Goulash

[Mike Wooldridge]

When I was growing up, I often stayed with my aunt. She made goulash, which was elbow macaroni, a seasoned tomato sauce and browned ground beef. I've been craving that lately and was talking about it at work. One of my co-workers said that her family recipe added brown or "ranch-style" beans and corn. Any other recipes out there? :basic02
Mike

[Dave McClung]

When I was growing up, I often stayed with my aunt. She made goulash, which was elbow macaroni, a seasoned tomato sauce and browned ground beef. I've been craving that lately and was talking about it at work. One of my co-workers said that her family recipe added brown or "ranch-style" beans and corn. Any other recipes out there? :basic02
Mike

Is that the same thing as "ChiliMac"? I had the feeze dried version last week. It makes good trail food.

[Brad Mercer]

What my mother called goulash was what my wife's mother called "make-em-eat-it". It was just all the leftovers from the fridge thrown in a pot together with tomato sauce and some additional spices.

Brad

[Mike Wooldridge]

Is that the same thing as "ChiliMac"? I had the feeze dried version last week. It makes good trail food.

It's similar to ChiliMac but usually not as spicy. I never thought of eating it freeze dried, but that sounds good.
Mike

[Ian Gentles]

[QUOTE=Brad Mercer;100984]What my mother called goulash was what my wife's mother called "make-em-eat-it". It was just all the leftovers from the fridge thrown in a pot together with tomato sauce and some additional spices.

Brad[/QUOTE

Sounds great to me lol

[Glenda Harvey]

My mom used to make what she called Hungarian Goulash. Totally different than the Macaroni version with the tomatoe sauce. I used to love it as a kid but never got the recipe. Now whenever I see a recipe for Goulash it is the macaroni variety. Has anyone heard of Hungarian Goulash? I would love to get the recipe.

[Gina Stevenson]

My mom used to make what she called Hungarian Goulash. Totally different than the Macaroni version with the tomatoe sauce. I used to love it as a kid but never got the recipe. Now whenever I see a recipe for Goulash it is the macaroni variety. Has anyone heard of Hungarian Goulash? I would love to get the recipe.

When we had goulash here [how about "ghoulash" ... some varieties might seem quite "ghoulish" depending on the ingredients :basic05], it was about like someone else mentioned ... spiced tomatoes/sauce, ground beef, macaroni. Only here we had (while growing up) lots of celery, some onions, & green peppers added, too. Veggies are always nice added to something like this. Making me hungry thinking about it; haven't made it in "eons" myself.

'Seems Ma would call it "Hungarian goulash." Was it the American version we ate, or is goulash a basically "Hungarian" thing, anyway, to begin with? [this all reminded me that we had friends when a kid whose mother came from Hungary].

OK, found one here that says it's "authentic Hungarian ...." has potatoes in it, has dumplings rather than macaroni. 'Read another, BTW, that had it poured over noodles rather than having macaroni in it. Anyway, here's the link that says "authentic". Interesting ... no tomatoes, such as the American version seems to have, from reading this thread. Also, it says to serve with sour cream (yum! goes well with potatoes, which this has):

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/42/Authentic_Hungarian_Goulash48854.shtml

Here's another that sounds more my speed (no dumpling making ;)), and has garlic, mushrooms ... couple of my faves!

http://homecooking.about.com/od/beefrecipes/r/blbeef166.htm

Notice there are several that do not mention tomatoes, but yet do mention paprika. Wonder if the Americanized version came about (w/tomatoes) because it "sure looks like tomatoes in there!" due to much paprika making it red like tomatoes will? 'Just a curious tho't that needs no answer. :cool:

[Glenda Harvey]

When we had goulash here [how about "ghoulash" ... some varieties might seem quite "ghoulish" depending on the ingredients :basic05], it was aobut like someone else mentioned ... spiced tomatoes/sauce, ground beef, macaroni. Only here we had (while growing up) lots of celery, some onions, & green peppers added, too. Veggies are always nice added to something like this. Making me hungry thinking about it; haven't made it in "eons" myself.

'Seems Ma would call it "Hungarian goulash." Was it the American version we ate, or is goulash a basically "Hungarian" thing, anyway, to begin with? [this all reminded me that we had friends when a kid whose mother came from Hungary].

OK, found one here that says it's "authentic Hungarian ...." has potatoes in it, has dumplings rather than macaroni. 'Read another, BTW, that had it poured over noodles rather than having macaroni in it. Anyway, here's the link that says "authentic". Interesting ... no tomatoes, such as the American version seems to have, from reading this thread. Also, it says to serve with sour cream (yum! goes well with potatoes, which this has):

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/42/Authentic_Hungarian_Goulash48854.shtml

Here's another that sounds more my speed (no dumpling making ;)), and has garlic, mushrooms ... couple of my faves!

http://homecooking.about.com/od/beefrecipes/r/blbeef166.htm

Notice there are several that do not mention tomatoes, but yet do mention paprika. Wonder if the Americanized version came about (w/tomatoes) because it "sure looks like tomatoes in there!" due to much paprika making it red like tomatoes will? 'Just a curious tho't that needs no answer. :cool:

The one with the potatoes sounds like the one my mom used to make. It was like a stew. Thank you!

[Marsha Gupton]

when I make goulash its more like chili mac, but I was watching the food network and they were visiting diners and this guy fixed goulash so I tried it. hamburger meat ground and browned, 1 onion diced, 1 bell papper diced...cook all until meat is down and everything is tender. Add large can of crushed tomatoes. cook macaroni according to the directions on the box and stir into meat mixture. yum yum