2006-10-03 11:40:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
In The Dictionary of American Food and Drink, John Mariani says the Mandarin words for chopped up odds and ends are "tsa sui," which is close enough to "chop suey" to support this theory. So is the OED's postulation of the Cantonese "shap suì" ("mixed bits") being anglicized into "chop suey." Indeed, the Cantonese origin theory is stronger, in light of most of the first Chinese immigrants being Cantonese.
Chop Suey as such is an American dish invented in th 1880's and is meant to be what the Americans think a Chinese meal should be like.
2006-10-03 11:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Chop suey
2006-10-06 06:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop suey
2006-10-03 12:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by clacroix00132 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop suey
2006-10-03 11:42:56 · answer #4 · answered by Sol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop Suey,it actually means miscellanious crap.
2006-10-03 11:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by Terri R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chop suey
2006-10-03 11:42:18 · answer #6 · answered by onceaniannuzzi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop suey...
2006-10-03 11:42:11 · answer #7 · answered by Ricvee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chop suey?
2006-10-03 11:42:23 · answer #8 · answered by GP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wang chung hei
2006-10-03 11:47:11 · answer #9 · answered by Coffee-Infused Insomniac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chop
suey
2006-10-03 12:08:14 · answer #10 · answered by Dex's Gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋