I grew up in the Midwest in the ’60s eating various and assorted “loose-meat” sandwiches, mainly homemade Maid-Rite Sandwiches (this recipe is not the classic version), actual Maid Rites, and Tavern Burgers. I never heard the word, Sloppy Joe, until I was an adult and moved away, and then no one seemed to know what a Maid-Rite was!
This is the old family, Church Cookbook recipe for the Maid-Rite made with Campbell’s Chicken Gumbo Soup.