On Sat, 07 May 2016 14:51:39 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

>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

Yes, American Chop suey, but that has to be the very worst version
I've ever seen.