"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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> "Jen" > wrote in
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> >>
> >> I can only eat a sloppy joe openfaced on a bun with provalone then
> >> slop on top.
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> >
> >
> > I hate to sound really ignorant, but I don't even know what a sloppy
> > joe is. But from what I just read I get the general idea. I'll have
> > to try it one day.
> >
>
> 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. :~)

kili