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American chop suey (was Sloppy Joes)
A shot rang out! And ospam (DJS0302) said:
>"Mike Carvin" > said:
>> "Kate Connally" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Then there is the "American" chop suey which is just a
>> > mess of macaroni noodles, ground beef, tomato sauce and
>> > whatever else people like to put in it. How that conglom-
>> > eration came to be called chop suey escapes me. I never
>> > even heard of it until maybe 10 years ago. Where I came
>> > from chop suey was a vaguely Chinese influenced dish.
I'm with Kate -- the only version of chop suey I knew of was the
one created by Chinese folks who immigranted to the U.S. That is,
until I started reading RFC.
> >In (waaay) upstate New York where I and my wife grew up, that dish was
> >called goulash -- even though it bears absolutely no resemblance to the
> >paprika-laden Hungarian stew. I have never heard of it being called
> >American chop suey until we moved to Massachusetts. We still call it
> >goulash - blame it on upbringing. :-)
> I'm from the South and we always called it goulash too. My mom's had ground
> beef, tomato sauce and/or tomatoes, macaroni, and chili powder. So it was
> basically chili mac.
My Mid-Western grandmother made a similar dish (hers included onions
and had ketchup instead of tomato sauce) and called it "slumgullion".
I've never been able to make it as tasty as hers though -- probably
a nostalgia thing... :-)
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
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