On Sat, 7 May 2016 15:18:22 -0500, MaryL >
wrote:

>On 5/7/2016 1:15 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 May 2016 10:26:44 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I had this old recipe in my files which I thought
>>> I would share.
>>>
>>> Might come in handy for readers of this forum. If you
>>> don't have any ground TROLL just substitute ground beef.
>>> You might want to reduce quantities as this would feed a small
>>> army.
>>> =====
>>>
>>> GOULASH
>>>
>>> Ingredients:
>>> 1 lb ground TROLL
>>> 3 med onions (chopped)
>>> 3 cups macaroni
>>> 1- 19oz tin tomato soup
>>> 1/2 cup ketchup
>>>
>>> Method:
>>> Fry ground TROLL and onions till brown.
>>> Boil macaroni in salted water till done.
>>> Drain.
>>> Mix macaroni, ground TROLL & onions.
>>> Add tomato soup and ketchup.
>>> ====
>>
>> My mother called that American spaghetti.
>> Janet US
>>
>
>I wonder why she would call it American spaghetti? We often have
>spaghetti, and we never use macaroni in it. We only use the traditional
>long, thin pasta if we call it spaghetti. However, this recipe sounds good.
>
>MaryL
>
It obviously has nothing to do with Italian food.
as you travel around the U.S., you'll find different names for this
dish. I think another one is American Chop Suey. The use of pasta
wasn't common to all groups of Americans. Different locales put their
own spin on things.
Janet US