Looks good!

I'd like to offer up this sausage variation, served as a dip with tortilla chips, or over bisquits or toast.

Ingredients:

One 'roll' of Jimmy Dean Sausage
Two packages of cream cheese
One can of Rotel tomatoes with green chiles
One small can of diced green chiles (your choice of 'heat')

1. Brown sausage and drain as necessary
2. Add cream cheese and stir/blend until melted together
3. Add cans of Rotel and chiles, with the liquid in the cans
4. Stir everything together and simmer until the yumminess is all cooked together and looks about 'right'
5. Serve hot
6. ENJOY!!
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Hamburger????

I love creamed chipped beef. I use the buddig sliced beef in the prepackaged lunchmeat/hotdogs section. I use my grandma's recipe and put it on english muffins.

Without fail, they would always serve that every morning of pulling away from the pier.

I learned to skip that as I always got sick. When I didn't eat it, I was fine.

I loved the stuff when I was in the Army. It was offered at breakfast and you put it on biscuits or toast. If there was any left over than it was offered for lunch and I'd put it on mashed spuds. The cooks never put enough pepper in it so I would add a bunch. Yum, yum.
I've had the Stouffers and it's good but over priced. I'll have to start making it from scratch now that I'm hungry for it.

Jim

It was a staple during my illustrious USAF career.
And they managed to ruin it for me. Did not taste or appear anything like the hillbilly version my relatives made.

There's always a box of Stouffers in my freezer. My wife is baffled that I'd eat that, it's right up there with Hormel Chile on her list.

For those that can not find chipped dried beef, substitute about 3 oz. of plain or peppered beef jerky finely chopped. Add a little extra liquid and simmer a few minutes more.

SOS was a staple in the Navy especially at Midrats and I ate it often. Good "stick to your ribs" fair that would see you through most of the night shift. I recall several different versions one which was some sort of red sauce which wasn't my favorite.

We used to make it at home for dinner a couple of times a month when our kids were young. They loved the stuff and it was quick and easy to prepare. Need to revisit this.

My father used to prepare SOS using chipped beef with a dash of nutmeg. I used to enjoy it.

As a teenager, I worked in the Army chow hall at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart Germany. One of my daily tasks was to clean the giant stainless steel, floor mounted steam kettle used to prepare the SOS. I needed a stepladder to lean over into the kettle and reach the bottom. For about 30 minutes every day, I literally lived, breathed and sweated nothing but SOS. Sadly, I lost my taste for it.

Being a Navy brat, my mom made this often (along with tuna casserole). I enjoy it. It is a simple, stick to your ribs type of meal.

Haven't seen it suggested yet, but my mom would vary it slightly, by adding peas. You have to use frozen or fresh peas, the canned ones will make your already mushy SOS even mushier .

Okay. Since you guys keep citing Stouffers frozen SOS as being worthy and since it has been years since I tried it, I picked up a few at the grocery this morning. They were $2.99 each 11 oz package. We'll see....

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Originally posted by bald1:
Okay. Since you guys keep citing Stouffers frozen SOS as being worthy and since it has been years since I tried it, I picked up a few at the grocery this morning. They were $2.99 each but today was a 10% discount for military active and retired. We'll see....

You'll need to add pepper or some other seasoning you like, otherwise it's a little bland in my opinion. Outside of that I think it's pretty good.

Jim

quote:

Originally posted by bald1:
Okay. Since you guys keep citing Stouffers frozen SOS as being worthy and since it has been years since I tried it, I picked up a few at the grocery this morning. They were $2.99 each 11 oz package. We'll see....

It's a little pricey, but the portion is generous, enough to cover 2 hard boiled eggs and 2 slices of toast.

Hard boiled eggs?

Never ever recall SOS like that.

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And yeah Jim, intend to use pepper and whatever else that may help things along.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by bald1:
Okay. Since you guys keep citing Stouffers frozen SOS as being worthy and since it has been years since I tried it, I picked up a few at the grocery this morning. They were $2.99 each but today was a 10% discount for military active and retired. We'll see....

You'll need to add pepper or some other seasoning you like, otherwise it's a little bland in my opinion. Outside of that I think it's pretty good.

Jim[/QUOTe}


I agree 100%. If you like bland food, then leave it as is. I can not tolerate bland food, so I have to "doctor-up" the SOS and that makes it quick/easy/tasty!!

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Originally posted by bigpond73:

Haven't seen it suggested yet, but my mom would vary it slightly, by adding peas. You have to use frozen or fresh peas, the canned ones will make your already mushy SOS even mushier .

That's how my mom used to make it when I was growing up.

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Originally posted by cherokee2u:
Yup WWII slang for chipped beaf on toast. Favorite of my father who served in the Pacific with the Marines. Mom made it all the time for him (and me)

LOL! Same here. My Dad a WW2 Pacific Marine. He loved the stuff, but with the chipped beef. When he made it and we were alone he'd always refer to it as "Shit on a shingle". But if my Mom was around; SOS.

Good stuff in my opinion. Especially good over a piece of thickly sliced, homemade bread!

^^^^^^
Glad that the abbreviation/acronym, SOS, has kinda divorced itself from the original phrase.

Mom made it all the time with chipped beef. One of my favorite meals and still make regularly

I do soak the chipped beef to pull some of the salt out when I make it. Just fill the jar with warm water a couple times

I can’t stand the traditional SOS made with hamburger

I ate the stuff all the time I was in the military , probably took 5 years off my life span.