"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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| Rhonda Anderson wrote:
| > "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
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| It's quite similar except on bread and more "saucy". My Scottish
| grandmother made mince and served it over mashed potatoes.
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I do that.. I call mine hamburg gravy. Comfort food on a cold winter day in
our house. We love ***warning*** pickled beets with this. :-)

Debbie