Curly Sue wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:15:14 -0400, "Mike Carvin"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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>>
>>>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. :-)
>
>
> I grew up in central NY and had heard of it as "goulash." I don't
> even know how I knew that because we never had it at home.
>
> A former roommate from New Hampshire called it "chop suey." It's
> starting to seem like "chop suey" is a New England thang.
>
> Sue(tm)
> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Grew up in northwestern PA. It was (and still is) goulash.
Chop suey is that gross american creation that they try to pawn off
onto the Chineese. (probably 'cause whoever came up with it was drunk
and ashamed when they woke up the next day and tried it) ;-)

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Steve

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