I have a neighbor who is on disability, actually I have lots of neighbors on assistance, came dragging a large box of bread and sandwich rolls over to my trailer. I am in the habit of taking leftovers to neighbors that I think will eat them instead of seeing the leftovers languish in my refrigerator to be tossed out.
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This month when she was at the food bank she must of excepted the bread to pay me back. She also gave me boxes of spaghetti and macaroni and cheese. So now I have lots of bread and my freezer only has enough room for half of it. I have been making several types of sandwich meals. This is one of my family favorites. I now mix ground pork and beef together to make this. Beef has been expensive and will continue to be expensive because of the drought. We are now only producing the same amount of beef that we did in 1950. So this is a nice summertime treat.
This recipe for Sloppy Joe’s is inexpensive to make compared to a can of Manwich Sandwich. The recipe came from my mom, who got it at a house wares party when I was about 8 or 9 years old., long before there was a canned sauce for this sandwich. Once you make this you will not go back to canned sauce because it is so easy and tastes better. It is made from ingredients that you normally have on hand even when you are broke. If you don’t have the molasses or brown sugar you can substitute the brown sugar with regular sugar or leave out the molasses. You can also just leave out sugar in general because the ketchup is sweet anyways. You can use either prepared mustard or ground mustard. I try to stick to the recipe as close to it as my pantry will let me because it really is good. One extra thing I do add to it is chopped green peppers and celery. I am in the habit of keeping celery on hand and freezing chopped green and red sweet peppers when I find them on sale to cook with. The only difference between the canned sauce and ketchup is that it has onion, celery and green pepper in it. When I only have a pound of ground meat, the recipe is halved and I add 3 or four cubed slices of bread that is going stale to absorb the sauce and stretch the meat. So when you are out of ideas and low on money add this to your menu.
Sloppy Joe’s (Original Recipe)
2 ½ pounds of ground beef
1 onion chopped
1 ½ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon pepper
1 ½ teaspoon chili powder
3 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
3 teaspoons mustard
3 cups ketchup
7 teaspoons sugar
1 ½ tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons molasses
Optional ingredients, chopped celery 1 or 2 stalks and ½ cup chopped sweet green pepper. Bread cubes enough to sop up extra sauce.
Brown meat with onion and extra vegetables. Drain grease. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for about 10 minutes. If too saucy add bread cubes to thicken it. Serve on sandwich buns.
Quick and Easy Yeast Buns.
This is my go too recipe for hamburger buns when I don't want to go to the store for them. They actually taste better and they don't require much work or skill to make. You can make them in about 40 minutes. I keep flour and yeast on hand for making bread. There are times at the end of the month that I am short money and this recipe comes in handy. I usually have hot dogs frozen in the freezer as a back up for when I need them. You can also shape them in to hot dog buns. I have a pan for this but you can shape them by hand. This recipe will make about 12 buns. It also works well for pizza.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons active dry yeast
1 cup and 2 tablespoons of warm water (110-115 degrees)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
3-3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
In a large mixing bowel add yeast and water. Add sugar and oil. Let stand for 5 minutes to sponge. It should get bubbly.
Add the egg, salt, and enough four to make a soft dough. I use my heavy mixer but you can do this by hand. Turn out on a floured surface and kneed for 3 minutes or longer until dough is elastic and smooth.
Do not let rise. Divide into 12 equal parts. Shape into buns. To make hamburger buns roll into balls. Place on prepared baking sheet 3 inches apart.
Cover with towel and let rest for 10 minutes.
Pre-heat oven 425 degrees while dough is resting. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. Cool on wire rack or towel.