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About that No-Show Joe — The theory/conjecture that appeals most to me out of a leaky garbage bag of blather is that Joey is really, really pissed off and refuses to cooperate. Remember in Atlas Shrugged when John Galt, giving his mandatory televised speech, steps suddenly to one side and exposes that the man behind him has been holding a gun on him the whole time? That’s what TPTB are afraid of: Joey will somehow convey the fact that his drop-out is bogus and was forced upon him.

No, I’m not anywhere ready to believe this is “true” but it is greatly appealing because it puts TPTB in a terrible bind. The one factoid that supports its possibility is that a few people now are characterizing Joey’s endorsement of Kakamala as a big, fat in-their-faces FU to those who killed him politically. If so, their only choice might be to kill him biologically.

I’m not a popcorn guy. I’m a pumpkin or pepino seed guy. Ciao, friends, gotta go to the health food store now to stock up!

IIRC, the traditional/original Sloppy Joe filling was a sauced shredded beef. Sauce is easy: Manwich, while not great, is actually pretty good. It’s that shredded beef that’s tricky, and that’s why nearly every Sloppy Joe I’ve had for decades has been made with ground beef. Hamburger. As close to foolproof as you can get without actual laboratory testing with actual fools.

Wanna hear some serious koolaid drinking?
Listen to Rachel Maddcow on this step aside by Biden.

Hilariously detached from reality.

The puppet masters don’t answer to anyone, and they haven’t for a while. They’ve been running the country through Joe, they don’t need Joe to tell us Joe is done.

Maybe they’re re-animating him somewhere. I heard Xi had a stroke too…crazy times.

Biden has cold,
Biden rests in his Rehoboth dacha.

All us oldsters know what comes next.

Ooo yeah I found a can of manwich I’ve moved at least 3 times, I’m going to guess 9 years old, still before it’s best by date. I fried up a pound of hamburger and poured that stuff on top and let it simmer for a half hour before scooping it on some potato rolls and it was AWFUL! I had heartburn all night. I guess you just can’t go home again.

‘A sandwich is a sandwich but a Manwich is a meal’ 🙂

Sloppy Joe recipes are all sweet, even when they are good. For a similar idea but savory instead of sweet (using hamburger as mentioned above by others), look up a recipe for the Taco Bell Bell Beefer. It was very popular for 20-30 years, until Taco Bell pulled it from their menu back in the 90’s, probably because it required a “one off” ingredient (the bun). Hey, they did the same thing to another popular item, the enchirito, because of the soft corn tortilla (that no other item on the menu used). Customer satisfaction comes in a distant second to logistical efficiency/corporate profits.

Sloppy joes.
One of the school lunches we all looked forward to.
Along with Friday pizza, or sausages, apples sauce, mashed potatoes, and gravy.
And the best dessert?
Apple Brown Betty.

Stoaty—my mother made something similar to Sloppy Joes, but it was called Spoon Burgers. It was a recipe advertised on the Red Skelton Show and used Pet Evaporated Milk, one of the show’s sponsors (so this goes back to the early 1960s). I loved it, and my mother would make the recipe with about 12 servings (6 in my family) with 2-3 lbs of hamburger meat. I don’t remember the precise proportions, but it was browned meat, browned onion, salt & pepper but NOT garlic (throws off the flavor profile). And equal portions of evaporated milk and ketchup.

I know that sounds weird, but it was very good. I made it when JavaSon was young, but it fell off my recipe list when the boy left home. I typically use a little less ketchup because I am not really a ketchup fan, but it’s meaty, creamy and barely sweetish. JavaMan and JavaSon are both spoiled to buttered/griddled buns, and that crispy bun just makes the sandwich. Pickles and potato chips on the side.

If you want to make this, I’d start with about 1/3 cups of milk and ketchup to one pound of hamburger and add more as needed. (Just between me and thee, I think the recipe had its origins in Beef Stroganoff.)

Now I’m going to pull a pound of hamburger out of the freezer and put in the refrigerator to thaw!

The enchirito (spelling doesn’t look right) was my favorite. Now I get the Mexican pizza which is pretty good. Rarely go anymore. Prices really jumped.

School based Sloppy Joes
1lb ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper (capsicum for you weirdos) (and i’d leave it out since I don’t remember it being there)
3/4 cup ketchup , or to taste
1 Tbsp brown sugar, or to taste
1 tsp yellow mustard, or to taste
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Six burger buns – split

Cook ground beef till fat renders,
Add onion and pepper and cook till beef is cooked and
Veggies are soft.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Reduce heat to low, simmer 20 to 30 minutes.

Divide between buns.

They must have drastically reduced the quantities here since they made this stuff by the 50 gallon drum to feed us growing kids in the last century before we worried about trans fat hydrogenated gluten free non dairy low carb meals causing global climate change.

@Durnedyankee…this is how my mom taught me to make it. I also add a dash of Worcestershire sauce and a bit of powdered mustard. This was a regular in our house with 4 kids and a stay at home mom. SOS was also on regular rotation.

The secret to fine textured ground beef is too cook it initially in a little water. You can let it brown after the water evaporated. The water encourages it to fall apart while cooking, rather than bonding together. Double ground meat helps also.