Do you like Sloppy Joe's?

[Shell Beau]

Or Manwiches?

[Shell Beau]

1. Sloppy Joe

slop sloppy Joe

[Ferret Annica]

2. I was raised in a six kid one parent family.

I hate sloppy joes for the same reason I loath baloney and Wonder bread sandwiches; I've had way too many of them growing up.

I almost would eat lunch with Jorge Bush first before having any such sandwich. Emphasis on the almost, mind you.

BTW, what the heck is a 'manwich?'

[Shell Beau]

5. It's a sauce you can mix with hamburger meat to make a Sloppy Joe!

[Ferret Annica]

16. Heh, Guess my aversion to advertizing is paying off

Never heard of it.

[Left Is Write]

22. Your aversion must be long standing.

It's been around for over 35 years.

[Ferret Annica]

28. Interesting, none the less,

I am not familiar with it. I recall a ditty, "How do you handle a hungry man? The man handler." But not that stuff.

I killed my television in 1989 and have not had one in my place since then. I've sampled TV when house sitting, but it has only grown way worse.

I made the right choice. I mean, I can't even tolerate listening to background music or have it plugged into my ears, so imagine how "LAlalalalala...I can't hear or see you" I get around advertising.

I loathe it.

[JVS]

29. You've missed out on the Simpsonian Golden Age!

D'oh!

[Ferret Annica]

33. Yup!

But I'll live. I've seen a couple of Simpsons, and no Southpark episodes, but I have no strong interest in those styles of animation.

[LSK]

3. no

too sloppy!

[NYC Liberal]

4. I've always wondered who that Joe guy is!

And why's he always so...sloppy?

[cssmall]

6. I loves me some Sloppy Joe's.

Oh wait, are we talking about the sandwich?

[Left Is Write]

7. Not Manwiches, no.

My mother always made what we called barbecues in a double boiler or crock pot using ground beef, onion, ketchup, mustard, chili powder, salt and pepper.

We never did call them Sloppy Joes.

[Shell Beau]

9. My mom did something similar too!

[LA lady]

21. Sloppy Joes Yes, Manwich No

My Mom made the homemade BBQ on a bun, they were delicious.
Manwich always tastes like old pickle relish to me.

[trackfan]

8. I've never been a big fan of them, but

my wife loves them. In the same general category, I like a pulled pork sandwich on a nice roll.

[Shell Beau]

10. Me too!

[bigwillq]

11. Once in a while

Sometimes they just hit the spot. At least for me anyway.

[DS1]

12. No, in fact I think they're pretty dumb

[JVS]

30. How does a sandwich display intelligence or lack thereof?

What's dumb about them?

[Divameow77]

13. Love, love, love

Sloppy Joe's & Manwiches.

I have been on a diet for over 2 months so I am going through food withdrawals

[Shell Beau]

14. So, they sound extra good right now!?!

[Divameow77]

17. Oh my Goddess

YES!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like I have been hungry for 2 months straight, but I have lost 18 lbs and that makes it all worth it. Only 2 pounds to my goal!

[Gato Moteado]

15. oh, i thought you meant the bar in key west

nt

[GrpCaptMandrake]

19. Me, too, at first

I prefer the original location, now "Capt. Tony's" of Jimmy Buffett fame.

[Gato Moteado]

20. when did they change?

its been years since ive been to key west.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

26. The Original Sloppy Joe's

was in the space that's been occupied for decades now by Capt. Tony's

The "tourista" Sloppy Joes is up the street/around the corner. That's where you have to go for the t-shirt with the Hemingway picture.

[HeeBGBz]

18. Yeah, sometimes

I usually use Manwich.

[skygazer]

23. Sloppy Joe's what?

Sorry, I know everyone hates a grammar nazi but unnecessary apostrophes make me crazy!

When it's a plural, no apostrophe.

Sorry, Shell Beau. It's not you, it's me.

[miss_kitty]

24. I almost asked the same...

glad you did. and you're right. it's us...

[Allenberg]

25. They're both

pretty awesome. Especially with cheese

(Yes, I will die early, but happy )

[sbj405]

27. Are you psychic? I eating veggie sloppy joes right now!

I love them. Best accompanied with tater tots.

[scarlet_owl]

31. I love 'em!

Not So Sloppy Joe is my favorite sloppy joe sauce. I'm not very fond of Manwich.

[Maddy McCall]

32. What's the difference?

I thought they were the same thing. How do you make sloppy joes?

[DawgHouse]

40. A sandwich is a sandwich, but a Manwich is a meal!

At least that's what they say on the commercial!

[Bill McBlueState]

34. my sloppy joes kick ass

According to various friends, it's one thing I can make pretty well. Mine have ground beef, onions, green peppers, ketchup, and mustard all simmered for about an hour.

The same people who love my sloppy joes also tell me that Manwich is crap, but I'm not sure what I'm doing differently.

[hippywife]

41. Add a little

brown sugar and a healthy dose of Frank's RedHot and that's how I make mine. I add extra mustard to the sammich, too.

Haven't had any Manwich since I was a kid but I do like my homemade better.

[SarahB]

35. Errr...

Yeah.

Is that bad?

My kids don't like them though, so I haaven't made them in years.

[ThatsMyBarack]

36. Oh, yeah....

Ever tried 'em with melted cheese? And tater tots on the side? This old school-cafeteria standby is actually my idea of heaven! I need to cook more often....

[yewberry]

37. My dad tried to make Manwiches when we were little, but

he didn't read the directions and so didn't add meat.

Yum, yum, tomato sauce sandwiches!

[Sequoia]

38. That's funny.

I like mine with Manwhich, and coleslaw. Yum. I used to work at this company and on Thursday's we'd go down to the beach a little north of Santa Monica to play volleyball. After a while someone got the idea that we should take turns bringing sloppy joes. One of the guys would get real mad and said we really didn't want to play, just eat sloppy joes. He was right. The food was better than his attitude so we stopped going. Let them eat beef jerky.

[yewberry]

42. You...you joined a Manwich cult?

Now my tomato sauce sandwiches seem pretty tame in comparison!

[Sequoia]

46. Well, I guess I did!

Now I'm hungry. Another good topping are those dried onions you put on greenbean casseroles. And melted cheese sometimes. Okay, I'm off to the store.

[texas1928]

39. Nah he is a SONUFABITCH!!

and I don't like that smug dog of his either.

[yellowdogintexas]

43. I like home made ones, not with the canned stuff

but we used to have this little fast food place when I was growing up called "Tastee Treet", and they served a sloppy joe style burger, but it wasn't all tomatoey and saucey, just loose and so damn good


and the very best soft serve icecream EVER>


I think they were a chain in Iowa and Nebraska, we had one in Kentucky and all the little baggies the food came in had little maps with arrows drawn from Russellville KY to Iowa and Nebraska.

Anybody ever heard of these? Wish I could come even close to duplicating them.

[friesianrider]

44. Manwiches with veggie crumbles instead of beef.

Mmmmmm....you get some Morningstar Veggie Crumbles instead of ground beef and you toast the roll and....geez, now I'm hungry. Thanks a lot Shell!

[swag]

45. Superior to sloppy seconds,

though the mess is about the same.

[Zuni]

47. I love them

[Shell Beau]

48. Me too!

[Zuni]

57. you know what i really love

pulled pork BBQ with a carolina style BBQ sauce

[Shell Beau]

58. Or a Mississippi southern style BBQ!!

[Zuni]

61. baby back ribs BBQed, with a good rub

best form of meat on the planet

served with coleslaw, potato salad and baked beans

*drool*

[Shell Beau]

62. And corn on the cob!! Mmmm! You are making me hungry!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

49. I figure there's probably a good way to make these, but I haven't had it.

So, for me, no.

The words "sloppy Joe" conjure up unpleasant junior high cafeteria culinary memories.



"Please to have another sloppy Jimbo?" (Lounge points for whoever can I.D. the TV show)

[Shell Beau]

50. I don't know but for some reason

"You Can't Do That on Television" comes to mind. Just b/c he always said "what do you think is in the burger"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

54. Hint: animated show

[MissMillie]

51. sure do

but bread doesn't sit so well w/ me anymore (my tummy just doesn't like it much) so I can only eat 1/2 the bun.

[XNASA]

52. Ever eaten at Maid-Rite?

http://www.maid-rite.com /

Good stuff.

[Shell Beau]

53. I have never seen one of those before!

[XNASA]

55. Not any around here either....

But I've eaten at them before. In Galena and someplace in Missouri.

Hmmmm....perhaps I should open a franchise?

[Shell Beau]

56. Yeah and make sure you get open one in Mississippi too.

You can run it from where you are. I'll even help out!!

[bikebloke]

59. They used to serve them in grade school

I never cared for them. Avoided them in adult life.

Though they also served pizza and green beans. The combined aroma wasn't pleasant. For years, I was off pizza.

Looking back, I shouldn't complain. It was a pretty good feed for a quarter.

[Shell Beau]

60. Luckily I never had them in school. I can

see how that would be a total turn off!!