Fritos Tamale Loaf (1958)

• 1 17-oz can cream-style corn
• 4 oz, Frito corn chips
• 1-1/4 cups canned tomatoes
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 24 ripe olives
• 1/2 lb ground beef 
•  2 tbspns fat
• 1 tspn chili powder
• 2 tspns salt
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 tspn pepper
• 1/4 tspn dried basil optional)

Combine the cream-style corn, Frito corn chips, salt, pepper, and dried basil. Lightly saute the ground beef and garlic in fat, then add the canned tomatoes and chili powder.

Simmer 5 minutes, then combine with the cream-style corn mixture. Add the beaten eggs and olives, and mix together.

Bake in a greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serves 6 generously, and is good warmed over.

More "Lost" Casseroles

Classic Creamed Chicken a la King (1981)

Lobster Thermidor (1970)

(Origin - "Fritos Pie - Stories, Recipes, and More" by Kaleta Doolin, published by Texas A&M University Press, 2011)