Maid-Rite (Iowa "sloppy joes")

[Matthew Gordon]

I grew up in Lincoln some 30 years later and "yum yum" was the term we used.
I'm relieved to hear that it was not just some peculiarity of my family. I
remember the very odd looks i received when, as a freshman at Georgetown, i
asked the cafeteria worker for a yum yum. Like 'pop' and 'sack' it was a word
that i learned quickly to avoid.

sagehen wrote:

> >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