Sloppy Joes saved the day!

We hosted a barbecue, but it was in some else's house. It was for a bunch of families, lots of kids and my husband went shopping. We fired up the grill, put on some wings and some hot dogs. Then we went to put on burgers. Uhoh. Husband bought "motzer basar tachun" which is ground beef mixed with soy protein. It does not make good burgers. We had 4 or 5 kilos of the stuff. We added eggs and breadcrumbs. It just melted into the grill. Not good. We were despairing that we would not have enough food. And then what would we do with 4-5 kilos of ground meat product? All of a sudden I had a great thought! Sloppy joes!. All I needed was a few things, and it was eaten up! Everyone thought it was really good. It was like a crazy adventure, I was rushing to finish and everyone who walked into the kitchen just stared. The people whose house we were at were really great. We were having a barbecue so understandably they expected everyone to be outside, and did not expect anyone cooking! But it turned out fine. The more Israelified (all the adults were English speakers/ Americans)and some of the kids did not know what sloppy joes were or how to eat them- but they learned, and liked it.

My recipe:
1 green pepper, cut small
1 or more onions, cut small
some garlic
fry the onions (garlic) and peppers. Put on the side
Brown the ground beef.
Add to the onions and peppers- tomato paste (resek agvaniyot, agvaniyot meruseket will work too but I like the consistency with paste better), some vinegar, black pepper, garlic powder if you didn't put in fresh garlic, some brown sugar and cook. Then add the meat.

I know, I am not too good at writing recipes, but that is how I make it. I serve it on regular (Berman's, the yummiest) sliced bread, and roll each piece in half to hold the sauce. If you have hamburger buns (you are lucky!) use those.

Enjoy