Summary: There’s a story out there… a story you’ll find on dozens, maybe hundreds of websites, about the invention of the casserole: “In 1866, Elmire Jolicoeur, a French Canadian immigrant, invented the precursor of the modern casserole in Berlin, New Hampshire.” That’s from Wikipedia . If you don’t trust Wikipedia, you can also find this attribution in print, too. A newspaper in Kentucky references Elmire Jolicoeur in a story about the opening of a new restaurant...that presumably has some casserole on
