Could be, Mom and Dad were both from Wyoming and call it goulash...so it's not just a Southern thing, either.
I was raised in California and never heard of those either until I heard about them here on DC.I wish some other left coast folks would show up here.
I was raised out here and I'd love to know if I'm the only one who never had American Chop Suey, Johnny Marzetti, or "not Hungarian goulash".
Regional food differences are fascinating in this vast country.
Interesting thread Z !
I decided to do a quick Wiki search and found the following. There are specific differences among the three even though they are all variable.
American chop suey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Marzetti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American goulash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I would say Johnny Marzetti and goulash are more similar as they are both baked casseroles while ACS is a stovetop dish.
From the wiki article: "American chop suey is most prevalent in New England."
My ex was from New Hampshire, I wonder if he called it American Chop Suey... If so, he never said anything and ate plenty of goulash.
Same dish, regionally different names. Goulash in some places (often the south) and ACS in other places.
I'll don a hairnet Andy! I make it as a hotdish, but in our house I just call it macaroni and ground meat...even though my "macaroni" is never the elbow kind. And from the hunting around I found online it seems like New England and a few other states in the northeast call it ACS, the midwest tends to call it Johnny Marzetti, and the rest of the country calls it goulash or chili mac.How many of you guys make this dish? Am I the only budding cafeteria lady here?
I noticed the New England reference. We stand alone.
I noticed the New England reference. We stand alone.
So this is all your fault?!
...but we call it "chili mac" now, since that seems to be the Minnesota variation. Oddly, chili mac seems to have nothing to do with chili here...
Blame it on the region not the messenger.
I do, but people tend to judge you by the company you keep.