While at a party on Saturday, Ep0pee mentioned that he read in a Lutheran Cookbook that Sloppy Joes are called “Spanish Tavern Sandwiches.” He also mentioned that he knew a few nutty folks who call them “BBQs.” So that got me thinking… what’s with the name? I mean, sure ‘sloppy’ is descriptive, but who is this Joe.
Turns out, the origin of Sloppy Joes traces back to a bar in Old Havana. Sloppy Joe’s is now an historic bar in Key West, FL (Foreign Leadership Camp?). According to the wiki, Sloppy Joe’s is mentioned in Citizen Kane when one of the men interviewed lists a few places that are “down south.” The last place mentioned before he remembers the right name is Sloppy Joe’s.
The Sloppy Joe sandwich is an American dish, “of ground beef, onions, [and] sweetened tomato sauce.” Turns out Korndog is making them wrong (no onions!). In various other parts of the country, they are also called:
Loosemeat sandwich
Looseburgers
Maid-Rites
Wimpies
Yip Yips
Slushburgers
Barbecues
Hot Tamales
Taverns
Steamers
Gulash
I call them… delicious
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Ahem…it is properly spelled Ep0pEE.
Proper formatting, not spelling. Also, get a normal name and you wouldn’t have that problem.
If you want to get pissy about it the correct term would be proper capitalization, not proper formatting. Formatting would refer to the typeset used or the page layout.
How is that pronounced, BTW?
ep-uh-pee
I was saying E-pee-oh-pee. That’s not right at all.
I say it like Jeff even though I know the right way.
Or just start throwing e, p, and o sounds in a row.