Rhonda Anderson wrote:
> "kilikini" > wrote in
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>> "Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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>>> 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. :~)
>>
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> So I wouldn't wear a white sloppy joe while eating sloppy joes? <g>
>
> Since that Roseanne episode years ago I have become familiar with
> what a sloppy joe is, but I've never tried one. However, growing up
> we often had what was called savoury mince, and often had that over
> toast. It was beef mince (ground beef) cooked with various seasonings
> and vegies, possibly tomato. So I figure that would probably be a
> second cousin to a sloppy joe <g>
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

It's quite similar except on bread and more "saucy". My Scottish
grandmother made mince and served it over mashed potatoes.

Jill