You know who doesn’t like loose meat?
The hill that CW will die on?
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I never had a Maid Rite until my wife made them. In her family it’s burger and a can of Campbells gumbo soup.
Sloppy Joes are ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, etc.
Sloppy Joes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Maid Rite
Sloppy Joes are ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, etc.
Sloppy Joes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Maid Rite
Confession: I tested positive for covid and have been stuck in my basement since Tuesday. I started the thread, I'll take the blame on this one.
I think this depends on some where you are brought up Rural vs City, farm family or not, maybe close to the borders of Iowa etc.
I to this day have still never had a Maid Rite from the restaurant. I grew up calling sandwiches made by frying loose hamburger with onion, ketchup, and mustard mixed in a pan and cooked, maid rites. We never really called them sloppy joes. That was something I never heard except from people in school or as I moved on and met more people from other areas.
I never had canned sauce or manwich or anything like that until I was out of high school and it was gross. I have had plain loose hamburger like they make at maid rite, then added ketchup and mustard after it was cooked and on the bun, it was ok, but that is just a ground up hamburger to me, not really any different, not a maid rite or sloppy joe as I consider it, just a loose meat sandwich.
The easiest and best Maid Rite/Sloppy Joe to me is still just fried loose hamburger, with the ketchup, mustard and onion cooked into the meat. Sometimes adding a little BBQ sauce of choice to the mix to taste.
But that is just my opinion. It is just how everyone grew up on this one.
I to this day have still never had a Maid Rite from the restaurant. I grew up calling sandwiches made by frying loose hamburger with onion, ketchup, and mustard mixed in a pan and cooked, maid rites. We never really called them sloppy joes. That was something I never heard except from people in school or as I moved on and met more people from other areas.
I never had canned sauce or manwich or anything like that until I was out of high school and it was gross. I have had plain loose hamburger like they make at maid rite, then added ketchup and mustard after it was cooked and on the bun, it was ok, but that is just a ground up hamburger to me, not really any different, not a maid rite or sloppy joe as I consider it, just a loose meat sandwich.
The easiest and best Maid Rite/Sloppy Joe to me is still just fried loose hamburger, with the ketchup, mustard and onion cooked into the meat. Sometimes adding a little BBQ sauce of choice to the mix to taste.
But that is just my opinion. It is just how everyone grew up on this one.
I grew up eating my Dad's cooking every once in awhile, and he'd use cream of celery. Wasn't half bad, and I still get a hankering for it every now and then.
Most maid rite stores have meh maid rite. If you want to taste good maid rites go to these shops who do them right and have for 80 plus years:
Dan's Sandwich Shop, Newton
Canteen, Ottumwa
I haven't been to Taylors, Marshalltown in years, but they were in the same league as the Canteen and Dan's.
There is absolutely no comparison to other "maid rite" shops.
For sloppy joes, the secret ingredient is sugar.
Dan's Sandwich Shop, Newton
Canteen, Ottumwa
I haven't been to Taylors, Marshalltown in years, but they were in the same league as the Canteen and Dan's.
There is absolutely no comparison to other "maid rite" shops.
For sloppy joes, the secret ingredient is sugar.
Can confirm. Everyone here calls it BBQ. My mom sometimes uses chili sauce instead of ketchup.
Exactly, I didn't even think there could be an argument otherwise.
I've been to a bunch of Des Moines Buccaneers game and I can vouch that Sioux City sucks.
I'm a mail carrier and was listening to this while out on my route. Forgot I was in public where people could see and hear me. Adamantly shook my head and said "No they're not" several times when CW said they're the same.
If the Miles Inn is on the east side by Morningside College, I know of what you speak. They were very good loose meat with no sauce ingredients. The meat was steamed and in a SS hooded tub right next to the draw beer at the bar. The meat kept moist due to the steaming. Delectable washed down with a draft.
