On 5/5/2010 12:01 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>>
>> U.S. Navy, 1957-1963, SOS only was made with dried beef that was
>> chipped, put in a cream gravy, and served over toast.
>
> US Navy 1978-1984 all at air stations. SOS was only made with ground
> beef. One deployment was at a USAF station in Japan where it was over
> biskets.

I had never realized until now that the USN had a dried beef famine at
that time. <G> I don't think I would have liked creamed ground beef.
>
> Where I to make it myself I'd use chipped beef, a cream based gravy,
> over a wheat-free toast. I haven't made it in over a decade. I like it
> with boiled eggs diced in but I don't remember it that way while I was
> in the military.