I stumbled upon this recipe while Mom and I were cooking for my grandparents this past weekend. Every Sunday we cook for them (my dad's parents) because Grandma had a stroke and can no longer cook. They requested sloppy joes...but they don't like Manwich. I first had to get over my astonishment at the fact that there are people on this Earth that don't like Manwich. That's THE way to make sloppy joes as far as I'm concerned. I set off to find a non-Manwich sloppy joe recipe. I managed to find the one that follows. Please notice the bolded part of the instructions.

Non-Manwich Sloppy Joes

1 lb. lean ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
1 c. ketchup
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 t. ground mustard (I used regular mustard)
1/8 t. pepper
6 hamburger buns, split (don't they come split in the pkg?)

Cook beef and onion in skillet over medium heat 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in remaining ingredients except buns. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 10-15 minutes. Fill buns with beef mixture.

Now let's look at that bolded part of the instructions one more time...Stir in remaining ingredients except buns, huh? I tried to think of one person that I know that would be stupid enough to read this recipe and stir in the buns. Who in the world would read that and go, "Oh, that's strange...I usually have my sloppy joes on the bun...but this recipe doesn't specify...does that mean I mix in the buns, too? What a conundrum." The end result (after I finished ranting about how stupid it was that they had to specify not to mix in the buns) was yummy...if you don't like Manwich or would like to try a different way to make sloppy joes, I'd recommend it...but I'm still a Manwich girl.