What in the wild wild west in this?

[NannyBeBe]

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[NannyBeBe]

I have had it before not terrible but not my go to snack. I like a lot of regional stuff like Scrapple but I bet a lof of the people down south have never had or seen it. We also have Head cheese here which is similar but I think it tastes different

Your post brings back fond memories for me. I grew up in a tiny country town in Appalachia. My grandfather raised hogs and mae his own Scrapple and liver pudding. I miss eating those simple foods.

 

[NannyBeBe]

My FIL's version used ground beef. The gravy was made by adding flour, milk, salt & pepper to the beef grease. He also served it over toast.

That's hamburger gravy. I still make it and eat it over biscuits.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

That's hamburger gravy. I still make it and eat it over biscuits.

Interesting. He called it Army SOS.

 

[easyas123]

My FIL's version used ground beef. The gravy was made by adding flour, milk, salt & pepper to the beef grease. He also served it over toast.

That's hamburger gravy. I still make it and eat it over biscuits.

My husband’s aunt makes this!!! Yeah, hamburger gravy. They are from the far western side of MD/edge of WV.
Evidently there is tomato gravy as well.

 

[dizneegirl]

Interesting. He called it Army SOS.

Army DH taught me chipped beef SOS. My family never used the term.

All this talk, now I want some!

 

[tvguy]

I'm 68 and I have seen that in the grocery store ever since I was a kid but have never had it. But if you Google "Dried Beef Recipes" you will get pages and page and page and pages of options how to use it. One post even mentions Armour put out a Dried Beef Cookbook in the 1950s.
Anyone had this? I have. Pretty good spread on bread in a sandwich.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Army DH taught me chipped beef SOS. My family never used the term.

All this talk, now I want some!

My family didn't use that term either. I don't know why FIL called it that. He was a bunk mate of Elvis, so it's been awhile, since he was in the Army.

 

[tikisunset77]

If you don't like dried beef in a can you won't like whole chicken in a can either-my mom used that a few times growing up

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I'm 68 and I have seen that in the grocery store ever since I was a kid but have never had it. But if you Google "Dried Beef Recipes" you will get pages and page and page and pages of options how to use it. One post even mentions Armour put out a Dried Beef Cookbook in the 1950s.
Anyone had this? I have. Pretty good spread on bread in a sandwich. View attachment 1040434

I remember my grandfather used to eat that stuff! I was always afraid to try it.

 

[NannyBeBe]

My husband’s aunt makes this!!! Yeah, hamburger gravy. They are from the far western side of MD/edge of WV.
Evidently there is tomato gravy as well.

Anywhere near Boonsboro?

 

[princesscinderella]

It almost looks like a not as fancy version of Italian beef bresaola which I prefer to prosciutto.

My mom used to make a similar roux white gravy and add baloney cut up. We kids didn’t like it at all and it became lore in our house.

 

[easyas123]

Anywhere near Boonsboro?

No- far western MD, out near Cumberland/Oakland.

 

[ronandannette]

I'm 68 and I have seen that in the grocery store ever since I was a kid but have never had it. But if you Google "Dried Beef Recipes" you will get pages and page and page and pages of options how to use it. One post even mentions Armour put out a Dried Beef Cookbook in the 1950s.
Anyone had this? I have. Pretty good spread on bread in a sandwich. View attachment 1040434

The chipped beef I’ve never seen - is it dried and smoked like beef jerky? As for the product above, definitely! It was a pantry staple in my childhood and was referred to as “canned meat”. When I was really little I misspoke it as “cat meat” so of course that’s what it became known as at our house. Not too far off, really. I’ve never personally tasted cat food but the two things really do look pretty similar.

 

[elgerber]

I love SOS, specifically the Stouffers!

 

[tvguy]

The chipped beef I’ve never seen - is it dried and smoked like beef jerky? As for the product above, definitely! It was a pantry staple in my childhood and was referred to as “canned meat”. When I was really little I misspoke it as “cat meat” so of course that’s what it became known as at our house. Not too far off, really. I’ve never personally tasted cat food but the two things really do look pretty similar.

Never had had the chipped beef so no idea if it is smoked, but I suspect it is just beef dried out so you can keep it on the shelf longer. Which is part of the reason why the military serves it. We toured the USS Midway in San Diego and they addressed another reason the military serves it. In war time, troops may only get ONE meal a day, and a serving of SOS as they fix it is like 3,500 calories, enough to sustain people on just one meal a day.
As for the Potter Meat Food Product, it really reminded me of Underwood Deviled Ham.

 

[RedAngie]

I saw this when trying to do some online shopping and I have to say I have never seen or heard of this before so there are questions:

What is this, I mean I can read the label but that doesn't do it justice, what is it really? Who uses it? What is it used for? What is that glob of stuff on the label? America's favorite????

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I’ve seen that occasionally in supermarkets. Ground, formed, and sliced. Yeah, it’s really S even before you put it on a shingle.

Walmart in some areas also sell delicacies like these.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

My Mom used to make that cheeseball with chopped up dried beef, green onions and other seasonings. Everyone liked it. My in-laws requested creamed beef which I made for them last year using the Armor dried beef. I looked up a recipe online but never tried it myself.

 

[LuvOrlando]

If you don't like dried beef in a can you won't like whole chicken in a can either-my mom used that a few times growing up

I have never laid eyes on this either, at first I thought you were kidding then I thought it was the canned chicken I use for Buffalo Chicken Dip AND THEN I looked it up on google images and there it was, a whole chicken sliding out of a can.

 

[LuvOrlando]

It almost looks like a not as fancy version of Italian beef bresaola which I prefer to prosciutto.

My mom used to make a similar roux white gravy and add baloney cut up. We kids didn’t like it at all and it became lore in our house.

This is how my mother made pot roast and the flour was pasty and undercooked, as was the meat so it never got soft, ohhhhh the poor chuck roast - how I weeped for you in her hands.

Brings back memories of soupy flour paste and tough meat on egg noodles, on the other hand staying skinny back then was not difficult