In article . com>,
"Pete C." > wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >
> > In article . com>,
> > "Pete C." > wrote:
> >
> > > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Turns out I have it on a card, though I'm pretty sure it was in a book,
> > > > too.
> > > >
> > > > Souperburger
> > > > Source: Tested Recipe / Home Economics Department / Campbell Soup
> > > > Company
> > > >
> > > > 1 pound ground beef
> > > > 1/2 cup chopped onion
> > > > 1 tablespoon shortening
> > > > 1 can Campbell's Chicken Gumbo, Golden Mushroom, Tomato, Vegetable, or
> > > > Cream of Mushroom Soup
> > > > 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
> > > > Dash pepper
> > > > 6 buns, split and toasted
> > > >
> > > > In skillet, brown beef and cook onion in shortening until tender; stir
> > > > to separate meat. Pour off fat. Add soup and seasonings. Cook 5
> > > > minutes' stir now and then. Serve on buns. Makes 6 sandwiches.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> > > > http://web.me.com/barbschaller
> > > > Glorified Rice 2-24-2009
> > >
> > > That's more like a "Sloppy Campbell"...
> >
> > How so?
>
> Sloppy Joe = ground beef browned with onions and simmered with ketchup
> and served on a bun.
Some definitions say a spicy sauce, not ketchup. Oh, wait, that still
leaves out the gumbo soup. "-)
>
> Sloppy Campbell = ground beef browned with onions and simmered with
> condensed soup and served on a bun.
>
> Soupburger implies a formed burger patty,
Yeah? Sez you. :-)
I don't think that's what was meant when the recipe was developed, Pete.
I'm in my 60s and 40+ years ago I think most housewives of limited means
bought "hamburger." When I married my choices were hamburger, ground
chuck, and ground round. I don't know when the labeling changed to
ground beef with a lean/fat ratio stated on it.
Remember, too, that large corporations have test kitchens and hold
contests for new recipes (the contests are a cheaper recipe development
method) to use their products. The priority is to create something
marketable to the masses and affordable to same so as to move more of
the company's product. I can easily imagine the assignment to the staff
home economists: "Find four or five soups that can be combined with a
hefty protein to make a main dish for a meal. Oh, it shouldn't be
expensive and it should be quick to put together, too. Oh, and a catchy
name would be a plus."
Times change. Tastes change. Not necessarily for the better, either.
:-/
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Glorified Rice 2-24-2009