On 5/7/2016 3:51 PM, 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
>
I'm puzzled because I have never seen macaroni in a dish that was called
spaghetti. I have seen variations of spaghetti. For example, the first
time spaghetti was served to me after I moved to Texas was chicken
spaghetti. That was my first taste of it. But never macaroni! I have
traveled in every one of the U.S. states except Hawaii, so I am used to
variations of food, but I am still puzzled over goulash being called
spaghetti. Of course, I don't have any objection to it, and I admit
that I certainly did not eat spaghetti in all of the states I have
visited. o;

MaryL