Sloppy Joes
Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.
Blue Binder complete 30-minute recipe
Blue Binder written front and blank reverse
From small angled annotation resembling mimo, mamo, or another family nickname.
Ingredients
- one-pound symbol form and singular teaspoon after quantity three
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 3/4 cup Ketchup
- salt & pepper to taste
Directions
- Brown beef, onions & peppers.
- Drain.
- Stir in rest of ingredients.
- Reduce heat & simmer for 30 minutes
Timing: simmer for 30 minutes
Temperature: Brown beef, onions & peppers; Reduce heat & simmer
Equipment: cutting board and knife; skillet or cooking pan; draining setup; stirring utensil; heat card
As written
mama's
Clear Tote ingredient-only recipe
Clear Tote multi-ink ingredient sheet
Ingredients
- 1 pound hamburger
- 1/4 onion
- 1/2 green pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard; 3/4 cup ketchup; 3 teaspoons brown sugar
- salt & pep
Notes
- the card contains only an ingredient list and no preparation, cooking, serving, or storage directions
As written
or
Arwilda’s changes
- Changed “teasp” to “1/2 must”
- Changed “cup” to “Ketch”
- Crossed out “teasp”
Deb's Worcestershire and catsup recipe
Deb's Sloppy Joes card from Mildred
From Mildred.
Ingredients
- 1 # Hamburg.
- 2 T. Sugar
- 2 T Worchie Sauce
- 1/2 cup Catsup
- 2 T Mustard
- 1/2 cup Water
Directions
- Browned & drained is written beside the hamburger line; Simmer until thickness you want closes the card
Temperature: Simmer
Equipment: A cooking vessel, draining equipment, and a stirring utensil are required by browned, drained, and simmer
Compare the cards
Onion and green pepper quantities and preparation
- Clear Tote multi-ink ingredient sheet
- 1/4 onion and 1/2 green pepper, with no chopped preparation stated
- Blue Binder written front and blank reverse
- 1/4 cup chopped onion and 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
Mustard quantity and kind
- Clear Tote multi-ink ingredient sheet
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard
- Blue Binder written front and blank reverse
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
Cooking method
- Clear Tote multi-ink ingredient sheet
- No method is included
- Blue Binder written front and blank reverse
- Brown beef, onions, and peppers; drain; stir in remaining ingredients; reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes
- Deb's Sloppy Joes card from Mildred
- Brown and drain the hamburger; simmer until the desired thickness; no explicit combine or add step is included
Sauce, sweetener, liquid, and vegetable formula
- Clear Tote multi-ink ingredient sheet
- Ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, onion, green pepper, garlic powder, salt, and pepper; no added water or Worcestershire-type sauce
- Blue Binder written front and blank reverse
- Ketchup, brown sugar, yellow mustard, chopped onion, chopped green pepper, garlic powder, salt, and pepper; no added water or Worcestershire-type sauce
- Deb's Sloppy Joes card from Mildred
- Sugar, Worchie Sauce, catsup, mustard, and water; no onion, green pepper, garlic powder, salt, or pepper stated
Named recipe and attribution
- Blue Binder written front and blank reverse
- Generic Sloppy Joe Recipe title; faint angled annotation remains unresolved
- Deb's Sloppy Joes card from Mildred
- Titled Deb's Sloppy Joes and attributed From Mildred
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