>"Mike Carvin" wrote:
>
>"Kate Connally" wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
>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. :-)

Same as blaming upbringing for your six fingers... your wife's maiden name is
Carvin too, eh?


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