"Frank Mancuso" > wrote in message
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> Someone else might have a better description, but think of a meat sauce
> sandwich. It involved browning hamburger meat loose(not in patties), and
> stirring in a little packet of some kind of seasoning mix(Sloppy Joe Mix),
> stirring it together, and spoonig it on a hamburger buns. It was quite
messy
> to eat, hence the name, SLoppy Joe. It was always runnig down one's arms.

Actually not. It was named after a Bar in Key West.

"It was Hemingway, a favorite patron of Russell's bar from the start, who
encouraged its name change to Sloppy Joe's. The new name was adopted from
Jose Garcia Rio Havana club selling liquor and iced seafood. Because the
floor was always wet with melted ice, his patrons taunted this Spanish Joe
with running a sloppy place... and the name stuck."

Dimitri