GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
You, my friend, are most fortunate!Not a familiar dish in our neck of the woods.
Why bacon is the most important food that has ever existed... (3 Viewers)
at6
1st Sergeant
I'll have you know that it is Heaven on a plate.Now, if we're talking "chipped beef gravy" on toast (aka sh*t on a shingle), you'll have no argument from me!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
MiTasol
Major
Do you have no taste buds?
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
A co-worker of mine had been a B-52 simulator tech when he was in the Air Force. He mentioned that at one base he was stationed at the C.O. really liked Creamed Chip Beef on Toast. My friend said that was the only place on Earth where one could eat truly delicious SOS.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Having never tasted it and living on the other side of either the Atlantic (little pond) and then the Pacific (big pond) i've never come across it. Looking at it on Google it looks like a big splodgy mess.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
It was fairly common in the U.S. military's mess hall back in the day.Having never tasted it and living on the other side of either the Atlantic (little pond) and then the Pacific (big pond) i've never come across it. Looking at it on Google it looks like a big splodgy mess.
The recipe had a little variation between the Army and the Navy (as well as the Marines) but there were two distinct types: Chipped Beef Gravy and Hamburger Gravy.
I'll include the recipes for both.
Army SOS Creamed Ground Beef
In the Army, this ground beef dish flavored with Worcestershire sauce is traditionally served on toast, but it also goes well over egg noodles. Add sauteed onions, mushrooms, or bell peppers to vary the taste.
Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast
Chipped beef is a classic military dish made with dried beef in a thick and creamy white sauce seasoned with cayenne pepper that's served over toast.
My Dad was Army, so we used to have SoS for dinner every so often, but he preferred the Chipped Beef version.
*addendum*
As many of you know, my Stepdad was a former Marine and would have absolutely nothing to do with SoS of any kind, so I can safely say I haven't had SoS since the mid-70's.
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MiTasol
Major
Sometimes what you see in messes turns your stumoch.
I remember one Warrant Officer who poured masses of tomato sauce on everything - including ice cream. I always went late in the hope that she was early
I remember one Warrant Officer who poured masses of tomato sauce on everything - including ice cream. I always went late in the hope that she was early
Vic Balshaw
Major General
When I was in training we were practicing a silent order drill routine and were dressed in our best blues. Breaking from the drill for lunch one of the guys at the next table behind me gave the tomato sauce a good shake, the lid came of and yours truly copped a good dosing of ketchup all over my best uniform. The drill Sgt was not much pleased in my new camouflaged blues.
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Tend to agree. Bacon has a flavour all of it's own, it needs nothing to enhance it.
MiTasol
Major
A fig filled with salted cream cheese and part wrapped in bacon before cooking. The fig needs to be ripe. The recipe calls for one layer of thin bacon but needs multiple layers of bacon as far as I am concerned. If the fig is ripe it is yummy, if only looks ripe not so
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Ripe fig's slightly quartered and stuffed with blur cheese and then grilled. Yum. NO bacon needed.
MiTasol
Major
NO BACON
That is sacrilege
Go wash you mouth out right now
That is sacrilege
Go wash you mouth out right now
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Na! I'll just go cook me a rasher or two and have a nice greasy flavorsome bacon butty.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
For dinner I had a BLT with both cheddar and swiss. Duke's mayo and ground-pepper for condiments.
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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'Scuse me while take a wee trip to the freezer .... Bacon: the most compelling evidence for the existence of a benevolent higher power.......
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
A well-stocked household always has bacon in the freezer.
