CHOP SUEY HISTORY:
CHOP SUEY IS WIDELY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVENTED IN THE USA BY CHINESE AMERICAN COOKS WORKING ON THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IN THE 19TH CENTURY. DERIVED FROM THE WORD "TSEP SEUI"
(MISCELLANEOUS LEFTOVERS) ANOTHER MYTH IS THAT IN THE 1860s, A CHINESE COOK IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS FORCED TO SERVE SOMETHING TO DRUNKEN MINERS AFTER HOURS HE HAD NO FRESH FOOD. TO AVOID BEATING, THE COOKS THREW LEFTOVERS IN A WOK AND SERVE THE MINERS WHO LOVED IT AND ASKED WHAT DISH IT WAS AND HE REPLIED "TSEP SEUI" (THERE IS NO ACCURATE EVIDENCE TO ANY OF THESE STORIES)
