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    Home » Recipes » Amish Main Dishes

    Amish Wigglers

    Published: Aug 6, 2015 · Updated: Aug 6, 2015 by Kevin Williams | 6 Comments

    By Kevin Williams

    Wigglers are a casserole, a hearty, delicious casserole that is quite popular among the Amish. I laugh every time I hear the name.  "Wigglers", that just doesn't sound too appetizing.  But the casserole is good and I'm thinking the spaghettis in it give in the "wiggler" type appearance.  Wiggle.  That's one of those words if you say it enough it just sounds funny. Wiggle. Wiggle. Wiggle. Wiggle.  Say it out loud.  Weird word!  Anyway, some people call worms "wigglers" and I can see how the spaghetti could resemble that. Appetizing!

    Bacon is one of the ingredients in Wigglers

    Bacon is one of the ingredients in Wigglers

    But if you don't mind the funny name and want an easy hearty casserole (can anything with bacon be bad tasting?) this dish is very typical of Amish cooking changes over the past 50 years:  processed foods.  Velveeta cheese and canned soups.  Both of these items became popular with Amish cooks after World War II.  I've found these items actually more popular among the Old Order.  New Order Amish seem to pay a bit more attention to diet and nutrition than Old Order, but this is only anecdotal observation on my part.

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    Amish Wigglers
     
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    Prep time
    30 mins
    Cook time
    90 mins
    Total time
    2 hours
     
    Serves: serves 7
    Ingredients
    • 3 lbs. hamburger
    • 3 onions - chopped
    • 3 c. cooked celery
    • 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
    • 2 cans peas
    • 1 c. grated cheese
    • 1¾ qt. tomato soup
    • 1 lb. Velveeta cheese
    • 2 small pkg. cooked spaghetti
    • 9 slices bacon
    • 3 c. diced cooked potatoes
    Instructions
    1. Fry bacon in skillet, remove to plate and brown hamburger and onion in bacon fat.
    2. Put meat and onions in a six qt. casserole.
    3. Add potatoes, soup, carrots, and spaghetti.
    4. Arrange celery and bacon slices on top.
    5. Put grated cheese on top.
    6. Bake in moderate oven at 350° F. for 1 to 1-½ hours.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. victor

      April 03, 2017 at 6:01 pm

      u forgot an ingredient carrots

      Reply
      • Kevin

        April 06, 2017 at 10:32 am

        Oops, thanks for pointing that out!

        Reply
    2. Thomas T Nealeigh

      April 03, 2017 at 9:27 pm

      In the "Wigglers" recipe, is the grated cheese different from the Velveta? If so, what does one do with the Velveta?

      Reply
      • Kevin

        April 06, 2017 at 10:29 am

        Always good to hear from you, it's been awhile! Sorry for the unclear instructions, I did look and the grated cheese is different than Velveeta...the Velveeta goes in Step 2, mixes in with the meat. It's a very cheesy dish!

        Reply
    3. Gerry Altrichter

      August 08, 2017 at 12:12 am

      do you cook the hamburger before putting it into the potato casseroles or leave it raw?

      Reply
      • Kevin

        August 08, 2017 at 12:11 pm

        Good question, Gerry, go ahead and cook it.

        Reply

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