My mother made this, called it goulash, used rice instead of pasta. We loved it.

I agree with Gary (CA) below. We call this America Chop Suey in the MA/RI region where I grew up and still make it. I had never heard of Slumgullion.

My mom made this for my son when he was in college, she'd prepare a HUGE panful of this stuff, we called it goulash and she used spaghetti or fettuccine broken in 2 or 3 sections, she'd throw in the canned tomatoes, some peppers if she had them, maybe some tomato paste, you get the idea, but it was delish, I still make it for him today, though he's 51 years old now! But it was fun to see our recipe and see what it's called in other parts of the country! No matter the name it's quick and it's great and it's good and you can also make with ground turkey OR try it with the veggie stuff that comes in frozen package that looks like ground beef or turkey you cant tell difference once it cooks up with all this stuff...

My wife informed me of the name for this American recipe....my mother always added peas (much to my sister's chagrin) and we always referred to it as "Pea Dish".

You're getting old fashioned recipes because it was a cheap way to fill lots of bellies. I use crushed tomatoes, onion, green pepper, garlic, basil, Italian seasoning, beef broth. Simmer slowly and add the macaroni as you serve it. Otherwise, the next day if any is left, the macaroni is mushy and overcooked. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over top when serving individually.

Grew up in Tx and live in Ms now. Have never heard of this but I am definitely going to try it Great stories about the recipe memories

Used to fix this on an outdoor wood stove on MANY Boy Scout camping trips. Used shell roni and cleaning up the pot was always murder, but we loved it.

We too called it goulash. My husband liked the grease left in the pan and nicknamed it "greasy goulash". Always served with white bread and butter.

This was known as "German goulash" when I was growing up and served often. When I was stationed on a ship in the USCG it was on the menu as "American chop suey". I always thought they named it wrong and it was never as good as German goulash! I still make it.

To slumgullion!! I've eaten slumgullion ALL MY LIFE!!! I never new anyone else did!!!! I'll bet you're a fellow Pennsylvanian!!!

Mother used to make it for all 9 of us, but she called it squealey growl because she made it when our stomachs growled and it made us squeal with joy, what a great memory!

My dad grew up in Kentucky and always talked about slumgullion. I knew it was some kind of meat and vegetable mixture, but I have never seen a recipe for it. So glad to happen on to this dish. I will make it very soon to honor my dad's memory. Thanks!

My mom used to make this all the time when I was growing up. She would add the roll of ground pork sausage that she crumbled up in to the boiling water to cook with diced potatoes, onion, celery, bell pepper, diced tomatoes, tomato juice and elbow macaroni. It was very good cause she loved spices.

Being Italian we called it Pasta with meatballs or sausage and ground beef, good no matter what we want to call it...

This is also - much loved in the state of West Virginia.. For large families - it is also wonderful survival food. Like most IF there were leftovers - anything/everything was added to this. This will be on my table today for sure. Thanks for bringing back my childhood mountain top memories.