Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.

'Shindig'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Barb - Jun 08, 2009 2:03:58 pm PDT #23329 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

I dunno, with Cubans, the ground beef was used for picadillo--brown the ground beef, add the sofrito made with green peppers, onion, garlic, and Spanish olive oil, tomato sauce, tomato paste, some water or wine or whatever you have on hand, add raisins and olives (I don't do the olives) and some chopped pimientos, serve over hot, white rice.

No macaroni in evidence.


Kathy A - Jun 08, 2009 2:04:15 pm PDT #23330 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Johnny Mazzetti is what I've seen cafeterias call it. I don't think my mom ever made it, but if she did, it was probably Italian goulash or some such name.


sarameg - Jun 08, 2009 2:11:49 pm PDT #23331 of 30000

I think my school called it hamburger helper.... that's what I think of it as.


shrift - Jun 08, 2009 2:15:38 pm PDT #23332 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Goulash here. My family adds cheese.


Amy - Jun 08, 2009 2:20:02 pm PDT #23333 of 30000
Because books.

It's weird that we called it goulash, since my mom was raised in Delaware, not the Midwest.

I've seen a Stouffer's version, simply called "macaroni and beef."

God, I'm hungry now.


Emily - Jun 08, 2009 2:23:30 pm PDT #23334 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Haven't we had the "What did you call macaroni, ground beef, and tomatoes?" conversation?

Of course! It's a little circular, but I figure the conversation itself counts as comfort food. It's filling, not terribly adventurous, and reminds you of growing up.


DavidS - Jun 08, 2009 2:23:40 pm PDT #23335 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

How is that different from Chili Mac?

I think we called that goulash in my house, but the school cafeteria called it Beefaroni.


-t - Jun 08, 2009 2:25:30 pm PDT #23336 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Beans and chili powder.


Cashmere - Jun 08, 2009 2:30:58 pm PDT #23337 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

I think we need a new digital camera. The quality of pictures is starting to suck. these were the best photos of Owen's 4K graduation I could get.

And I messed up on the Flip and didn't get him dancing to Splish Splash. At least there will be less to embarrass him as a teenager.


JZ - Jun 08, 2009 3:03:52 pm PDT #23338 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

We didn't call it anything around our house because we never made it, nobody else's mom that I knew of ever made it, it never appeared in our cafeterias, and I never even knew it existed until the Buffistas. Am I just a freak (or someone with a really lousy food memory), or is it in fact just not a Bay Area thing since ever? Are there any other native localistas to confirm or refute?