In article >,
Nancy Young <replyto@inemail> wrote:

> On 1/12/2012 9:20 AM, A Moose in Love wrote:
> > Recently, there was a bit of an argument over whether a certain dish
> > was in reality a Goulash.

> I never heard of this (American) goulash until this newsgroup
> and I have no idea why it's called that. I just know enough to
> understand someone might well not be talking about Hungarian
> goulash.
>
> Who knows how things like this come about. I hear some people
> call green peppers "mangoes" ... go figure.

As someone else mentioned, there is another meaning of the word
"goulash". It means an assortment of things. If you have a drawer in
your desk where you throw all your odds and ends, that's a "goulash".

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA