Funny story.
Our family always had a penchant for family recipes. One such recipe was for a dish such as this, except add a can of Cream of Mushroom Soup, some Water Chestnuts, sour cream, and celery and finely diced onion into the mix.
We called it Sally McGundy, though we all thought it was an Italian dish spelled Salimagundi.
We all took the recipe to college and college friends also liked the dish from 3 different brothers over the years.
One Xmas holiday, we had a family reunion with Grandmother before she passed. We decided we would cook the favorite family recipe and asked Grandmother if it tasted the same way she had made it.
She seemed a little surprised and taken back, asking again what we called it. after a few minutes she remarked, “That’s funny, that’s what we used to call leftovers so your Mom wouldn’t mind eating them back in the 30s.”
The 3 brothers never felt the same, but still have a little chuckle over it.
“That’s funny, that’s what we used to call leftovers” LOL