I have used them. I've also seen small groups hold meetings in them. These days, I'm usually in-and-out -- picking up or dropping off books. It's still a great place to be. But "remembering when" will never stop for me. Sometimes I feel like "the ghost of libraries past" when I watch the goings on. ????????????? 8y

Lindy @Donna_sBookMinute "the ghost of libraries past" - I like that. Like you, I usually make a quick stop at the library. It's so much easier now, with placing holds online plus book displays near the door for quick picks. 8y

MrBook @saresmoore @Lindy @TeR @Simona @shawnmooney @Foxyfictionista @Donna_sBookMinute Wow! That's over the top. I agree with all of you regarding maintaining standards via rules. To my irritation, our library has gotten a bit lax. Snack bars and close-containered drinks are allowed. We tell patrons not to use their cell phones, but they keep doing it anyway. Reference gets asked for things all the time: scissors, staplers, glue, white-out... 8y

MrBook Rubber bands, string, etc. We provide library-only USBs & headphones too. We had a lady on Thursday complain loudly to the Director (whom I was working with at the moment) that patrons were complaining she was running up & down the main staircase to get exercise (she said she has to stay with a group that meets in the building every morning--but she "wasn't at liberty" to provide her name or the group's name ???‍♂️?). 8y

MrBook We've had to call the police because one patron didn't want to pay a $2 fine and got physical. We've had to call the police because another patron's card from another library wouldn't work in ours. Lol, it's amazing. Oh, & @shawnmooney , we have a quiet room and 2 group-meeting rooms. We're about to remodel & add a cafe, a separate YA Department, extra bathrooms, 2 more quiet rooms, & 2 group-study rooms with media. 😊 8y

Foxyfictionista @MrBook @lindy @Donna_sBookMinute I work across the street from a library and I go there almost every day to read during my lunch hour. It's so peaceful. It's my haven from my corporate job. There have been a few times when a ring tone has gone off or the one time I heard a man loudly declare, "I will NOT be called a wanker!" but otherwise it's quiet and it restores my calm. I can't imagine it being noisy. Guess I'm old school too. ? 8y

Donna_sBookMinute I figured if these things were happening at my library it was standard practice. But it takes a while for it to spread. I once quietly answered my phone (on vibrate) to let the Michigan caller know I'd call back because I was at the library. In that short time, he heard enough background noise to exclaim, "The library? Sure is noisy." And @MrBook, please tell me the lady was using an exterior staircase for exercise?. Still inappropriate. ⬇️ (edited) 8y

Donna_sBookMinute Oh wow, @MrBook! Sounds like you've seen it all. I've noticed librarians have a great deal of patience. Since I've been on Litsy, however, I've gained a more personal advantage from your, @Liberty 's, and @Lindy 's posts. Please pardon me for not naming them all. And I'm sure I've made a strange inquiry or two, myself. Thanks, guys, for what you do. "Ms Balboa" "wasn't at liberty" because she knew she was out of line. ⬇️ 8y

Donna_sBookMinute @Foxyfictionista -- I'm glad your library is still the "oasis" it once was for all of us. Now that I think of it, it probably doesn't get loud until after school. And I actually enjoy seeing kids trying to use their inside voices while doing homework. The adults mentioned in this thread are exceptions. ? Some of their shenanigans are outrageous! But the police? Wow. I'll bet there are a lot of YouTube posts from libraries ?? THE ? (edited) 8y

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Aseleener

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

Saw this on FB. @MrBook, you need to book a flight to Milwaukee! (Sorry, couldn't resist!) 😜 #tatertots

Reviewsbylola 😂😂🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y

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jpmcwisemorgan

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

Look, I can have tater tots too - just like @MrBook (I already ate the bacon). I hope all the protein on this plate fortifies me until I get back to Austin.

MrBook The TATER TOTS alone will fortify you! 😂👏🏻🙌🏻! Looks scrumptious 😁! 8y

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MrBook

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

I know what you're thinking: books and clothes 🤔? Well, you know what I'm thinking? Yeah, that's right: different kinds of tater tot casseroles, and hopefully a gift certificate to Ore-Ida for a lifetime supply of tater tots 😎👌🏻!!!!! Ooh, I can't wait 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😆🙌🏻!!! #Christmas

8little_paws 😅😅 8y

melbeautyandbooks 🤣👏🏻❤ 8y

NovelPairing 😂😂😂👏📚👌 you do tater tots proud! 8y

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LeslieO Nothing against Ore Ida but have you ever tried Trader Joe's tots? Awesome! 8y

Zelma That made me laugh out loud. A lot. 😂😂😂 8y

LitsyGoesPostal 😎👍🏻 8y

monkeygirlsmama This sounds like a book my stepdad would like. 8y

MemoirsForMe 😂👍🏻 8y

LauraBeth 😂😂👍 8y

LauraBrook Love this! Merry Christmas to you, @BookBabe, and Coale! 8y

kspenmoll Merry Christmas to you, @BookBabe & family!😺 8y

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TsahaiMakeda

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

Out for dinner and a movie with the Hubs and saw this and thought of you @MrBook #MrBookBookBabeKitchen

MrBook 😳... *blink blink* ... 😱😱😱😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻!!!! Take out the peppers and this looks aMAAAzing! Thank you for sharing 😊👍🏻👍🏻!! 8y

Donna_sBookMinute This. Looks. Amazing‼️♥️🍽. I'm going to make this. 8y

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jpmcwisemorgan

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

@BookishMarginalia has so kindly posted about this cookbook, which can be had for free as a Kindle ebook. Given the frequent mention of #tatertots on Litsy - mostly by @MrBook - I thought some research was in order. I'm not sure about broccoli in tater tot casserole and Chocolate Suicide does not involve tots. I'm actually quite put out about that. Yes, I'm hash tagging #tatertots now. For research purposes.

DGRachel After the comment about Chocolate Suicide, I misread the hashtag as #hatertots. 😂 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @DHRachel That's awesome. Maybe we could think of a way to add that one in too? 8y

MrBook 😂👏🏻 Listen, listen, listen. Tater tots make *every*thing taste better. Everything goes with tots, except ice cream 😂👏🏻. 8y

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jpmcwisemorgan @MrBook Are you sure about ice cream? 8y

MrBook @jpmcwisemorgan Pretty sure 😆. 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @MrBook There are people who eat potato chips or French fries with their chocolate ice cream (I've never heard it down with other flavors). Apparently French fries in a Wendy's Frosty is a thing. 🤔 8y

MrBook Ohh yeeaaaah. Well, fries and tots are two completely different things. Yes, they're both variations of the potato, but the tater tot belongs to a level all of itself. 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @MrBook Are you saying tots are better than fries? And if so, wouldn't they then be even better with ice cream? 8y

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BookishMarginalia

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

Now's the time, Littens, to give @MrBook a run for his money 💰in the tot-loving department! Remember: he's set the bar high! 😜😎

jpmcwisemorgan OMG! 8y

LeahBergen 😂😂 8y

Cinfhen How did you ever find this???? 😜😂😁 8y

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moranadatter 😂😂😂 Tots are the best! 8y

Gayan 😂😂😂 8y

JessClark78 Tater Tot casseroles are so good. 😊 8y

Simona I'm definitely curious about Chocolate suicide! 8y

jpmcwisemorgan It's free as a Kindle ebook, now I can know what Chocolate Suicide is @Simona! 8y

Hooked_on_books Too good! 😂😂 8y

ValerieAndBooks Just now downloaded!! 👍 8y

EvieBee Lol! Awesome! 8y

Simona @jpmcwisemorgan Downloaded... and now I want Chocolate Suicide😂 although, recipes for desserts are quite interesting 😋 8y

GlitteryOtters Perfect! Just grabbed it...let's see what I can do with this...🤔 8y

Pamwurtzler @drbethandherkindle Got it! 8y

Pamwurtzler Also I'm glad to see someone else getting those emails from ereaderiq! 8y

Zelma 😂😂👍👍 8y

MrBook 😳...😆😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻!!! 8y

Cortg This just made my day! 8y

Gezemice Maybe we should have a #totters tag. 8y

kspenmoll @MrBook @Gezemice Laughing out loud! Hilarious! #totters 8y

kspenmoll Can't believe you found this! Perfect! 8y

ApoptyGina69 @MrBook have you seen the Napolean Dynamite and Pedro BK commercial for cheesy tots? Thought of you, of course. 8y

MrBook @ApoptyGina69 What?! 😂👏🏻🙌🏻 No, and now I want to 😁👍🏻! 8y

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GlitteryOtters

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

For @MrBook ...organic tater tots & homemade Dill & Chive Bean Dip/Spread. Delicious (& Litsy appropriate) reading snack. 😋 #readingsnacks

LeahBergen 😂😂 8y

LauraBrook OMG, this looks amaaazing!!! 😛😛😛 8y

ValerieAndBooks Looks so good! 8y

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Ashley_Nicoletto Yum! I had tots tonight toooo! 8y

BookBabe 🤗😋👌🏻 8y

Alfoster @GlitteryOtters and @MrBook Let's just all agree MrBook is getting us all on board with tots! So he'll have to pay for our obesity! It's not our fault!😜😂😂😀 8y

courtney That dip sounds SO GOOD 😍 8y

GlitteryOtters Here's the recipe for the bean dip/spread, if any of you want to replicate this snack 😂: http://sweetsimplevegan.com/2016/01/dill-chive-bean-dip-or-spread/ ( @LauraBrook @ValerieAndBooks @courtney ) 8y

GlitteryOtters @Ashley_Nicoletto today is my best friend's birthday, and she is a chef who adores carbs, so the entire dinner I made was all her favorite things...this picture is from a couple days ago, but we had it tonight, too, plus pierogi pizza & cookie sundaes (made with a pizza sized giant chocolate chip cookie topped with vegan ice cream, cocowhip & all the sundae toppings 😋). We are, collectively, in a carb coma right now (my husband's actually asleep) 8y

GlitteryOtters @Alfoster I think maybe he is a plant, put into Litsy by the tater tot industry to increase sales... 🤔 8y

LauraBeth @GlitteryOtters I think you're on to big potato by outing @MrBook as their lobbyist 😂 8y

Alfoster @GlitteryOtters Oh wow, I want to visit you now (not a stalker)! 8y

AshleyS I am pinning that recipe for later! Looks delicious! 8y

GlitteryOtters @Alfoster not only do we have over 4000 physical books, but we also have allllll the best food (and a 2 acre backyard with a great view for when you want to sit out on the deck & read). Aside from the tiny square footage of my house, this is basically a book nerd's dream home. 8y

GlitteryOtters @AshleyS it is SO good! It also freezes well, so if you have excess Dill and chives you can always make it and freeze it for later. I find it a great way to use up the last of the garden herbs before my giant chive plant goes dormant for the winter. I just made & froze a ton for use this winter, when both dill & chives are hard to find in the store (and insanely expensive when you *can* find them!) 8y

MrBook Ooooooh!!!! Toooooots!!! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻 8y

Dragon Yay tots ! 8y

ValerieAndBooks Thanks for sharing the link, definitely will try this recipe! 8y

GlitteryOtters @ValerieAndBooks hope you guys like it! It is one of my staple snacks (I literally just made & froze several small containers of this stuff to use up the last of the garden herbs...now I have a total of 12 cups of this bean dip stashed away in my freezer in 2 cup containers to help get me through the winter. I would have made more if I had more available freezer space!!). 8y

DivineDiana This is fantastic! I too am vegan. It is great to see a plant based book post! No offense @MrBook Tots love forever! 8y

MrBook @DivineDiana No offense taken, to each their own 😊👍🏻. 8y

MrBook @Alfoster 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻! But it tastes so good getting there 😜😂! @GlitteryOtters @LauraBeth Ah geez! You found me out! To the BatCave 😂👏🏻. 8y

GlitteryOtters @MrBook in my house, we've trained my smartest dog to go to her dog bed when we say "to the BatCave" (because nerds gotta have fun somehow ??), so now I am picturing you flying off to our floral fabric covered dog bed in the corner of the living room (it *is* right next to a bunch of books, including the large 2 volume shorter OED & an oversized picture book of American regional cuisine, so you might actually enjoy going there) 8y

GlitteryOtters @DivineDiana vegan food is so good! I try my best to occasionally interject vegan food into my Litsy posts (although Instagram gets most of them--I was doing a cooking-from-scratch challenge where I was trying to make 366 vegan things from scratch this year & I'm documenting it there. So far I'm only at 242, so I doubt I'll get all 366 by 12/31) 8y

DivineDiana Fantastic! Do you have a favorite cookbook! I love Happy Herbivore. Her recipes are easy and quick. Made Moroccan Chickpeas and Sweet Potatoes tonight, served over sautéed garlic spinach. Following your IG! ? 8y

GlitteryOtters @DivineDiana I use a ton of cookbooks plus recipes online...I actually took a notebook from @strandbookstore and filled it with my favorite recipes so I have one easy book to haul around with me. I use a lot of Robin Robertson's recipes plus I use a ton from the Eat Like You Give a Damn cookbook from the people who run Herbivore clothing in Portland, Oregon. I also use Allyson Kramer's recipes a lot (but with sodium reduced!!) for fancier meals.

Eat Like You Give a Damn: Recipes for the New Ethical Vegan

GlitteryOtters @DivineDiana we also use a fair amount of Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipes sprinkled throughout (her cookies cookbook is one of my favorites), Julie Hasson's Vegan Diner has a ton of my husband's favorite comfort foods, and I am pretty enamored with the Vegan Sandwiches cookbook tagged below (I use their Green Monster Bread recipe to make pretzel rolls regularly, and their bierock filling is my husband's favorite--we use it as pizza sauce/topping)

Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day!: Revolutionary New Takes on Everyone's Favorite Anytime Meal

DivineDiana Thank you so much for your recommendations! I have quite a few vegan cookbooks but none of these. Yay! More books to buy!😉 8y

GlitteryOtters @DivineDiana I am still SO excited about how many good vegan cookbooks there are! I remember how few good vegetarian & vegan cookbooks there were when my entire family went vegetarian 20+ years ago, so I cannot get over how easy it is to find great cookbooks I can use now. My husband was a meat eater until right before we met, so he is pretty blasé about the # of good cookbooks we can get, but I am always like "BUY ALL THE BOOKS!!" when we shop? 8y

DivineDiana How nice that your husband is on board! Not mine. 😕 8y

GlitteryOtters @DivineDiana mine is quite militant (and very rude to non-vegans--wish he'd be a little kinder, his attitude is rather petulant & embarrassing. Makes me feel like I am married to a 4 year old who is throwing a tantrum, sometimes). Would be nice if we could get them somewhere between the 2 ends of the spectrum. 👍👍 8y

DivineDiana Agree! We do need to be kind to each other. 8y

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Bookish_Predator

The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook: Over 45 Yummy Recipes! | Kerrie McLoughlin

Is this one better then @MrBook ? 😛🤞

BookBabe 😮 OMG! 🙊@MrBook is currently staring motionless at his phone with bulging eyes and his jaw slack. He's speechless for once. 8y

MrBook 😳............ 8y

MrBook 😱😱😱😱😱😱 8y

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moranadatter I think you win! 8y

MrBook Dear God in Heaven!!! Sweet Mother Mary and Joseph!!! This is the most magnificent book I may have ever seen!!! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y

Bookish_Predator I'm assuming this is an unknown book for the #TaterTotKing 😏 8y

Bookish_Predator @MrBook @BookBabe just found this on google http://www.justapinch.com/cookbooks/browse/read/book/YlOEznCCYUldfKgBl-DVTA do you have this one? 8y

MrBook You never fail to amaze me!!! 😱😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y

Bookish_Predator What better time to amaze people that at 2.40 am looking on google for books about Tater Tots? 😁 8y

BooksForEmpathy 😂😂😂. 8y

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