If you’ve ever looked into your refrigerator and thought, “There is absolutely nothing to eat in here,” allow me to introduce you to the humble strata.
The key ingredients in a strata are eggs, bread, and milk—perhaps the three most popular ingredients in American, especially southern American, cooking. When even the teeniest, tiniest threat of inclement weather crosses my mother-in-law’s local news broadcast, she, without fail, stocks up on eggs, bread, and milk, ensuring the family won’t starve in the case that they’re stuck in the house for days on end.
