"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> This is one is in my mother's handwriting. I definitely don't remember
>>> her ever adding bread crumbs to sloppy joes. I suspect this one came
>>> from the late 1950's when my father was in Korea and she was trying to
>>> stretch the budget. Note, she never mentions ground beef in the
>>> ingredients list, only in the instructions.
>>>
>>> Sloppy Joes
>>>
>>> 2 c. bread as for stuffing
>>> 2 large onions
>>> garlic (optional)
>>> 4 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce
>>> 2 cups catsup
>>> 1/2 c. sugar
>>> 4 Tbs. vinegar
>>> tsp. salt & pepper to taste
>>>
>>> Saute onions and ground beef to separate. Add the bread crumbs and
>>> other ingredients. Serve on unbuttered heated buns.
>>>
>>> Okey doke, Mom
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> That bread would stretch the beef out for sure. I wouldn't like that
>> amount of sweetener, but one can always tinker to taste.
>>
> I've never added sugar to sloppy joes. Never added bread crumbs, either.
> And I wouldn't have considered garlic "optional" LOL
>
>> These recipes are interesting reading, Jill. Thanks for typing them up
>> for us.
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
> You're welcome. It's fun (and sometimes funny) stuff
>
> Jill
That reminds me of the "Restricted Veal Loaf" from the Alice B Toklas
cookbook. She wrote it when she and Gertrude Stein were living in rural
France during WWII. It has 1/2 lb ground veal and 7 slices of bread! I made
it once and liked it, though it's not at all like the usual meatloaf. Maybe
there was a "Restricted Sloppy Joe" during the war as well.

Ed