In article >, "Darkginger"
> wrote:

> Thanks to all re the explanation of sloppy joes - from what I've
> read, if I made a spaghetti meat sauce, and poured it into a
> sandwich, I'd have a sloppy joe - is this right? Can't say it's very
> appealling, but one day when I'm drunk - who knows?

>
> Jo

Not the same thing. IMO, the sloppy joe mix is predominantly meat --
the sauce is there as a bit of a binder. I think of spaghetti sauce and
mostly liquid -- with some meat bits here and there. If, however, I
had, say, a cup of spaghetti sauce leftover, I might (but not likely --
my seasonings are different for the two dishes) brown up a pound or two
or ground beef and stir the sauce into it; then I think the consistency
would be about right for sloppy joes.
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 7/22/04.