On Sat, 07 May 2016 16:57:45 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>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.

I remember an episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Guy Fieri was
back in the north east somewhere and the clientele of this place told
him he had to try the American Chop Suey as it was the best. Guy was
totally surprised at the dish he was given. He had never heard the
term before. Where I grew up, I never heard anyone talk of goulash. I
had no idea what it was. Later I saw recipes for Hungarian Goulash
but I could tell when people spoke of their goulash, that definitely
wasn't what they had in mind.
Janet US