I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup

I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
green and dried).

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On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:

>I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
>I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>green and dried).

I'm guessing that your recipe doesn't contain the original 2 cans of
mixed vegetables?
Janet US

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> green and dried).

Remember: 1 1/2 dips of the garlic on the string. Not one, not two.

pavane

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:19:46 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
> >
> >I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> >use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> >like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> >with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> >Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> >up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> >whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> >green and dried).
>
> I'm guessing that your recipe doesn't contain the original 2 cans of
> mixed vegetables?
> Janet US

No. None of the recipes I saw did. One web site said it was a "clean
out your refrigerator" type meal. Thanks.

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On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:42:14 -0500, "pavane" > wrote:

>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
> >
> > I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> > use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> > like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> > with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> > Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> > up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> > whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> > green and dried).
>
> Remember: 1 1/2 dips of the garlic on the string. Not one, not two.
>
Heh. I like more garlic than that, so I'll go with two.


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On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:

>I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
>I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>green and dried).

If you were a *REAL* Hobo, it would taste good!!!!

That's just like you got to be French to enjoy French Dressing or French
Fries.

If you live in America, you better stick to American Cheese!!!
(and it's patriotic)...

Granny Clampett called that Overlook Stew. It was made out of all the stuff in the ice box that Jethro had overlooked eating the previous week. Bet it will be good. Caramelize the veggies in olive oyl and use some spicy V8 juice with good beef broth for the liquid ration. Very hard to go wrong.

Is it made with real hobo? :-)

Bob

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:06:29 -0600, wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
> >
> >I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> >use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> >like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> >with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> >Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> >up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> >whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> >green and dried).
>
> If you were a *REAL* Hobo, it would taste good!!!!
>
> That's just like you got to be French to enjoy French Dressing or French
> Fries.
>
> If you live in America, you better stick to American Cheese!!!
> (and it's patriotic)...

Thank your for the insight into the Hobo situation. I'll call it
Mulligan stew.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
>I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> green and dried).

We made something like that at Girl Scout camp except that it was in foil
packages and done on the grill. So even though they called it stew, there
wasn't really any broth to it. Ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots,
celery, whatever else you've got.

On 2/3/2013 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>>
>> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>> use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>> up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>> green and dried).
>
> We made something like that at Girl Scout camp except that it was in foil
> packages and done on the grill. So even though they called it stew, there
> wasn't really any broth to it. Ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots,
> celery, whatever else you've got.
>
>
I call those "campfire pocketbooks". Some friends and I made them a
couple of times while on camping trips. In the fire, not on a grill.
In our case we didn't pre-cook the ground beef. We formed them into
small hamburger patties to go into the foil pouches with the veggies.
Salt, pepper. The "pocketbooks" went directly into the wood fire. For
about an hour. The meat cooked, releasing juices and fat in the foil
pouch which in turn cooked the vegetables. Quite tasty for what it was

Jill

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:

>I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
>I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>green and dried).
HOBO STEW (6 Quart Slow Cooker)

Ingredients:

1 lb any meat except fish (whatever's leftover or on sale)*
1 Tbsp cooking oil
6 cups water or 3 cans beer*
2 cups dried beans ( I prefer mix of limas and red kidneys)
6 Tbsp beef soup base (boullion)*
2 Tbsp worchestershire sauce
2 tsp garlic powder
3 small/med potatos
2 cups sweet peas*
1 large onion*
2 large carrots*
4 stalks celery*
a mix of any available vegatables to fill pot


Preparation:

Soak the beans over night.

Cut the meat, potatos , onion, celery and carrots into small (about3/8
in) pieces.

Mix the meat worchestershire sauce and garlic powder together. In a
fryingpan brown the meat in the cooking oil, drain any excess grease.
When the meat is browned add the onion and celery to the pan and cook
until the vegetables are translucent.

Throw everything into a stewpot or slow cooker, fill to within an inch
of the top with any mix of vegatables of your choice and cook untill
the beans are tender.

By the bye my favorite vegatables to add to fill the pot are; green
beans, wax beans, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, sweet peas, snow
peas, mushrooms, bell peppers, whole kernel corn and pretty much
anything that's in season and cheap.

* These are necessary

PS if you partially pre cook the dried beans or use canned it goes a
lot faster.

On 2/3/2013 9:10 PM, wrote:
> By the bye my favorite vegatables to add to fill the pot are; green
> beans, wax beans, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, sweet peas, snow
> peas, mushrooms, bell peppers, whole kernel corn and pretty much
> anything that's in season and cheap.

What?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/3/2013 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>>>
>>> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>>> use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>>> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>>> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>>> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>>> up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>>> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>>> green and dried).
>>
>> We made something like that at Girl Scout camp except that it was in foil
>> packages and done on the grill. So even though they called it stew,
>> there
>> wasn't really any broth to it. Ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots,
>> celery, whatever else you've got.
>>
>>
> I call those "campfire pocketbooks". Some friends and I made them a
> couple of times while on camping trips. In the fire, not on a grill. In
> our case we didn't pre-cook the ground beef. We formed them into small
> hamburger patties to go into the foil pouches with the veggies. Salt,
> pepper. The "pocketbooks" went directly into the wood fire. For about an
> hour. The meat cooked, releasing juices and fat in the foil pouch which
> in turn cooked the vegetables. Quite tasty for what it was

Yes, I guess ours wasn't precooked either. I sometimes make hamburger stew
at home. V8 or tomato juice, cooked ground beef and whatever veggies I have
but the best are potatoes, onions, carrots and celery.

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> green and dried).

Think slumgullion. It's got all that stuff, although slumgullion doesn't
sound as elegant as Mulligan or hobo. Yeah, I've eaten it. Yeah, I pass
it off to my wife calling it beef stew or beef soup, depending on how
soupy it is and whether I added flour slurry. Yeah, it tastes great if
the beef has enriched the broth enough. I use "Herb ox" and "Better than
Bouillon" to kick up the beef flavor most of the time.
Rice, beans, potatoes or pasta with a rich beef broth and whatever else
you have in vegetables is pretty tasty. Seasonings are copious salt and
some pepper to taste. Slumgullion.

leo

On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:30:02 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
> >
> > I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> > use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> > like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> > with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> > Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> > up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> > whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> > green and dried).
>
> Think slumgullion. It's got all that stuff, although slumgullion doesn't
> sound as elegant as Mulligan or hobo. Yeah, I've eaten it. Yeah, I pass
> it off to my wife calling it beef stew or beef soup, depending on how
> soupy it is and whether I added flour slurry. Yeah, it tastes great if
> the beef has enriched the broth enough. I use "Herb ox" and "Better than
> Bouillon" to kick up the beef flavor most of the time.
> Rice, beans, potatoes or pasta with a rich beef broth and whatever else
> you have in vegetables is pretty tasty. Seasonings are copious salt and
> some pepper to taste. Slumgullion.
>
>
Thanks, Leo! This is a new concept to me. Nobody in my family cooked
that way. As a result, I'm fairly clueless about how to treat
leftovers so it feels like a new meal instead of a rerun of the same
old one. I saved the juice from the pork roast I made for pulling
yesterday and plan to add it to the pot too. I also know what's
happening to the leftover pork. It's becoming carnitas tomorrow.


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On Sunday, February 3, 2013 4:13:18 PM UTC-6, bigwheel wrote:
> 'sf[_9_ Wrote:
>
> > ;1810311']I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
> > I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>
> > use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>
> > like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>
> > with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>
> > Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>
> > up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>
> > whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>
> > green and dried).

It sounds like slopping a pig.
>
>
> Granny Clampett called that Overlook Stew.

Granny was a Moses, not a Clampett, and Jethro was a Bodine. Jed and Elly
were Clampetts.

> It was made out of all the
>
> stuff in the ice box that Jethro had overlooked eating the previous
>
> week. Bet it will be good. Caramelize the veggies in olive oyl and use
>
> some spicy V8 juice with good beef broth for the liquid ration. Very
>
> hard to go wrong.
>
I can think of so many ways it could "go wrong."
>
> --
>
> bigwheel

--Bryan

On Feb 3, 4:42*pm, jmcquown > wrote:
> On 2/3/2013 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > "sf" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
> >> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> >> use up. *I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> >> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. *No matter how I spice it up
> >> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> >> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> >> up. *I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> >> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> >> green and dried).
>
> > We made something like that at Girl Scout camp except that it was in foil
> > packages and done on the grill. *So even though they called it stew, there
> > wasn't really any broth to it. *Ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots,
> > celery, whatever else you've got.
>
> I call those "campfire pocketbooks". *Some friends and I made them a
> couple of times while on camping trips. *In the fire, not on a grill.
> In our case we didn't pre-cook the ground beef. *We formed them into
> small hamburger patties to go into the foil pouches with the veggies.
> Salt, pepper. *The "pocketbooks" went directly into the wood fire. *For
> about an hour. *The meat cooked, releasing juices and fat in the foil
> pouch which in turn cooked the vegetables. *Quite tasty for what it was
>
> Jill

Yup- we called them Hobo Packs. We did that with the Boy Scout troop
my son was in- the kids loved to make them and spice them up as I
would take a lot of spices for them to choose from.

On Feb 4, 5:10*am, Bryan > wrote:
> On Sunday, February 3, 2013 4:13:18 PM UTC-6, bigwheel wrote:
> > 'sf[_9_ Wrote:
>
> > > ;1810311']I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>
> > > I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>
> > > use up. *I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>
> > > like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. *No matter how I spice it up
>
> > > with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>
> > > Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>
> > > up. *I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>
> > > whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>
> > > green and dried).
>
> It sounds like slopping a pig.
>
>
>
> > Granny Clampett called that Overlook Stew.
>
> Granny was a Moses, not a Clampett, and Jethro was a Bodine. *Jed and Elly
> were Clampetts.
>
> > It was made out of all the
>
> > stuff in the ice box that Jethro had overlooked eating the previous
>
> > week. *Bet it will be good. Caramelize the veggies in olive oyl and use
>
> > some spicy V8 juice with *good beef broth for the liquid ration. Very
>
> > hard to go wrong.
>
> I can think of so many ways it could "go wrong."
>
>
>
> > --
>
> > bigwheel
>
> --Bryan

That's kinda scary that you know that! Did ya ponder that while
hanging out in the see-ment pond?

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:32:25 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:06:29 -0600, wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>> >
>> >I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>> >use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>> >like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>> >with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>> >Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>> >up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>> >whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>> >green and dried).
>>
>> If you were a *REAL* Hobo, it would taste good!!!!
>>
>> That's just like you got to be French to enjoy French Dressing or French
>> Fries.
>>
>> If you live in America, you better stick to American Cheese!!!
>> (and it's patriotic)...
>
>Thank your for the insight into the Hobo situation. I'll call it
>Mulligan stew.

That's about as bad as those sandwiches made from ground beef, tomato
sauce and spices. Some people call them Sloppy Joes, other call then
Barbecues, yet others call them Maid Rites. And I think there are a few
more names. They're the same thing either way. I think the names are
sort of regional, yet where I live I've seen all 3 of those names used.

On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:47:17 -0800 (PST), merryb >
wrote:

> That's kinda scary that you know that! Did ya ponder that while
> hanging out in the see-ment pond?

Bryan can't scare me off that easily. I had pork juice from the butt
that I slow roasted in the oven yesterday, some leftover canned chili
that hubby wanted to go on the before game hot dogs (it was Stagg but
I didn't think it tasted very good - his comment was "Mmm! It tastes
like the can"), a little leftover pot roast & gravy, some seasonings
and the hamburger that started this little kitchen experiment. I
bought a jug of tomato juice and a tiny parsnip to add to the pot just
for this occasion. I also have some leftover white beans that I plan
to add to it later along with odds & ends of frozen vegetables, plus
the last of the bag of mixed greens that I like so much. I think that
should do it for my Garbage Stew.

An interesting cornbread recipe came in the mail today. I was
thinking of planning a meal around it, but maybe I'll just make it
this afternoon.
http://joythebaker.com/2013/02/brown...nge-cornbread/

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On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:50:24 -0600, wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:32:25 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:06:29 -0600, wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:00 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
> >> >
> >> >I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
> >> >use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
> >> >like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
> >> >with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
> >> >Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
> >> >up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
> >> >whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
> >> >green and dried).
> >>
> >> If you were a *REAL* Hobo, it would taste good!!!!
> >>
> >> That's just like you got to be French to enjoy French Dressing or French
> >> Fries.
> >>
> >> If you live in America, you better stick to American Cheese!!!
> >> (and it's patriotic)...
> >
> >Thank your for the insight into the Hobo situation. I'll call it
> >Mulligan stew.
>
> That's about as bad as those sandwiches made from ground beef, tomato
> sauce and spices. Some people call them Sloppy Joes, other call then
> Barbecues, yet others call them Maid Rites. And I think there are a few
> more names. They're the same thing either way. I think the names are
> sort of regional, yet where I live I've seen all 3 of those names used.

I decided to call what I'm making Garbage Stew because I'm using it to
clear odds and ends out of the refrigerator and freezer.

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On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 17:06:09 -0600, heyjoe >
wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:50:24 -0600, wrote:
>
> > That's about as bad as those sandwiches made from ground beef, tomato
> > sauce and spices.
>
> If it's got tomatoes in any form, it's not a Maid-Rite.

No idea what a Maid-Rite is... but it sounds like the "loose meat"
sandwich concept Rosanne Barr introduced the US to a few years ago.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Maid-Rite "hamburgers" predate Roseanne by many years. The company logo claims they were started in 1926. It's a loose pack highly unremarkable mildly seasoned ground beef concoction served on a bun. Fifty years ago they cost a quarter. And worth every cent might I add.

Maid-rite Hamburgers Recipe


1 lb hamburger
1/2 cup beef broth
chopped onion
dill pickle slices
salt and pepper to taste

How to make it

crumble and cook hamburger in pan (drain)
add broth.
boil until liquid reduces (10 15 minutes)
While broth is reducing,
chop onion for topping
gather pickles for topping.
spread hamburger buns with yellow mustard.
Spoon hamburger on to fresh hamburger buns
top with dill pickle and chopped onion.

"bigwheel" > wrote in message
...
>
> 'sf[_9_ Wrote:
>> ;1810712']On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 17:06:09 -0600, heyjoe
>> lid
>> wrote:
>> -
>> On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:50:24 -0600, wrote:
>> -
>> That's about as bad as those sandwiches made from ground beef, tomato
>> sauce and spices.-
>>
>> If it's got tomatoes in any form, it's not a Maid-Rite.-
>>
>> No idea what a Maid-Rite is... but it sounds like the "loose meat"
>> sandwich concept Rosanne Barr introduced the US to a few years ago.
>>
>> --
>> Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
>
> Maid-Rite "hamburgers" predate Roseanne by many years. The company logo
> claims they were started in 1926. It's a loose pack highly unremarkable
> mildly seasoned ground beef concoction served on a bun. Fifty years ago
> they cost a quarter. And worth every cent might I add.
>
> 'Maid-rite Hamburgers Recipe'
> (http://www.grouprecipes.com/42105/ma...amburgers.html)
>
>
> 1 lb hamburger
> 1/2 cup beef broth
> chopped onion
> dill pickle slices
> salt and pepper to taste
>
> How to make it
>
> crumble and cook hamburger in pan (drain)
> add broth.
> boil until liquid reduces (10 15 minutes)
> While broth is reducing,
> chop onion for topping
> gather pickles for topping.
> spread hamburger buns with yellow mustard.
> Spoon hamburger on to fresh hamburger buns
> top with dill pickle and chopped onion.

We had loose meat in Wichita when I lived there. And it looks like they're
still there!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_way_cafe

For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?

On Monday, February 4, 2013 12:47:17 PM UTC-6, merryb wrote:
> On Feb 4, 5:10*am, Bryan > wrote:
>
> > On Sunday, February 3, 2013 4:13:18 PM UTC-6, bigwheel wrote:
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> > > 'sf[_9_ Wrote:
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> > > > ;1810311']I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
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> > > > I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
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> > > > use up. *I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
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> > > > like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. *No matter how I spice it up
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> > > > with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
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> > > > Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
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> > > > up. *I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
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> > > > whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
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> > > > green and dried).
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> > It sounds like slopping a pig.
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> > > Granny Clampett called that Overlook Stew.
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> > Granny was a Moses, not a Clampett, and Jethro was a Bodine. *Jed and Elly
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> > were Clampetts.
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> > > It was made out of all the
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> > > stuff in the ice box that Jethro had overlooked eating the previous
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> > > week. *Bet it will be good. Caramelize the veggies in olive oyl and use
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> > > some spicy V8 juice with *good beef broth for the liquid ration. Very
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> > > hard to go wrong.
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> > I can think of so many ways it could "go wrong."
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> > > --
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> > > bigwheel
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> > --Bryan
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> That's kinda scary that you know that! Did ya ponder that while
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> hanging out in the see-ment pond?

I am very much a Beverly Hillbillies fan. IMO, it is the best show ever
*made for* TV, though not the best thing ever shown on TV. The Little
Rascals were produced as short movies to be shown prior to feature films.

--Bryan

On 2/4/2013 1:42 PM, merryb wrote:
>>> We made something like that at Girl Scout camp except that it was in foil
>>> > >packages and done on the grill. So even though they called it stew, there
>>> > >wasn't really any broth to it. Ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots,
>>> > >celery, whatever else you've got.
>> >
>> >I call those "campfire pocketbooks". Some friends and I made them a
>> >couple of times while on camping trips. In the fire, not on a grill.
>> >In our case we didn't pre-cook the ground beef. We formed them into
>> >small hamburger patties to go into the foil pouches with the veggies.
>> >Salt, pepper. The "pocketbooks" went directly into the wood fire. For
>> >about an hour. The meat cooked, releasing juices and fat in the foil
>> >pouch which in turn cooked the vegetables. Quite tasty for what it was
>> >
>> >Jill
> Yup- we called them Hobo Packs. We did that with the Boy Scout troop
> my son was in- the kids loved to make them and spice them up as I
> would take a lot of spices for them to choose from.

Seems to me we added a splash of Worcestershire to the foil packet. It
was many years ago.

Jill

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
>
Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
rules, just repeating them.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 2/5/2013 11:32 AM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
>>
> Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
> upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
> rules, just repeating them.
>
"loose meat" sandwiches are just seasoned ground beef (not patties)
served on a burger bun. Apparently quite popular in the midwest. The
term Maid-Rite might be familiar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Rite

Jill

On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:40:59 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 2/5/2013 11:32 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
> >>
> > Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
> > upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
> > rules, just repeating them.
> >
> "loose meat" sandwiches are just seasoned ground beef (not patties)
> served on a burger bun. Apparently quite popular in the midwest. The
> term Maid-Rite might be familiar:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Rite
>
I'd never heard of "loose meat" sandwiches before Roseanne Barr opened
her restaurant and the only time I've see the term "Maid Rite" is here
on rfc.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 2/5/2013 1:25 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:40:59 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/2013 11:32 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
>>>>
>>> Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
>>> upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
>>> rules, just repeating them.
>>>
>> "loose meat" sandwiches are just seasoned ground beef (not patties)
>> served on a burger bun. Apparently quite popular in the midwest. The
>> term Maid-Rite might be familiar:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Rite
>>
> I'd never heard of "loose meat" sandwiches before Roseanne Barr opened
> her restaurant and the only time I've see the term "Maid Rite" is here
> on rfc.
>
I didn't know the term was based on Maid-Rites either. But I did eat
loose meat sandwiches when I was in Iowa. Apparently they're quite
popular in that part of the country and have been for decades.

I'd rather have a sloppy joe

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...

> I didn't know the term was based on Maid-Rites either. But I did eat
> loose meat sandwiches when I was in Iowa. Apparently they're quite
> popular in that part of the country and have been for decades.
>
> I'd rather have a sloppy joe

Please will you describe the difference? I don't even really know what a
'sloppy joe' is

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On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:34:06 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I'd rather have a sloppy joe

Me too! I don't make them very often, but I got the urge a couple of
weeks ago when I saw a recipe that called for half ground meat and
half ground mushrooms... and it was very tasty.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

sf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> > For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
> >
> Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
> upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
> rules, just repeating them.

One pound of ground beast mixed with a can of "Manwich"
There's your best "sloppy joe" sandwiches. Eat with salty chips.

G.

On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:40:56 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> One pound of ground beast mixed with a can of "Manwich"
> There's your best "sloppy joe" sandwiches. Eat with salty chips.

Speaking of Manwich - can or dried in a packet? I've tried both
prefer the packet myself. Next time I make Sloppy Joes, I'm going
back to the packet, but I'm keeping that half & half idea with
mushrooms because I really liked it.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:40:59 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/2013 11:32 AM, sf wrote:
>> > On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
>> >>
>> > Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
>> > upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
>> > rules, just repeating them.
>> >
>> "loose meat" sandwiches are just seasoned ground beef (not patties)
>> served on a burger bun. Apparently quite popular in the midwest. The
>> term Maid-Rite might be familiar:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Rite
>>
> I'd never heard of "loose meat" sandwiches before Roseanne Barr opened
> her restaurant and the only time I've see the term "Maid Rite" is here
> on rfc.

The NuWay was and still is in Wichita. Since I was born there and lived
there until I was 7 and since these were one of my grandma's favorite foods,
we had them a few times. My mom hated them and said they were greasy.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I didn't know the term was based on Maid-Rites either. But I did eat
>> loose meat sandwiches when I was in Iowa. Apparently they're quite
>> popular in that part of the country and have been for decades.
>>
>> I'd rather have a sloppy joe
>
> Please will you describe the difference? I don't even really know what a
> 'sloppy joe' is

A Sloppy Joe has a tomato sauce mixed with the meat but from there, there
are tons of variations. Could have bell peppers and onions, could have BBQ
sauce but the sauce is usually more sweet than just tomato sauce. It is
called "sloppy" because if you've ever tried to pick one up to eat it...
Well, then you'll know!

On 2/5/2013 5:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:40:59 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/5/2013 11:32 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat too?
>>>>>
>>>> Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in it which someone
>>>> upthread makes it *not* a loose meat sandwich. I'm not writing these
>>>> rules, just repeating them.
>>>>
>>> "loose meat" sandwiches are just seasoned ground beef (not patties)
>>> served on a burger bun. Apparently quite popular in the midwest. The
>>> term Maid-Rite might be familiar:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Rite
>>>
>> I'd never heard of "loose meat" sandwiches before Roseanne Barr opened
>> her restaurant and the only time I've see the term "Maid Rite" is here
>> on rfc.
>
> The NuWay was and still is in Wichita. Since I was born there and lived
> there until I was 7 and since these were one of my grandma's favorite foods,
> we had them a few times. My mom hated them and said they were greasy.
>
>
I don't know about Wichita (my fingers keep wanting to type 'Witch-ita'
LOL) but the ones in Iowa weren't greasy. They drained the browned
ground beef very well before putting it on a sandwich bun.

Jill

> Hobo Stew
(jmcquown)
>On 2/5/2013 11:32 AM, sf wrote:
>On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:08:54 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>
>wrote:
>For that matter, wouldn't a Sloppy Joe be loose meat
>too?
>Sloppy Joes are loose meat with a tomato product in
>it which someone upthread makes it *not* a loose meat
>sandwich. I'm not writing these rules, just repeating them.
>"loose meat" sandwiches are just seasoned ground beef (not patties)
>served on a burger bun. Apparently quite popular in the
>midwest. The term Maid-Rite might be familiar:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Rite
>Jill --------------------------------------------------------
>Here in Michigan loose meat has been around decades before
>Roseanne & before Maid-Farm crappy version.
>
>Loose meat served on a natural casing hot dog is
>called a coney ground round.
>
>It does not contain tomato paste nor any broth &
>NEVER served in a hamburger bun nor bread only a
>steamed hot dog bun..

[quote=
That's kinda scary that you know that! Did ya ponder that while
hanging out in the see-ment pond?[/QUOTE]

Actually no. I had her cook book. Had a bunch of good recipes in there especially as concerns old timey cornmeal based stuff..hoe cakes..johnnie cakes etc. She has a real good version of Punch with a Punch. I got about 12 church deacons and deconettes total plastered on that. I loaned the book out to some ex kinfolks and never did see it again. I recommend it highly for somebody who likes interesting cookbooks.

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