SLOPPY JOES

What happens when you combine ground beef, onions, tomato sauce, and seasonings on a hamburger bun? You have a sloppy joe sandwich.

Sloppy joes are an American creation from the 1950s. According to legend, Joe (who was a chef at a café in Sioux City, Iowa) added tomato sauce to his “loose meat” sandwiches. The “sloppy” part is related to a very casual type of clothing. That's how and when the “sloppy joe” sandwiches were born.

Many people find the name rather funny. Needless to say, these sandwiches are known under different names in different parts of the United States, such as dynamites, sloppy janes, slushburgers, steamers, and yum yums.

Nowadays, sloppy joes are popular with children and are a favorite in lunch rooms in schools. They’re also a favorite of parents when dinner time approaches because they are easy to prepare and inexpensive.

Just like the several names, you can also find variations on the traditional recipe: some use other meats, such as chicken, while other recipes add special spices, like cinnamon and brown sugar.

Convenience also helps: you can find canned sauce that has most of the ingredients already mixed together, and then you just add ground beef! And if you’re a vegetarian, you can substitute vegetable protein for ground beef to make meatless sloppy joes!

 

 

Answer:

1. Which ingredient was added to the “loose meat” sandwich to create the “sloppy joe” sandwich?

2. What kind of variations does the text mention about the sandwich?

3. What is a practical way to prepare sloppy joes?

4. What is the motivation to the name of the sandwich? Check the options.

(   ) the name of a person

(   ) a funny word

(   ) the name of a place

(   ) a clothing style