"Mr Libido Incognito" > wrote in message
...
> Mordechai Housman wrote on 01 Aug 2006 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>> ...
>> > "RSHDiva" > wrote in
>> > oups.com:
>> >
>> >> We call American Chop Suey "kuji". Dont ask why.
>> >
>> > I heard that chop suey translates into "beggar's hash".
>> >
>> > Or was that chow mein?
>>
>> I heard somewhere once that chop suey is not a traditional Chinese
>> dish
>> at all, but something invented in a California restaurant out of
>> leftovers.
>
> I heard it was from the railway camps...The chinese cooks invented it
> for
> the chinese workers.

That's probably it.