recipe help needed!

[Mrs. Bradbury]

When I was younger, I ate supper at someone's house and they served this kind-of cheeseburger thing - I know it was browned ground beef (like for chili - not in patties), and some kind of yellow cheese melted in with it, and spooned onto hamburger buns. It was delicious, but I wasn't old enough to cook at the time and didn't ask for the recipe. It didn't look like melted cheddar cheese, so it may have been American or Velveeta - isn't that American cheese in block form? I'm sure there is more to it than just this, and I'm stumped on the kind of cheese that may have been used as well as spices and anything else. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Thanks for your help! I've been looking for years and it just occurred to me to ask you guys.

 

[onenursebrandy]

Sounds like what you had were Cheeseburger Jo's...(or white trash burgers depending on where you're from) We make them with ground beef (and sausage if you want a little kick), onion soup mix, plenty of pepper, and cubed processed American cheese (velveeta, or government cheese, again depending on where you're from).

Cook the meat with plenty of pepper, drain, add soup mix and cheese. Heat through till cheese is bubbly. Serve on buns.
I have had it where the meat was cooked with diced onions, and soup mix was omitted....but I don't usually make it that way.

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

Oh yay! This sounds like the thing! Thanks so much, I'll report back when I've made it.

 

[dbogen]

When I was younger, I ate supper at someone's house and they served this kind-of cheeseburger thing - I know it was browned ground beef (like for chili - not in patties), and some kind of yellow cheese melted in with it, and spooned onto hamburger buns. It was delicious, but I wasn't old enough to cook at the time and didn't ask for the recipe. It didn't look like melted cheddar cheese, so it may have been American or Velveeta - isn't that American cheese in block form? I'm sure there is more to it than just this, and I'm stumped on the kind of cheese that may have been used as well as spices and anything else. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Thanks for your help! I've been looking for years and it just occurred to me to ask you guys.

To me it sounds like "pizza burgers" open faced sandwiches made with sloppy Joe mix and topped with a slice of american cheese. I am not sure how old you are, but they were a staple on the hot lunch menu in the 70's. Every now and then I will make them, brings back memories.

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

To me it sounds like "pizza burgers" open faced sandwiches made with sloppy Joe mix and topped with a slice of american cheese. I am not sure how old you are, but they were a staple on the hot lunch menu in the 70's. Every now and then I will make them, brings back memories.

That sounds yummy, but this particular filling was not tomato-y. I do love sloppy joes though, and grew up in the 70s, although our lunch room never offered them with cheese. We had a terrible lunch program across the whole school system!

 

[dfchelbay]

When I was younger, I ate supper at someone's house and they served this kind-of cheeseburger thing - I know it was browned ground beef (like for chili - not in patties), and some kind of yellow cheese melted in with it, and spooned onto hamburger buns. It was delicious, but I wasn't old enough to cook at the time and didn't ask for the recipe. It didn't look like melted cheddar cheese, so it may have been American or Velveeta - isn't that American cheese in block form? I'm sure there is more to it than just this, and I'm stumped on the kind of cheese that may have been used as well as spices and anything else. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Thanks for your help! I've been looking for years and it just occurred to me to ask you guys.

I have a quick throw together meal that is sort of like this if you want to try it sometime. Brown ground beef (1-2 lb). I use garlic powder when browning it. When it's browned, throw in a can of chicken gumbo soup & cook it all up, adding mustard (as much or as little as you want) and warm it all together. Serve it on hamburger buns. These are what we call sloppy joes. We've never had the tomato type...not even when I was a kid lol

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

I have a quick throw together meal that is sort of like this if you want to try it sometime. Brown ground beef (1-2 lb). I use garlic powder when browning it. When it's browned, throw in a can of chicken gumbo soup & cook it all up, adding mustard (as much or as little as you want) and warm it all together. Serve it on hamburger buns. These are what we call sloppy joes. We've never had the tomato type...not even when I was a kid lol

That's the kind of sloppy joes my MIL makes! Or made - now that they have an empty nest I doubt they're eating sloppy joes anymore, lol. I suspect she had a bunch of non-tomato eaters. We enjoy this recipe too, thanks!