page_title: Casserole
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Casserole / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Baked ziti, a dish with beef, 3 cheeses, and Ziti Pasta
context_page_description: A casserole is a large, deep pan used for oven cooking, as well as the category of foods cooked in it. The same pan is often used both for cooking and serving.
context_section_description: Baked dishes have existed for thousands of years. Early casserole recipes consisted of rice that was pounded, pressed, and filled with a savoury mixture of meats such as chicken or sweetmeats. Some time around the 1870s this sense of casserole seems to have taken its current sense. Cooking in earthenware containers has always been common in most cultures, but the idea of casserole cooking as a one-dish meal became popular in the United States in the twentieth century, especially in the 1950s when new forms of lightweight metal and glass cookware appeared on the market. By the 1970s casseroles took on a less-than sophisticated image.
caption: Baked ziti is another popular pasta and ground meat-based casserole
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