Maid-Rite (Iowa "sloppy joes")

[sagehen]

>In Lincoln NE in the 40's it was the YumYum Hut (a drive-in) that produced
>these sandwiches. They were the eponymous menu item. I don't know if there
>was a chain of YumYum Huts. I can't remember ever hearing "Maid-Rite" & am
>uncertain when "sloppy joe," as a food item, came to my attention but I
>think the latter wasn't until living on the West Coast in the 50's.
 [The expression "sloppy joe" was used for oversized  sweaters or
sweatshirts worn with the sleeves pushed up (&, of course, bobby socks &
saddle shoes) that were de rigueur for highschool girls during WWII. ]
A Murie