"Dana Carpender" > wrote

> > In New Joisey, a Sloppy Joe is similar to a reuben, though I
> > don't recall if they are grilled or not.
>
>
> Huh? I grew up in NJ (and my mother and father before me, and their
> ancestors, back to before the Revolution, fercryinoutloud)

That would explain the spelling of your last name.

> and a Sloppy
> Joe was hamburger cooked in a tomato sauce and served on a hamburger
> bun. You know, like a Manwich, only without all the corn syrup.

My cousins said it was named after a Cuban restaurant that made it,
but my ancestors on that side only go back to the mid 1800s so I
guess they must be wrong. I read somewhere that John Hancok loved
a good Sloppy Joe, but I'm not sure he was referring to a sandwhich.

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