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byakee
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American chop suey (was Sloppy Joes)
A shot rang out! And
(PENMART01) said:
> >My Mid-Western grandmother made a similar dish (hers included onions
> >and had ketchup instead of tomato sauce) and called it "slumgullion".
> >
> >J.J. in WA
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> She was being polite, in not calling is "shit".
>
> Merriam Webster
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> slum·gul·lion
> noun
> Etymology: perhaps from slum slime + English dialect gullion mud, cesspool
> Date: 1902
> : a meat stew
So *that's* what it means. I wish she were around to see this
description, she'd have loved it... :-D
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
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