"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
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>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>> > In article >,
>> > "jmcquown" > wrote:
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>> >> This is one is in my mother's handwriting. I definitely don't
>> >> remember
>> >> her
>> >> ever adding bread crumbs to sloppy joes.
>> >>
>> >> 2 c. bread as for stuffing
>> >> 2 large onions

>> > Man, that looks like a recipe that would involve several pounds of
>> > ground beef. That's a lot of everything -- Worcestershire, catsup,
>> > onions, bread. . . . Too bad we don't know how much ground beef she
>> > was using.
>> > --
>> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>
>>
>>
>> A lot of the recipes are like that. They just expect you to "know"
>> things.
>> Maybe 2 lbs. of ground beef for this? I know when I make sloppy goes I
>> let
>> it the sauce simmer down quite a bit.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Would she have ever used 4# of ground beef, do you think? I keep
> looking at the ketchup and think that about 1/2 cup for a pound of
> ground beef would be reasonable; a cup seems like too much and way too
> ketchupy.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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> Glorified Rice 2-24-2009


Anything is possible

Jill