Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 SOS?? couldn’t get the video to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 As a kid, my Mother used to make $__t on a shingle once in a while, with peas in the sauce. I liked it, but maybe I was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Blackwater 53393 said: SOS?? couldn’t get the video to work. Go to Youtube, search "Tasting History," then go to his video list. look for "What did WWII soldiers eat?" " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: but maybe I was weird. Makes you fit right in in the Saloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 The official Army recipe calls for ground beef. I believe thr Navy uses chipped beef. Both are tasty. https://quartermaster.army.mil/jccoe/publications/recipes/section_l/L03000.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Makes you fit right in in the Saloon. Thank you! Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 As soon as I read the title I knew it S*** on the shingles…or as our Senior Chief Mess Specialist called it “Creamed roast beef on toast…and if I here one more (colorful expletive) call it SOS, your a** won’t eat for a week and I ain’t kiddin’ neither!” We ate a lot of canned roast beef on my ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I know it’s heresy but I never liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Worked that time. My mom used to make it with a package of Lipton onion soup mix added into the ground beef when she was browning it. REALLY TASTY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I know it’s heresy but I never liked it. Heresy? No. Lots of guys I knew aboard ship hated the stuff. I actually liked the SOS on my ship. I would go back for more. I remember the first time I did that I was new aboard ship. It was like a scene from Oliver Twist only the surprise on the mess crank’s face was more of humorous surprise. I guess no one asked for “more” of the SOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I love that stuff! I wasn't in the military but my aunt used to make that when we went to visit her. My mom made it once in awhile as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 I like it. Or, more accurately, I like meat in a cream sauce (or gravy) over toast or biscuits. I make some variation at least once a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I like it. Or, more accurately, I like meat in a cream sauce (or gravy) over toast or biscuits. I make some variation at least once a month. I've never made it myself, I'm going to have to do it! I've got no one to make it for me unless you send me some!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I love that stuff on toast. Stoffers makes it in a frozen/microwavable pouch, it's not bad...not like homemade, but not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I love the stuff. I just had breakfast and I'm hungry again! The truth is that mess sgts don't always follow the recipes exactly and can make the stuff tastier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafe Conager SASS #56958 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Love it, dad used to make it once a month! I make it every now and then. Rafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I've never made it myself, I'm going to have to do it! I've got no one to make it for me unless you send me some!! It's idiot-simple to make. Cheap way - go to the store and get some packages of sliced beef, or if you want to get fancy, go to the deli counter and get some thin sliced pastrami. Take it and cut it into ribbons 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide, set aside. For one cup of sauce, melt two TBS butter or other fat in a pan over medium heat, sprinkle in two TBS flour and stir until it starts to brown a little, slowly add one cup of milk, stirring constantly Add in the sliced beef. Add pepper to taste. You may need a little salt in it depending on how salty the meat is.Another way is to put the meat into the skillet to brown a little, add the butter, sprinkle the flour over it, stir until all the flour is coated with the butter, stir in the milk. Instead of salt, in either case, try adding some granulated beef base, or something like Better Than Bouillon Beef Base to give you the salt and punch up the beef flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 36 minutes ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: The truth is that mess sgts don't always follow the recipes exactly and can make the stuff tastier. It's amazing how much the flavor can change just by changing how you make the roux. Going slow, allowing the roux to brown a little can really improve the flavor. I know that for a traditional bechamel you don't want color, but I've found that for SOS it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I use Sausage & Chopped Green Chili's Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Stauffer's creamed chipped beef, white bread toast, Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper to taste: Same critter in seven minutes. Add coffee and 50/50 orange juice and apple juice and it's as good a most breakfasts and better than some. I have it about twice a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve mile REB Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I liked SOS as well both in the Marines and here at home. My wife does things her own way and it goes over biscuits excellent. Then I also liked Corned Beef and would choose Ham and Lima beans out of C-Rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 You guys talked me right into it... Damn, it was good!! Edit - 2.5 servings per container...HA,HA. It's only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 18 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: The official Army recipe calls for ground beef. I believe thr Navy uses chipped beef. Both are tasty. https://quartermaster.army.mil/jccoe/publications/recipes/section_l/L03000.pdf It must have changed between WWII & VN. During my service in the army 4/1/1969-12/7/1971 SOS used ground beef. My memories from my childhood is that my mother occasionally served the WWII version. The only thing I remember is it was very salty. I only made the mistake of trying it in the Army. I have always been willing to try food I am not familiar with. The hardest part was getting past the look of it, contents of a newborns soiled diaper. The taste was better but not good enough to eat it again. Army messes always had choices so I never had to eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Falcon, SASS # 46139 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 SOS is just downright nasty with no social redeeming value. It looks and tastes like it's already been eaten once. My Dad thought SOS and SPAM were just like a steak. His eating policy was that if Mom put it on the table, we were expected to eat it. He didn't make me eat either. Didn't get any substitute; had to make do with what was on the table but didn't have to eat that stuff. PF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I am going to make it tomorrow! And so I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Gonna pick up a pound of ground beef and some Lipton onion soup in the morning while I am out and about!! The rest, I already got!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 15 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: You guys talked me right into it... Damn, it was good!! Edit - 2.5 servings per container...HA,HA. It's only one! Gonna pick one up today, I hate cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/16/2022 at 9:16 PM, Utah Bob #35998 said: The official Army recipe calls for ground beef. I believe thr Navy uses chipped beef. Both are tasty. https://quartermaster.army.mil/jccoe/publications/recipes/section_l/L03000.pdf And good stuff it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 18 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: You guys talked me right into it... Damn, it was good!! Edit - 2.5 servings per container...HA,HA. It's only one! Went to two different stores and couldn’t find it! I did pick up. Frozen DiGiorno’s pizza though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Went to two different stores and couldn’t find it! I did pick up. Frozen DiGiorno’s pizza though. That's kinda weird. All of the Walmart stores (Neighborhood/regular/super) have it along with the Publix stores in my area. Couldn't figure out how to spell Publix plurally. The DiGiorno's aren't bad, I'll toss some extra stuff on those on occasion and adjust cooking time accordingly. Guess it must be a "Southern Thing" as far as the store carrying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: That's kinda weird. All of the Walmart stores (Neighborhood/regular/super) have it along with the Publix stores in my area. Couldn't figure out how to spell Publix plurally. The DiGiorno's aren't bad, I'll toss some extra stuff on those on occasion and adjust cooking time accordingly. Guess it must be a "Southern Thing" as far as the store carrying it. I didn’t go to Walmart, I very seldom do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 6:57 AM, Cypress Sun said: I love that stuff on toast. Stoffers makes it in a frozen/microwavable pouch, it's not bad...not like homemade, but not bad. I like the Stouffers chipped beef as well, I fix it for dinner when the boss can't cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Great topic Joe. GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 12:32 PM, Cypress Sun said: That's kinda weird. All of the Walmart stores (Neighborhood/regular/super) have it along with the Publix stores in my area. Couldn't figure out how to spell Publix plurally. The DiGiorno's aren't bad, I'll toss some extra stuff on those on occasion and adjust cooking time accordingly. Guess it must be a "Southern Thing" as far as the store carrying it. On 11/18/2022 at 4:50 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said: I didn’t go to Walmart, I very seldom do! I went to WalMart and they were out of it. A friendly store employee says they usually have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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