So now that you’ve heard a little bit about American Chop Suey, are you ready to make some for dinner? Historical newspapers, such as those in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives, have the recipes. The ingredients are inexpensive and numerous variations of the dish exist, so the cook can customize it with any number of vegetables or other ingredients. It’s easy to understand why this dish has been featured in school cafeterias and on family dinner tables.
Those from the Midwest call it Goulash or American Goulash. What did your family call this dish?ĭepending on where you live, your name for this common recipe might be different than my mom’s “Soupy Macaroni.” People from the New England states call it American Chop Suey. In some cases, there might be additional ingredients such as onions, garlic, cheese or green bell peppers. The thought of eating a small horse-like creature resulted in my becoming extremely anxious, only to later relax when I realized she was serving the very familiar-to-me meal of burritos.Ĭonsider a pasta dish that combines macaroni, tomato sauce, and ground beef. You may go to a restaurant in a different state and that restaurant could serve dishes you are familiar with, but call them something completely different.Ī good example of this was the time I was visiting my grandmother in Arizona and my cousin asked me if I wanted to have a burro for dinner. But in some cases, those food differences may not be so much about a different type of food than a variation on a theme. It’s probably obvious to you that there are regional food differences. In fact, it seems – despite some of the foreign names it’s called – it’s actually more American than apple pie. This dish is very familiar to lots of people, but we don’t all call it by the same name. I thought that no one else ate this dish and that it was something that my mom invented. Growing up, my mom made a dish called Soupy Macaroni. Why? Depending on where you grew up or where your family is from, you may have a different recipe name for this combination of ground beef, elbow macaroni, and tomato sauce then I do. I answered by asking him what he called that dish. One of the participants asked me what my name for that dish was. On my presentation’s title slide I had a photo that looked like this: Photo: Soupy Macaroni. Recently I gave a presentation on food history and family history.
Gena is a genealogist and author of the book “ From the Family Kitchen.” Introduction: In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers for American Chop Suey recipes – and to find the various names Americans call this dish.
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