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Yum, sounds good. I'll try it when I get back to Charleston. Something else good with little smokeys is chilie sauce (bottled kind) and grape jelly. Mix the sauce and jelly and throw in the smokeys and simmer for a while on low heat and you have something even the most finicky eater will enjoy. Now, sir, what's the story behind the casserole? Please?

OK, you asked for it.
A few years back I was working as a desktop PC repair technician. My lovely wife was working as the dairy department manager at a local supermarket. My hours were normal 8-5. Her hours were 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM.
This meant that I had to cook dinner for the kids every night.
The kids got home one day as I was trying this recipe for the first time. One of them said something to the effect of, "Poor Dad, he's got to cook dinner again."
I looked up and said, "That's right, we're having Poor Dad Casserole tonight."
And THAT is how Poor Dad's Casserole came to have the name.