What are 'sloppy Joes'?

Answer 1

Sloppy Joe Sandwich

2 tablespoons butter
1 pound ground chuck
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1 cup frozen corn kernels, cooked






Melt butter in medium saucepan. Add ground chuck, onions, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dry mustard. Sauté until meat is no longer pink. Add vinegar and remaining ingredients. Simmer for 15 to 25 minutes. Serve on split buttered buns, toasted if desired.
Sloppy Joe sandwiches recipe serves 6.

Answer 2

Sloppy Joes are nothing more than a chopped up hamburger sandwich that someone thought it be a good idea to just throw in a pot add some ketchup sauce (or seasoned tomato mixture) into a skillet and call it Sloppy Joes...All in all Sloppy Joes are regurgitated hamburger sandwiches...uggh!!!

Answer 3

A sloppy joe was the original t-shirt around the 50´s- 60´s time.

Answer 4

Ground beef (not a patty) cooked in a spicy sauce and served on a bun. The term "sloppy" comes from the fact that eating it as if it were a normal sandwich often results in the meat and sauce spilling out.

There are many variations though. Check out for more details -
http://www.answers.com/topic/sloppy-joe

Answer 5

Sloppy Joes is normally made with Ground Beef which is slow cooked with tomato sauce, peppers, onions and garlic. It's best when served as you would serve a Hamburger, on Buns.

Answer 6

A sloppy joe is a hot sandwich, typically comprised of ground beef cooked in a skillet with highly seasoned tomato sauce or tomato paste and spread between two sides of a bun.

Answer 7

Sloppy joes is a kind of sandwich which is sloppy to eat. I make it when I'm in a hurry.

brown and drain hamburger. Add a couple of squirts of ketchup (hienz) a squirt of mustard, a spoon of brown sugar stir. Put on a hamburger bun and serve. Some people add a can of baked beans, bacon, onions, and mushrooms.

Answer 8

Sloppy Joes a medeum sized sandwich with only piles of ripped meat.

Answer 9

I was a teenager during the sixties and a sloppy joe was an over sized jumper, it came half way down your thighs and you wore it with drain pipe jeans. "Those were the days my friend"

Answer 10

In the early sixties here in the UK, a Sloppy Jo was a long sweater, worn by females (me) they came down to just above the knees, were often V neck and came in all types of knitted wool, and designs. We also knitted our own.

I preferred them in plain dyed colours, my favourite was a mohair wool style. (Shaggy)

They were worn with very tight jeans. We sewed our own zips on the inside lower legs of our jeans in those days, though some sat in cold baths, to shrink theirs. There were a few recorded deaths due to this habit, because they shrank too tight and cut the blood supply.

We also wore dirndle skirts. A type of skirt that was a full circle when laid out on the floor, so when you jived, it came up and out in a circle around your waist. You needed to be wearing decent undies: