Sloppy Joes

Sloppy Joes (for 50 people)

This is Aunt Julie Eberhard's recipe - I made it for Sunday Dinner Jan. 20 when Jill spoke in Church before leaving on her mission to Norway.  I did several little changes and I don't think I can remember them all.  I used 7 lbs of Hamburger and 2 large (26oz) cans of tomato soup.  I used a little molasses instead of brown sugar.  I used dehydrated onions, not too heavy because Hiram doesn't care for them.  I was careful with the salt because I figured there was salt in the soup and the ketchup too.  I added the water (and probably more than 1/2 cup) as I was browning the meat, to keep it from burning, because I was working with frozen hamburger.  It is homegrown and pretty lean, so I didn't drain it.  When the day was over the meat was all gone, I know lot's of people had more than one serving, but I don't think there were more than 50 people.

5 lbs ground beef
1 T salt or less 
1/2 cup catsup
5 cups condensed tomato soup
1/2 c brown sugar
5 onions
1 tsp pepper
3 T mustard
1/2 c water

Brown meat, drain, add other ingredients, simmer 1/2 hour, stir often.