"Chow Mien" and more (1893)

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 11/07/2002 7:49:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:

>    WIth every dish on the table is supplied a little bowl of sooy, the
> universal Chinese sauce. It fits everything and is used with everything.
>
>  (I haven't found a "chop suey" to beat my 1885.

I think "sooy" refers to soy sauce rather than to chop suey.
Also either "chow mien" has undergone a pronunciation shift in English from
/myen/ to /mein/ or your source made a spelling error.

                - Jim Landau