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Default Recipe: Sloppy Joes (Another "heirloom" recipe)

Jean B. wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> On 2009-02-25, Jean B. > wrote:
>>
>>> That bread would stretch the beef out for sure. I wouldn't like that
>>> amount of sweetener, but one can always tinker to taste.

>>
>> Classic Hunt's sloppy joe sauce (Manwich) is pretty sweet.
>>
>> nb

>
> I have used that in the distant past and don't recall much sweetness. I
> wonder whether it has evolved in that direction over the years?
>


Absolutely. I mean, I don't mind sloppy joes on the sweeter end, but
it's definitely gotten sweeter, as has most canned soup-like stuff, over
the years.

Serene

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