"kilikini" > wrote in
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> "Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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>>
>> I always find it funny that the term "sloppy joe" refers to a
>> foodstuff, because to me (and plenty of other Australians - though
>> I'm not sure if the term is used throughout the entire country) a
>> sloppy joe is a fleecy top, like a sweatshirt.
>>
>> The first time I heard the term used for a food was on an episode of
>> the TV show Roseanne. The Roseanne character said something about
>> spending the whole day making sloppy joes, and my first thought was
>> that I'd never seen her sewing on the show <g>. It then turned out
>> that it was actually the dish she was talking about.
>>
>> I suppose a sloppy joe would be a cousin to savoury mince on toast.
>>
>> Rhonda Anderson
>> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
> A sloppy joe is ground beef in a tomato sauce on a bun. It could
> include
> green pepper, onions and spices, but it's just ............. sloppy.
> Impossible to eat wearing a white shirt without getting a tomato sauce
> stain. :~)
>

So I wouldn't wear a white sloppy joe while eating sloppy joes? <g>

Since that Roseanne episode years ago I have become familiar with what a
sloppy joe is, but I've never tried one. However, growing up we often had
what was called savoury mince, and often had that over toast. It was beef
mince (ground beef) cooked with various seasonings and vegies, possibly
tomato. So I figure that would probably be a second cousin to a sloppy
joe <g>

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia