Many moons ago, long before I was born, my maternal grandparents owned a restaurant in Southwest Louisiana. Over its lifetime, my grandmother, Nanny, cooked thousands of cheesecakes - the favored dessert- and the lore and several recipes have passed through our family since. The restaurant's salad chef, MoMo (I've never known his real name), created this dish hence its name. I also don't know why the second M was turned into a lowercase letter...easier and quicker to write? In any case, I grew up eating MoMo's potatoes, made by both Nanny and my mom, and they are comfort food to the max. As if mujaddara and mac&cheese took a visit to the deep south of Louisiana and married.
<br />This is the humblest and simplest of recipes, just four basic ingredients -potatoes, onions, bacon and cheddar- plus salt, pepper and a small pour of oil. It's terrific just out of the skillet or reheated the next day, or the next.

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