When I was growing up, "tavern" was another name for "sloppy joe." Maybe it's a Northwest Iowa thing, I don't know. Anyway, this is basically sloppy joes. We had them for supper again tonight, and I decided to post them. We've had this recipe since the early days of our marriage. I don't like the taste of beer, but it blends really nicely with everything else in this.
Kentucky Mountain Tavern
2 lbs. Ground beef
1 can Tomato paste
3/4 tsp. Garlic powder
3/4 tsp. Tabasco Sauce (optional)
2 tsp. Paprika
6 tsp. Chili powder
3/4 cup Cornflakes -- crushed
12 oz. Beer
1 tsp. Salt
Hamburger buns or rolls
Brown meat and drain fat. Add all other ingredients. Simmer for 45 minutes. Add water as needed. Serve on buns/rolls.
Around these parts (the skinniest part of western Maryland where Pennsylvania is only about 200 yards out my back door and I can see West Virginia from my front door), the people in our church call sloppy joes "steamers."
ReplyDeleteWe make a variation if we have no buns on hand. We throw sloppy joe meat on a potato product and top with shredded cheddar and garnish with banana pepper rings. This we call either sloppy tots (tater tots), sloppy fries (french fries), or sloppy taters (oven-roasted potato cubes).
Aren't regional names for things fascinating? They had these sandwiches in Connecticut called "grinders" that in the midwest would get called "hoagies."
DeleteI could totally see topping a baked potato with sloppy joe meat! Or doing kind of a "super fries" thing with fries topped with that and then melted cheese. Could be really tasty!