We have a lot of get-togethers in our neighborhood. The host or hostess supplies the meat, and generally everyone else supplies the horses ovaries (horsd'ourves for all you Yankees), salads, vegetables, bread, desserts or whatever is needed. Our neighbor's eldest daughter was home for the weekend, so we all got together last night and pretty much stuffed ourselves silly. It's what you do here in the south, when you're not boiling peanuts or plucking chickens. These gatherings are really quite a bit of fun, especially when you take into consideration that each house contains vastly different personalities. We all grew up in different environments, our political beliefs are on opposite ends of the earth, and we ALL love to tease. The best thing is that children are welcome, if they should decide that they want to grace us with their presence. It's all good.

All y'all! (That's plural southernese in case you didn't know)

Each of us is known for signature dishes. Those would be the ones that the host/hostess ask us to make over and over again. There are a few that I make that have repeat customers. One of them is surprisingly simple. You don't even need a measuring cup. I'm all about minimizing the clean up.

Mexicali Snaucheese Dip

Note: Do not blame me, my husband named it. And yes, I married him because he told me he was rich, why do you ask?

8 oz cream cheese
1 can Rotelle*
1 lb sausage**

Brown sausage in skillet. Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Pour in can of Rotelle and simmer for about 15 minutes.

Serve with your choice of chips. We love Tostitos.

*There is Hot, Mild and Milder. You choose. The hotter you go, if you are like me, the more likely you are to scream "come on ice cream" if you know what I mean..

**You can replace this with lean ground beef or ground turkey if you wish.

It's that simple. Now, I have to confess, you are getting this recipe from someone who forgot to buy hamburger buns for dinner tonight. We are having hamburgers. But hey! Let's improvise. I have hot dog buns. We shall compromise. Just use two hot dog buns together. I'm nothing if not innovative, and lazy. I don't want to drive back into town to buy the correct buns that will house my famous hamburgers. I'm all about going with the flow baby.