"kilikini" > wrote in message
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| "Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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| > "Jen" > wrote in
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| > >>
| > >> I can only eat a sloppy joe openfaced on a bun with provalone then
| > >> slop on top.
| > >>
| > >> Andy
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > I hate to sound really ignorant, but I don't even know what a sloppy
| > > joe is. But from what I just read I get the general idea. I'll have
| > > to try it one day.
| > >
| >
| > 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
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| 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. :~)
|

I add a small bag of frozen mixed veggies to mine. We use a knife and fork
which makes the stains less likely. :-)

Debbie