Chip beef gravy mmm...good

[SmokewagonSD]

I hadn't even thought about chip beef gravy for years. I took the wife to breakfast at one of the better restaurants in the area and there on the buffet...chip beef gravy and fresh biscuits. Man was it good. I ate a bunch, put it on the hash too, and the potatoes, basically everything except the eggs.
Isn't it amazing that it's the little things that can make your day.

 

[roundgunner]

We had chip beef for dinner as a kid. I love it. The Navy did it for breakfast but I still like it best for dinner.

 

[carpriver]

When I was in the Air Force the best way to tell if the mess hall was going to be good was to eat breakfast the first day you got on base. If the SOS (chip beef) was good you could figure the rest of the food would be good. I like my SOS on toast with two over easy eggs and hot sauce. I spent a lot of my time at SAC base. SAC had the best food at all four meals.

 

[Frank46]

When on my ship they used to serve SOS for breakfast and lunch. Not many takers. Spent almost the whole westpac cruise dining on hamburgers,hot dogs and mystery meat. Reason being what with the full airwing, we had almost 5000 on board. We'd stand in the mess line for an hour and never had the chance to eat cause of so many people. Then they opened the forward mess decks with limited facilities and menu choices. Just about the whole engineering dept ate there during that time. After we came back home more than a few of us were glad to see the airwing leave. Frank

 

[STCM(SW)]

SOS????
Just couldn't get myself to try eather the creamed or red...
Chiefs have there own mess, I liked that!
They have that in the Goat locker on Subs?

 

[boatme99]

A good winter breakfast. It's getting time to have some more.

Creamed chipped beef is just that. Very thinly sliced dried beef in a white sauce.
SOS is ground beef in a white sauce.

Why isn't sausage gravy called SOS? I don't know. It looks the same.

 

[litenlarry]

I recently found a product from Stouffers, it is the frozen food section ..Chipped beef and sauce, great over toast and hash browns..I try and keep at least 4 containers of it in my freezer for unexpected people stopping by for coffee and breakfast..

 

[islamoradamark]

man i havent had that in years i always liked it if it was real good i dont remember seeing it on the menu lately gonna have to look around brings back fun eating times

 

[soFlaNative]

My wife and I started off together living in a trailer (not as nice as a mobile home) and twice a week had a product called BoilaBag, chipped chicken or beef, over rice and was grateful to have it.

Thirty some years later if I buy beef in a jar I'll be making spinach dip.

 

[diamonback68]

I recently found a product from Stouffers, it is the frozen food section ..Chipped beef and sauce, great over toast and hash browns..I try and keep at least 4 containers of it in my freezer for unexpected people stopping by for coffee and breakfast..

I found that Stouffer's too. Not quite as good as I can make because I sauted my chipped beef in real butter to make the roux, but it's a pretty nifty and cheap enough substitute to have around as you said.

 

[7shooter]

My Dad was a WWII Armed Guard Navy vet and he loved the stuff as do I. There is one rural restaurant in my area that serves it but only for breakfast. Every time I go there I order it and try to get the cook to add grits to the menu.

No success so far.

 

[Big Fred]

There's a local breakfast buffet that has it. I love in on the home fries.

 

[Calaveras Slim]

The Army menu consists of hamburger in white gravy. Well maybe sausage in white gravy.

Down here in south Texas, a staple is "Sausage, Gravy and Biscuits". Pioneer Flour makes the best white gravy mix on the market. Make it in a small stewer, grill some ground sausage in a skillet, pour the white gravy over the sausage, ladle over toast, top with hot sauce and your in for a treat.

Some time when I feel like it, I'll hit Bill Millers for a qt. of their white gravy.

YUM YUM

 

[jarhead1178]

SOS????
Just couldn't get myself to try eather the creamed or red...
Chiefs have there own mess, I liked that!
They have that in the Goat locker on Subs?

Both good, like the red best. Funny when I was on active duty I wasn't a big fan but as I got older I really acquired a taste for it. Maybe nostalgia.

 

[smokey04]

After twenty three years in the Army, I have Army and Marine Corps recipes, and probably some *******ized mixes from God knows where. I Commanded four Troop/Company sized units and, in every case my Mess Steward made SOS with hamburger. when I questioned one he proved to me that when made with chipped beef, the troops didn't like it enough to use up the portion the mess hall made. Google SOS for the Marine Commandants preferred recipe. Man, That's so good it'll make your tongue slap the roof out of your mouth!!! Eat hearty boys then take the Missus out and VOTE! Nick

 

[just jim]

The Army menu consists of hamburger in white gravy. Well maybe sausage in white gravy.

Down here in south Texas, a staple is "Sausage, Gravy and Biscuits". Pioneer Flour makes the best white gravy mix on the market. Make it in a small stewer, grill some ground sausage in a skillet, pour the white gravy over the sausage, ladle over toast, top with hot sauce and your in for a treat.

Some time when I feel like it, I'll hit Bill Millers for a qt. of their white gravy.

YUM YUM

Ain't nuttin like southern style biscuits and gravy . MMMMM good. I made some yesterday for my daughter.

 

[Brian41]

I did shift work in the service and midnight chow was best with SOS and an omelet if you were lucky and they made them. I ate mostly in Army chow halls but preferred the AF ones myself.
I get the hankering for SOS at times and use beef burger or venison and use the AF recipe for it. My wife likes it too and she never served.

 

[shouldazagged]

My late brother, when we were around our slightly prim mother, would refer to SOS as "superb on a shingle". Dad would just grin.

I love both versions, but prefer the chipped beef variety.

My late wife used to make a great hot beef dip using chipped beef, cream cheese, sour cream, etc., etc. It was always a hit at parties and pot-lucks. I need to dig out that recipe.

 

[the ringo kid]

My Dad made it at least once a week when we all were still yonkers. It was his favorite meal in the Army Air Corps/USAF--and was my favorite meal as a kid.

As a side note--I made a bunch of Sausages in a Roll just yesterday-in prep for having food for my pollworkers and I to snack on for Tuesday. I use Johnsonville Chedder-Cheese sausages and cut them up equal sizes--roll in dough--using the Croissant type dough. I cook them for 16 minutes--three more than time allotted--and mind come out perfect. Drooling now over the thought of having some when i get back home. I do say--that this is one meal I can brag about. )

 

[litenlarry]

My Dad made it at least once a week when we all were still yonkers. It was his favorite meal in the Army Air Corps/USAF--and was my favorite meal as a kid.

As a side note--I made a bunch of Sausages in a Roll just yesterday-in prep for having food for my pollworkers and I to snack on for Tuesday. I use Johnsonville Chedder-Cheese sausages and cut them up equal sizes--roll in dough--using the Croissant type dough. I cook them for 16 minutes--three more than time allotted--and mind come out perfect. Drooling now over the thought of having some when i get back home. I do say--that this is one meal I can brag about. )

Man, you are making me hungry !!..
Sounds about as good as fresh hog brains fried with scrambled eggs , gravy on the top, with home rolled biscuit's on the side, fresh churned butter and home made molasses ( circa 1955)