"aem" > wrote in message
>
> This is hardly a surprise if you're just ordering chop suey and chow
> mein. Both of those are catchall dishes--simple stirfries of
> whatever's handy. There's no specific list of ingredients. You'll get
> bok choy if they have it, cabbage (usually Napa) if they don't, carrot
> where the cook likes the color. Differences in noodles are partly
> regional, partly again what's on hand. The crispy chowmein noodles are
> pretty much an American thing.
>

Correct -- The transliteration of "chop suey" is "bits and pieces" (as in
leftovers).