"l, not -l" > wrote in message
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>
> On 24-Jul-2011, George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen chipped beef for
>> sale in the stores in years now.
>
> Look in the grocery aisle with Spam and other canned meats; look for
> Armour
> or Hormel brand of Sliced Dried Beef,
>
> I always have a jar in my pantry 'cause sometimes creamed chipped beef on
> something (biscuit, toast, poured over scrambled eggs, etc) is just what
> the
> day needs to get off to a good start. I buy it in the little jars that
> can
> be reused as juice glasses, not the vacuum foil pack; of course, I have
> way
> too many of the little glasses cluttering up the cabinets.
>
> Soaking in a water bath for half-an-hour or so pulls the saltiness down to
> a
> reasonable level.

When I was a kid, Welch's jelly came in jars that could be reused as juice
glasses. We had tons!