Cooking & Baking

Story goes it was something they had in the menu so people got a decent meal in the 30s if I remember. I grew up in the Columbus area and probably had it available as school lunch food. Ground beef, cheddar cheese, noodles, very midwestern stick-to-the-ribs fare.

I've seen YouTube videos (Townsend? Tasting History? Early American?) that prepared the same basic thing with old recipes that went back to the 1700s or early 1800s. Noodles, tomatoes (fresh or home-jarred maybe), herbs, whatever cheese you had, have some meat you need to use mince it and add it, baked.

You'll get a lot of suggestions and variations, a lot of regional tweaks.