On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:11:35 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 12/17/2018 8:54 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Gary"* wrote in message ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown"* wrote:
>>> I didn't use canned 'Manwich' although it doesn't surprise me that you
>>> did.* Cheese?* No cheese came into play here.
>>> ==
>>>
>>> What is 'Manwich'?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Others can criticize all they want but that product has made the
>> company a fortune.*
>>
>> ==
>>
>> The sauce ... what is it made from?
>>
>>
>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

I do onion, bell pepper, ground beef, a can of tomato sauce (or tomato
soup), salt and pepper. Simple, simple and done. ;-)
Janet US