Recipe - Joes Special

2 pound Lean ground beef; crumbled
2 tablespoon Olive oil
2 md Onions; chopped
2 Cloves garlic; minced or
mashed
One half pound Sliced fresh mushrooms
1 One fourth teaspoon Salt; or to taste
One fourth teaspoon Ground nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Ground black pepper
One fourth teaspoon Dried oregano
1 pack (10 oz) frozen chopped
spinach* thawed and, well
drained
4 lg Eggs**; (up to 6)
Ketchup; for accompaniment

*or, One half pound fresh spinach, washed, drained and chopped (about 4 cups).

**or the equivalent in Egg Beaters® egg substitute.

Brown ground beef well in oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add
onions, garlic and mushrooms; reduce heat and continue cooking, stirring
occasionally, until onion is soft. Stir in seasonings and spinach,
separating spinach so that it is fairly evenly distributed throughout the
mixture; cook for about 5 minutes longer. Add eggs; stir mixture over low
heat just until eggs begin to set. Mound on individual plates. Pass ketchup
to put on top.

NOTES : No one is quite sure of the origin of the onedish meal called
"Joe's Special." A staple of Original Joe's and several other San Francisco
restaurants, it has been popular in that city for at least 3 generations.

Recipe by: Adapted from Sunset Cookbook of Favorite Recipes Posted to
MCRecipe Digest V1 #769 by Crane Walden cranew@foothill.net on Sep 2,
1997