wrote:
> Do any of you upper-middle-aged Korean War Jar-Heads remember if SOS
> was chipped beef on toast or ground beef on toast?????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipped_beef
http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...t+on+a+shingle
http://www.ichiban1.org/html/game_pages/sos.htm
http://www.usslittlerock.org/Navy_Re...l#Chipped_Beef
http://www.manmeetsstove.com/2010/09...7-shit-on.html
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipe...ast-1000000040

I rember that the meat used for SOS was either dried chipped beef or
hamburger, depending on whether or not proper refrigeration existed and the
availibility of hamburger. My guess would be that the original recipe would
call for the dried beef due to the sporadic nature of fresh meat supplies.
--
Dave
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."--------
----- Robert Heinlein