One time on Usenet, "jmcquown" > said:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > On Sep 8, 1:15?pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >>
> >> I remember being invited to a friends' house for dinner one night.
> >> She said she was making goulash. Naturally I thought of Hungarian
> >> Goulash and my taste buds were all set for it. Turned out to be a
> >> macaroni & hamburger casserole. Hmmm.
> >
> > Your host didn't say "Hungarian Goulash" but technically you were
> > served a goulash, hog slop is a goulash.
> >
> > gou?lash
> > noun
> > Etymology: Hungarian guly?s, short for guly?sh?s, literally,
> > herdsman's meat
> > 1 : a stew made with meat (as beef), assorted vegetables, and paprika
> > 2 : a round in bridge played with hands produced by a redistribution
> > of previously dealt cards
> > ---> 3 : a mixture of heterogeneous elements : JUMBLE

> No, she didn't say "Hungarian Goulash". But since I'm not originally from
> the southern U.S. I had never heard of this macaroni hamburger concoction
> before, let alone heard it called goulash! I never had it when we lived in
> South Carolina, either. Maybe it should be called Jumble, instead!

My MidWestern-born gramma used to make what she called "goulash"
(not Hungarian) that consisted of hamburger, macaroni, onions,
tomato something (this was a long time ago), etc. I loved it, but
unfortunately, no one in the family ever learned how she made it.
I've tried, but it's not the same. In any case, I like the term
"jumble" better too...

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Jani in WA