On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:25:41 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Jul 10, 8:52 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>>> Oh fer crying out loud. Ground beef (cooked and drained, of course), a can
>>> of Campbell's tomato soup diluted with a can of water. Add some chili
>>> powder and a dash of cayenne pepper. Simmer gently until there's very
>>> little liquid remaining but it's... well the name says it all... "sloppy".
>>> Serve it on hamburger buns. There's no need to make this complicated with a
>>> thousand herbs or spices. And certainly no need to add sugar to the mix.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Canned tomato soup? Really? Do people really make Sloppy Joe sauce
>> like that? I've never heard of it.
>>
>> N.
>
>Nor have I, but know its just a huge amount of sugar in it. Jill's last
>sentence should have read "And certainly no need to add more sugar to
>the mix cause its already in the soup."
>
>I've made Sloppy Joes probably twice in my married life. They were okay.
>I recall the recipe was from Joy of Cooking.

I'm old enough to remember when the term Sloppy Joe wasn't invented
yet. For me sloppy joe is a hijacking of American Chop Suey, but on a
bun instead of elbow macaroni.
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/rec...uey69032.shtml