On Tue 24 Jun 2008 05:02:30a, George Shirley told us...

> isw wrote:
>> In article >, "cybercat"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> "Ken" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Anyone have a favorite creamed chipped beef (SOS) recipe?
>>> Ken, I just made a medium white sauce and add the beef, simmer for ten
>>> minutes and put on toast. White toast.
>>
>> That's how my mom did it; I use toasted split English muffins for a bit
>> more substance.
>>
>> Mom also used to do exactly the same thing, but with a can of tuna
>> substituted for the dried beef.
>>
>> Isaac
> Tuna gravy! I grew up on the stuff served over rice and fed it to my
> kids when money was tight. Old days it was one 6 ounce can of tuna
> (about a dime back then), one can of cream of mushroom soup (also a
> dime), maybe some onions or other items that would go good. Served over
> rice. We bought rice in 42 lb bags for about 3 bucks at a nearby rice
> drier and kept the bag in the kitchen. If my father was out on strike we
> lived on tuna gravy and rice and one of the 200 white Leghorn chickens
> my mother raised from chicks. Got them in the mail from somewhere. What
> a memory, I think I'll make tuna gravy and rice this week just for the
> memory.
>
> George
>

We used to have it on toast, sometimes with peas in it. Mom called it
creamed tuna on toast, what else? :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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