On 12/17/2018 8:54 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Gary"Â* wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
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>> "jmcquown"Â* wrote:
>> I didn't use canned 'Manwich' although it doesn't surprise me that you
>> did.Â* Cheese?Â* No cheese came into play here.
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>> What is 'Manwich'?
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> Hi O. Manwich is a canned 'sloppy joe' mix...just add to one
> pound ground beef. Heat and serve on bread. I'll bet it tastes
> better than Jill's (or anyone else's) homemade mix. The
> 'original' is the best as that's what made them so popular in the
> first place.
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> Others can criticize all they want but that product has made the
> company a fortune.Â*
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> The sauce ... what is it made from?
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Time for Bruce to chime in with an ingredients list! j/k

I'll take it from here. Ingredients in Manwich Sloppy Joe sauce:

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), high fructose corn syrup, distilled
vinegar, corn syrup, less than 2% of: salt, sugar, chili pepper,
dehydrated green and red bell peppers, tomato fiber, guar gum, spices,
xanthan gum, dehydrated garlic, natural flavors, citric acid.

I just saute minced onion and garlic with ground beef, drain off the
fat, add a can of plain tomato sauce, about a tablespoon of
Worcestershire sauce and a few dashes of hot sauce (such as Tabasco).
Simmer until the sauce is reduced but still "sloppy".

No salt, no weird ingredients and *definitely* no sugar. I'm guessing
it's the sweetness from the corn syrup that Gary likes about this canned
sauce. That's probably also why it's a best seller. Not my cuppa tea.

Jill