Re: SOS (WAS: Re: Product Recall: for any of you in the US who eat canned tuna)

Jill McQuown wrote:

On 2/15/2025 2:45 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-02-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
 

I remember my mother making it (using dried chipped beef) when I
was a child.  My father loved SOS.  As a 6 year old, I didn't.
Stouffer's actually makes a decent frozen version of it (called
Creamed Chipped Beef, not SOS).  When I told my mother she could
buy it frozen she was thrilled she didn't have to make it from
scratch.  Not that it is complicated, she simply didn't enjoy
cooking.

 
 
I used to love SOS. I used Armour chipped beef. Then it went away
where I shop. I have used beef sandwich meat. That's not bad either.
Put cream of any meat on toast, and it's not bad. Thanks, Pastorio!
I grew up with creamed, canned shrimp on toast. Don't hate it until
you've tried it. :) Oh...buttered toast!
 
leo

 
Hat's off to Bob Pastorio for his "cream of anything" (although it
was more specifically geared towards cream soups).  RIP, Bob.
 
I won't knock your having to use canned shrimp because you live in a
landlocked area.  There is a recipe I got from a local restaurant in
SC that calls for small fresh shelled shrimp & ground pork breakfast
sausage, served in a cream sauce, spooned over hot biscuits.
Delicious!
 
Jill

Sounds it!

Now, I'm used to several types of SOS.  Carriers and AMPHIBs have
Marines and sometimes (Rare but happened one deplotment to me) have
Army.

The 'contingent' or 'embarkable troops' bring their own cooks with
them.  The nifty thing for the others is getting to see and work with a
Navy galley at sea.  I take it ours are a HUGE step up from what you
can do with a field kitchen (AKA Visions of MASH).  It's not their
fault, they have significantly less to work with.

SOS isn't just creamed 'S' on toast or a biscuit (Navy style tends to
biscuit but they also do toast sometimes.).  Chipped beef is always
preferred but what was once a necessity due to long storage, on a Navy
ship is less so as they have lots of refers (refridgerators) to hold
frozen or defrosted meats.  Chipped beef is less common now due to
expense.  You are more likely to get ground beef or sausage.  My
impression is that the Marine one had a tomato based sauce (not
creaamed) and Navy was cream (or evaporated milk).  Both are equally
popular believe it or not.

You can tell if the chow will be good by trying the tomato based SOS.
If it's just tomato sauce and beef (ick) then it will be bad.  However
others use diced tomatoes and lots of spices and it can be good indeed!