My guilty pleasure...Tater Tots

I was probably nine when I was first served tater tots courtesy of my elementary school. I tried it on a whim. These perfect little golden nuggets were the best pick me up. Though I must admit, some days it tasted like poo. At first I blamed the lunch ladies as it would obviously be their fault why my ultimate lunch item would taste like poo. The next time it came up on our menu, I decided to take just a handful hoping I had just gotten a bad batch of tots so that's why they tasted so bad. I saved it for last covering it with gobs of ketchup. Alas, no more poo taste. Maybe the lunch lady was scared of the evil eye I gave her last time. Nonetheless, they tasted great!
At some point they stopped serving tater tots. I tried to make them at home but no such luck. Those home economics classes did not pay off. All I learned to do was to add milk to my eggs to make it fluffy while watching Martina Hingis play at Wimbledon.

A few years pass and I'm attending this little social event where we are saying bon voyage to our favorite extrovert. We open the menu and guess what they had?! My shear enjoyment was stifled in my beer glass. The other people with me were also excited that it was on the menu. Have you ever tasted tater tots dipped in baba ganoush?

It's fantastic.

I hear that the tater tot hotdish is popular in the upper Midwest area. I found a few recipes that I should attempt this weekend. My Home-Ec skills have surpassed expectations.