brenda, I know it's not godly to judge, but EEEWW!

Of course, the family dish from my father's side involves things I normally find disgusting, ladled over crackers. So I guess it's live and let live.

Also, I'm not sure I remember what pimentos actually are. Except that they have a fluctuating number of i's, and show up in olives and... loaf.

javachik! Um... hi! Sorry, our new Web blocker at work thinks this site falls under the "chat" category, and I couldn't think of an educational reason to get it unblocked!

pimentos -- marinated red peppers. red peppers are good, pimentos, not so much

marinated red peppers.

See, now that sounds just fine! It must be the association with olives and mystery meat that predisposes me badly toward them. I hereby rescind my EW.

The only spices my mother acknowledged were salt, pepper, celery seed in egg salad, onion powder, and garlic powder. The hamburger in slumgullion was browned with a little salt. Add a lot of water and cook the macaroni. Dump in the tomatoes, serve.

I suppose if you liked tomatoes, it wouldn't be bad. But that's a big If.

Emily, do you know about alt.buffistas.net?

Emily, do you know about alt.buffistas.net?

Don't click on that! It's filled with evil versions of regular Buffistas!

OK, probably not....

Ooh! I didn't! Maybe I'll try it tomorrow.

It's filled with evil versions of regular Buffistas!

Where I don't have a goatee!

Haven't we had the "What did you call macaroni, ground beef, and tomatoes?" conversation? For the record, my mom called it American Chop Suey.

Surely somebody's put together a regional map by now.

"What did you call macaroni, ground beef, and tomatoes?"

A waste of good macaroni and beef.