At in-laws eating goulash. I was warned ahead of time that "goulash" was not what I might imagine, but rather a local speciality involving peas, potatoes, and hamburger cooked with broken spaghetti in tomato juice. Big rifts between those who use broken spaghetti and those who use macaroni! Also between those who like it "watery" (like soup) and those who like it "thick".
I didn't realize there were different camps on goulash making! We always had it thick and with macaroni. :) I bet I wouldn't be able to get my kids to eat it, although I always enjoyed it when my mother made it!
Not the goulash I have had. This looks more like what we called American chop suey. The goulash I am familiar with is Hungarian goulash. Funny how similar recipes have different names around the world and the US
I'll never forget the first time I had dinner at the DelBuonos. When Mrs. D asked me if I wanted "gravy" on my spaghetti I thought she was crazy! Then I found out she was talking about "spaghetti sauce" and I was never allowed to call it that in her house again! (o: Isn't it funny how different regions and different people groups develop names for things?
