In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Phred" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article 1>, "Michael
> > \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > wrote:
> >>"angel" >
> roups.com:
> >>
> >>> 2 slices of white bread toast
> >>> one cup of creamed chip beef
> >
> > This term "creamed chip beef' is new to me, so I did a bit of
> > googling. Is this something like what you are referring to:
> >
> > <http://beef.allrecipes.com/az/CrmdChippdBfnTst.asp> ?
>
> According to my father, this dish was the driving force behind our Naval
> victories in the Pacific during WWII. Guys on his ship were prepared to do
> ANYTHING, if it meant ending the war sooner, so they never had to eat the
> stuff again.


The AF version wasn't so bad, according to my DH. He said that the guys
coming off night guard duty would try to scare up extra meal chits for
it when they came off the shift. :-) He remembers it fondly.
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 7-19-2006, Visit to our Country
Estate
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."