Nancy2 wrote:

> Chipped dried beef and SOS are two different dishes. The military is
> famous for SOS which is ground beef, browned and then added to the
> white gravy. Chipped (diced) dried beef is completely different
> because it uses thinly-sliced dried beef, not ground beef. Duh.

My dad was in the military, and says that they're both SOS. SOS,
according to him, is any gloppy garbage thrown on bread or toast. Most
of the time, he said, it was chipped beef, but sometimes it was as you
describe.

Serene