American chop suey (was Sloppy Joes)
sf wrote:
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> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:15:14 -0400, "Mike Carvin"
> > wrote:
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> > 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. :-)
>
> Ding, ding, ding!!! Old memories are flooding back....
> that's what tomato sauce, hamburger and noodles was called
> when I was a kid. Goulash - I liked!
I've heard it called goulash, but we didn't have it much when I was a
kid. We used to kind of make in on our own, sometimes using canned
tomato soup with the ground beef.
Brian Rodenborn
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