WASHINGTON — Rep. Tim Walz is a four-time congressman, and now a two-time hotdish champion.
Walz won his second straight Minnesota delegation hotdish cook-off on Wednesday with his “Turkey Trot Tater Tot Hotdish,” a cheesy concoction of, as the name would suggest, turkey and tater tots. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, with a frozen dish, and Rep. John Kline tied for second.
Wednesday’s contest was the fourth annual hotdish cook-off, organized by Sen. Al Franken’s office. For the first time, all ten members of the Minnesota delegation competed, including contest rookie Kline (who topped his dish with crushed cereal from Northfield-based MOM) and retiring hotdish veteran Michele Bachmann, who brought the “Polar Vortex-Mex Hotdish.”
The delegation’s recipes can be found here.
Devin Henry can be reached at dhenry@minnpost.com. Follow him on Twitter: @dhenry.
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Well working together for the state has to start somewhere
One of my best memories when I commuted back and forth to DC for work was being on the plane when Senators Durenberger and Wellstone were heading back to Minnesota. They boarded last and of course Wellstone shook hands or waved to darn near everyone on the plan followed by his wife who looked like she had seen this way too many times.
The two senators sat across from each other on bulkhead aisle seats and worked passing papers back and forth for the whole two hours. It sure made me proud that our two senators from two different parties used this time to talk and listen to each other and work together for our state’s interest.
So hopefully there is more than hot dish that they share.
Although why the fondness with tater tots is beyond me.