Cat Litter Casserole

Dumps:
1 cup Bisquick
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 pound ground beef, turkey or pork sausage

Litter:
2 cups long grain rice
3 3/4 cups water
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Tools:
Large mixing bowl
Rectangular baking pan
Deep saucepan with lid
Fork
Paper towels
Large spoon
New stainless steel "pooper scooper"

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Using clean hands, mix together the dump ingredients into a large bowl. Mold pieces of this mixture into various size/shape "dumps." Place so they don't touch each other on an ungreased baking pan. Use two if they don't all fit. Bake the dumps for about 20 minutes or until they are all brown, firm and slightly rust-colored.

While the meat cooks, put all four litter ingredients into a large saucepan. Heat over high heat until the water comes to a boil. Stir, then turn heat to low and cover the pan. Simmer without lifting the cover for 14 minutes.

Remove the saucepan from the stove and carefully lift off the cover. Break apart or fluff the rice with a fork and set pan aside.

When "dumps" are done, carefully transfer them onto paper towels to drain.

Spoon the rice and "dumps" into the now empty baking pan, leaving some "dumps" partially uncovered. Use pooper-scooper to serve.

Yields 8-10 servings.