<html><P>I'm from around southern Indiana, and there's a small store downtown Columbus, IN called Zaharako's. It was founded in 1900 by a Greek family. One of the items on the menu is called a GOM SANDWICH. My grandmother, born and raised in Columbus, remembers having gom suppers at church. She basically describes it as a sloppy joe. I've always called it sloppy joe. I am looking for the origin of gom and if anyone else uses that term. Since Columbus and southern Indiana was originally populated by many German Lutherans, I was wondering if that had anything to do with it. (My grandmother said they used to have services at her church that were in German, which they discontinued after the war.) If anyone knows anything, please respond!</P>
<P>Beth Campbell<BR>music education major/linguistics & TESL minor<BR>Indiana State University, <BR>Terre Haute, IN </P>
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