I'm springing this on my hapless floorguests tonight.

The recipe itself doesn't sound so bad, but I have to say that hamburger meat should never be boiled. Ugh.

Agreed, but I do rinse mine quickly under very hot water. The fat and the water tend to rinse each other away.

I am definitely trying this.

I'm kinda surprised that I didn't find a Southern version of this, BP, but virtually every reference to it cites San Francisco. One interesting variation was to use it (with breadcrumbs) as the filling in a very Celtic-like pie.

btw, by bravery I meant in serving it not in its preparation. It could look somewhat bizarre.

Doesn't look so bad. Everything's better with Miracle Whip.

Delete the hamburger, add equivalent weight of bacon, and you've got one version of a Florentine omelet. I usually add 1/2 pkg. of Neufatchel cheese, or sometimes ricotta, instead of parmesan, and I delete the Tabasco sauce in favor of creamy horseradish. I make the bacon/onion/spinach filling in one skillet, get the eggs going in an omelet pan, add the cheese to omelet after flipping, cover with the filling.

A tiny bit more effort, but it solves the appearance issue entirely.

I'd cook that. I love things that look like hell and taste like heaven.

I had it all the time growing up...the deluxe version at the SF restaurant adds mushrooms. Dumping Miracle Whip on it would be sacrilege. I never had American chop suey (yeah, I know, rendundant) until my freshman year in MA.

Over eggs with cheese this is Joe's Scramble which I've seen at a few restaurants.