Yep like my favorite ingredient in Paella “Saffron”. The Spaniards got it from the Moors.
The midwest Vikings have this strange thing they call ‘hot dish’, and I have witnessed it being made: they take a 9X13 or bigger pan, start dumping miscellaneous freezer meats on it, then open a few cans of soup and whatnot, dump that on it, then slather it with shredded cheese and pave over with a layer of tater tots, then add foil and bake for an hour or so.
‘Hot Dish’.