Spanish Hamburger (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I did look at the recipe, and it seemed to be a pretty standard Sloppy
Joe mix, except for the celery.  Maybe more peppers than is normal, but
I can't say for sure.  And that's the source of my confusion.

Is Spanish Hamburger another name for Sloppy Joe meat?  Or is it Sloppy
Joe with celery added?

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> At 5:50 PM -0500 9/25/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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> >They'd have to have a definition, wouldn't they?  So what makes a
> >Spanish Hamburger distinct from any other?
>
> Note the recipe (intervening material from Barry's post deleted):
>
>
> >...> http://iwant.on.ca/Recipes/SpanishHamburger.html
> >>  "SPANISH HAMBURGER"
> >>
> >>  This recipe is not all that low in fat due to the
> hamburger  but if
> >> you use lean or extra lean ground beef it will help
> reduce the fat
> >> content in it.
> >>
> >>
> >>  Ingredients.....
> >>
> >>
> >>  1 lb. lean or extra lean ground beef
> >>  1/2 green pepper, diced
> >>  1 onion, diced
> >>  2 celery ribs, diced
> >>  1 can (15-16 oz) stewed tomatoes or tomato sauce 1
> teaspoon  minced
> >> garlic
> >>  Optional: 1-2 teaspoons of sugar (this takes the acid out of  the
> >> tomatoes)
> >>  1/4 cup of water
> >>  hamburger buns
> >>
> >>
> >>  Put the extra lean ground beef, green pepper, onion and
> celery in a
> >> pan, and brown the meat. The vegetables will cook  along with the
> >> meat.
> >>
> >>  Drain, then add the tomatoes or tomato sauce and minced
> garlic. If
> >> you like a sweeter less acidic sauce, add the sugar.
> >>
> >>  If you like a juicer sauce, add the water. You can let
> this  simmer
> >> about 20 minutes.
> >>
> >>  You can double or triple the recipe, cook it in the pan
> or  put it
> >> in a crock pot to simmer. Eat it on a bun and call it
> >  > sloppy joe's.
> >>
>
> LH
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