if its cooked in the oven ,,,,in the UK is called a cassarole .......if ingredients are in a pan on top of oven it is a stew :)

A friend of mine hates soup, and claims that casseroles are just soup without enough water. LOL

I've always heard it called casserole. Although when people ask me what I call something I've made, my standard response is, "It's called Food Pile".

DH & I eat a lot of Food Pile. :D

New York/New Jersey - casserole.

In California, I grew up calling them casseroles (from my Nebraska born mom). I married a picky eater who refuses to eat "casseroles" - but loves my lasagna, and enchiladas (even if I just layer them) and a lot of crock pot stuff that isn't too far from.... But around my house we don't serve "casseroles". My DIL has thanked me many times for raising a son who will try anything and eat most of it.

Some potlucks say to bring "a covered dish" ???

Meal in a dish!

Years ago we called them cover dishes (I think because they had lids). Then, as the actual dishes changed, the term casseroles was frequently used. Of course, with the addition of Crockpots, the term covered dish would still apply.

Well, in Kansas where I grew it was a "hot dish." When we moved across the state, it became a "Casserole. So, I guess it is just where you are and the customs.
Mariah

at our house we called it pot luck goulash,

If I make it for my family, it's a casserole. If I take it to to a pot luck etc, it's a dish to pass.