Sheldon said...

> Andy wrote:
>> Sheldon said...
>>
>> > "Vilco" wrote:
>> >> Is it made with ground meat?
>> >> Which meat and how is it cooked?
>> >> Which ingredients along with the meat?
>>
>> > Sovenly Guido is American chop suey minus the elbow macaroni.
>>
>> > AMERICAN CHOP SUEY
>>
>> > Sheldoni
>>
>> Chop Suey is an Asian dish created in America for non-Asian Americans,
>> iirc. The translation into English is "Beggar's hash," or something
>> close.
>
> There's is nothing Asian about any chop suey.... the chop suey sold in
> American Chinese restaurants doesn't exist in China
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chop_Suey
>
> Sheldon


Sheldon,

That's what I thought I said. I thought it was created by the Chinese
restaurateurs in San Francisco's Chinatown to entice non-Asian Americans to
get a taste of a simpler cuisine that didn't come close to matching their
exotic dishes. "Get 'em in the door" so to speak.

Maybe it was chow mein?!? I forget. I saw it on FTV once.

Andy