Doggone-It

My sister Rosie is the cook in the family. In Las Vegas where I live, just before one Thanksgiving she cooked up a regular storm. Mushroom and Barley Soup, brisket, noodle pudding - all the typical Thanksgiving dishes. (You never saw a Jewish pilgrim?)

That Thanksgiving, since our refrigerator and freezer were full of food, we put the holiday food into big boxes and stored it overnight in the garage, which in Vegas in November is colder than my refrigerator. The next day we went to the garage to bring the food into the house. To our horror, we saw the food strewn all over the garage. The gardner had left the garage door open, and a dog, attracted by the aroma of Rosie's delicacies, had devoured everything. In his best years, Rin-Tin-Tin never ate so well.

We went out to dinner and afterward drove around the neighborhood looking for the dog so that we could give the owner a piece of our mind. How would we know the dog? Easy. All we had to do was find a dog with heartburn!

Mish Mosh

INGREDIENTS

3 onions, chopped
3 tablespoons oil
2 pounds hamburger
Pepper and garlic to taste
1 box egg noodles (8 to 10 ounces)
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup onion soup (made from 1/2 package onion soup mix, combine with water to make 1 cup)
Salt to taste

Sauté onions in oil. Add hamburger to onion mixture, season with pepper and garlic. Stir fry until brown.

Cook egg noodles, according to package instructions; drain, and mix with beaten eggs. Combine meat and noodle mixture; add onion soup and water mixture. Bake in large greased casserole 1 hour at 350 degrees.

NOTE: Don't forget that the onion soup mix is salty. Season after you have added the onion soup mix to the other ingredients.

Serves 6