Some "secret" ingredients should stay that way.

So I was watching Paula Deen the other day...

First, she took slices of white bread (like, Wonder bread) and buttered both sides. Then, she put them in a layer in the bottom of a casserole dish. Then she layered slices of ham over the bread. "And this is just a package of ham that I bought from the deli case at mah grocery store, y'all." (It was rectangular. When was the last time you saw a rectangle pig? Just sayin'.)

"And here's the fun part, y'all..." she said. She layered BANANAS over the ham. "Doesn't this just look dah-lishis?" She spent some time gushing over how "special" the bananas made the casserole taste. A "fun surprise," she called it.

Another layer of buttered white bread.

A heavy layer of shredded Cheddar cheese.

A layer of crushed potato chips.

Paula patted the chips lovingly around the pan. "Yum," she said.

She mixed eggs, milk, cream, nutmeg, salt, and pepper together and poured it all over everything. Then she baked it. She called it the recipe surprise of the day.

I'm so heartbroken. Just when I thought Paula was the Food Network cook I could totally relate to, she's gone and become that lady at all the church potlucks who tricks you into dedicating some of your precious potluck plate space to her "famous" casserole. So you do, and when you bite into it...

...it's Wonder bread, ham, and bananas with French toast batter and chips.

Here are the recipe and link, to satisfy any latent curiosity. Please don't make this.

Photo courtesy, FoodNetwork.com

Ingredients

• Butter
• 12 slices white bread
• 8 large slices deli ham
• 4 bananas, sliced on the bias
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar
• 2 cups crushed potato chips
• 6 slices cooked and crumbled bacon
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup cream
• Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter a 9 by 13 glass baking dish. Butter both sides of the bread and layer 6 of them into the bottom of the baking dish, overlapping them as necessary but keep them even. Layer the slices of ham on top of the bread and then the bananas, 6 more slices of bread, then the cheese, potato chips, and bacon. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, cream, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Pour this over the casserole almost to the top. Bake for 45 minutes until brown and bubbly. Cut into squares and remove with a spatula, like lasagna