http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/61786/
I've only had goulash once. It was at a really nice restaurant about 4 years ago. This is the menu: http://www.cafechianti.com/menus/menu2010.pdf Scroll down to "Gypsy Goulash" under Lunch Specialties. It was SO GOOD! Having that as my only goulash experience, I was kind of surprised to read the answers to that question!
Goulash
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Dragon Lady
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Re: Goulash
My mom made goulash all the time. And it's just like Marguerite said… it's a hodgepodge of foods put together. Whatever leftovers we had, or whatever the garden was producing we'd put together for dinner. And it was always good. (Except during my major picky stages, but my mom can't be blamed for that.)
Re: Goulash
To me, it is macaroni, ground beef, spaghetti sauce, canned corn, and maybe some canned mushrooms. My dad made this dish all the time when he was in charge of dinner. It was pretty standardized, but he would sometimes adjust depending on what kind of pasta we had or if there were weird kinds of tomato-y type things in the fridge.
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Dragon Lady
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That was called Chuck Wagon Mac at my house and I hated it. (I was picky, I tell you). Except we never had mushrooms in it.ahem. wrote:To me, it is macaroni, ground beef, spaghetti sauce, canned corn, and maybe some canned mushrooms. My dad made this dish all the time when he was in charge of dinner. It was pretty standardized, but he would sometimes adjust depending on what kind of pasta we had or if there were weird kinds of tomato-y type things in the fridge.
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Hm, I'm not sure I've ever described something as "goulash" before. I occasionally throw whatever's on hand into a pot -- vegetables, leftover pizza sauce, pasta, etc., but I like to claim that it's minestrone. Sounds classier that way.
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vorpal blade
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Apparently everyone has a different idea about what "goulash" is. I had it many times in many different countries. But the most common form (at least in Europe) of goulash seems to be the dish NerdGirl had: "European style hot Hungarian beef stewed with tomatoes, sweet peppers and paprika, served with crisp spatzels." My dictionary says:
The Online Etymology Dictionary saysa Hungarian stew (=thick soup) made from meat and vegetables and hot red pepper.
Anyway, this kind of goulash is really good.1866, from Hungarian gulyáshús, from gulyás "herdsman" + hús "meat." In Hungarian, "beef or lamb soup made by herdsmen while pasturing."