"MareCat" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>>>>> What's the worst thing you've ever been served at a friend's house?
>>>> I wouldn't say disgusting. Just not what I expected. We were
>>>> invited to a couples house for "goulash". Turned out it was
>>>> home-made Beefaroni! It wasn't bad but it wasn't Hungarian Goulash
>>>> by any means 
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> I discovered in recent years that "goulash" to some folks means a
>>> made-up dish of some sort of cooked pasta, tomato sauce and whatever,
>>> that is then covered with cheese and baked for a while.
>>> Janet
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>>
>> I don't remember cheese but it was large elbow pasta, tomato sauce and
>> ground beef 
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> That was "goulash" at our house when I was growing up (in PA).
>
> Mary
>
Around here, folks call it American Chop Suey.
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