"Rich" > wrote in message
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>> These voodoo recipes that I keep hearing about are just giving me the
>> willies.
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> LOL, but you should see my recipe for the "Ultimate Hamburger"! It's even
> scarier than "Gumbo Joes."


Ooohh...I like that name...Gumbo Joes.

Perhaps part of my distaste for the *ahem* recipe is that "sloppy joes"
conjures up a certain, specific thing in my mind. And when you mess with the
recipe to the point where it's not even close, then don't call it the same
thing. Sloppy Joes do not contain Cajun sausage, file, okra, chicken,
shrimp, or most of the many things you'd find in gumbo.

Call it a Cajun Gumbo Joe and I might be a little less frightened when I
find the okra.

Might as well tell me there's chocolate cake for dessert, and hand me
something that looks like chocolate pudding. I'm going to wonder if your
oven broke and whether this is safe to eat or not. It might be really yummy
pudding, but if I'm thinking it's supposed to be radically different, I'm
going to sample it with a lot more suspicion.

Donna