From the recipe archive, a warm dish for a chilly day! ~Elise

Just hearing the words “sloppy joe” from my mother used to send us kids into a tizzy. There was something wonderfully fun about getting to eat a burger/sandwich that was messy by design. I’ve been waiting to make this when my nephew was in town because sloppy joes really are a quintessential kid food. Well the kid is here, and after he explained to me that he didn’t like tomatoes with his hamburger and he wanted his onions on top, and I explained to him that sloppy joes are made with the onions mixed in with the beef, and he eats spaghetti so what’s wrong with tomatoes, anyway?, he relented. And when called to dinner he ate the whole thing (with high praise), even though he had been making and eating s’mores all day. (Wouldn’t touch the coleslaw though. Kids. Lest you think we are the ones feeding him s’mores, he knows how to make them himself and sneaks into the kitchen when we aren’t looking.)

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