What in the wild wild west in this?

[princesscinderella]

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

My worst childhood food was banana and mayonnaise sandwiches that my grandmother used to make. Hate bananas and mayonnaise to this day.

 

[LuvOrlando]

My worst childhood food was banana and mayonnaise sandwiches that my grandmother used to make. Hate bananas and mayonnaise to this day.

Sounds like your grandmother's, "I lost a bet sandwich" would pair nicely with my mother's, "Today is a good day to diet Pot Roast."

 

[BrianL]

My worst childhood food was banana and mayonnaise sandwiches that my grandmother used to make. Hate bananas and mayonnaise to this day.

Now, THAT'S one I've never heard of. Wow.

 

[JulieBeeRN]

Growing up, our local meat locker used to have amazing dried beef that we used for sandwiches. My mom would make chipped beef on toast with it, but I just liked to eat dried beef as a regular deli sandwich.

Banana & mayo is a new combo for me but I still do enjoy a banana & PB sandwich occasionally.

 

[Earstou]

We ate dried beef sandwiches regularly as kids in the 60's and 70's. I liked to toast my bread and slather it with butter before adding the dried beef. Yum!
This came along with us when we were camping since it didn't need refrigeration until opened. We easily finished off the jar at one meal.
I don't eat it now since I have to watch my salt, but I do miss it!

 

[LuvOrlando]

So is dried beef the same thing as beef jerky? I am imagining either toast or soft bread with either flour gravy or butter sprinkled with beef jerky bits.

 

[easyas123]

So is dried beef the same thing as beef jerky? I am imagining either toast or soft bread with either flour gravy or butter sprinkled with beef jerky bits.

No

 

[cayennews]

I have never seen such a thing, but it looks gross.

 

[LuvOrlando]

OK, according to @easyas123 this is nothing like beef jerky. I've had home made deer jerky in the past so I sort of thought it might be like that but beef instead.

Does the dried beef get reconstituted by the fluids and become like bits of roast beef?

 

[easyas123]

OK, according to @easyas123 this is nothing like beef jerky. I've had home made deer jerky in the past so I sort of thought it might be like that but beef instead.

Does the dried beef get reconstituted by the fluids and become like bits of roast beef?

Here ya go. A simple google search is all you need!

https://sporked.com/article/what-the-heck-is-dried-beef/
https://sclydeweaver.com/blog/what-...M75aQoT-z4PHWGEtevycLT620pbL0AeugpoYrG9kVU-00

 

[LuvOrlando]

So does one ignore someone being rude or point out the rudeness? Always a tough one

 

[easyas123]

So does one ignore someone being rude or point out the rudeness? Always a tough one

That is tough! Almost as tough as trying to figure out if someone is deliberately being obtuse or not? Or if someone can't tell if someone else is rude or if they were just being direct in their way of answering a question. I suppose it's all down to the intentions of the person in question. And if you can't tell that then I suppose you'd have to actually ask them.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Gee, would rudeness be plausible if someone were to intentionally join a chit chat and then disrupt pleasantly flowing dialogue to jam it all up with an abrupt comment about taking it to google instead of shooting the breeze? Hard to say, lets all think on it

 

[firefly_ris]

I first had this at my very first job when I was 14 and working as a server and busser at a local retirement home.

Sunday brunch menu included cream chipped beef, and scrapple. Growing up I had not had either but after service was over we were allowed to eat before leaving and I actually always really loved the cream chipped beef!

Baltimore county is where the retirement home is located, for reference, so Pennsylvania Dutch roots makes sense, just a bit of a stone's throw.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I first had this at my very first job when I was 14 and working as a server and busser at a local retirement home.

Sunday brunch menu included cream chipped beef, and scrapple. Growing up I had not had either but after service was over we were allowed to eat before leaving and I actually always really loved the cream chipped beef!

Baltimore county is where the retirement home is located, for reference, so Pennsylvania Dutch roots makes sense, just a bit of a stone's throw.

I saw that some people liken it to southern sausage gravy, which I have had on chicken friend steak and I could see that being good with almost anything, was it like that?

 

[dizneegirl]

Not like jerky... much thinner, not chewy, not smoked, not as flavorful, probably.

Similar to sausage gravy, but not the same... probably more bland, but yes, a white gravy similar to the sausage gravy. Sausage gravy should be peppery and not bland at all (at least in my house/opinion), and we cook our roux for that more than you would for creamed chipped beef.

The beef doesn't really reconstitute, but softens.

 

[tikisunset77]

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.

yup bones and all! I mean it was a small chicken but a big can. She was busy teacher and we ate a lot of canned soup for meals too. Swanson foods were her saving grace!

 

[tikisunset77]

So is dried beef the same thing as beef jerky? I am imagining either toast or soft bread with either flour gravy or butter sprinkled with beef jerky bits.

Honestly from what I remember the chipped beef was like eating dry salami to me. Served in a cream sauce if my mom was making it but we would just crack that open and eat it out of the glass jar when she wasn't looking. We ate hot dogs raw from the fridge and bologna and we were raised on vienna sausages. We needed food fast so we could get back outside to play!!

 

[debknight]

No, it's made from butter, flour and milk with some pepper for seasoning. I usually toss in some peas as well.

* Béchamel sauce, often referred to as "white sauce," is one of the5 fundamental "mother sauces" of French cuisine. It is a creamy, versatile sauce made by thickening milk with a white roux (a cooked mixture of butter and flour) and typically seasoned with salt, white pepper, and nutmeg.

 

[Christine]

I grew up eating creamed chipped beef on toast. I never used the beef in the jar though, we only bought the freeze-dried beef in the refrigerated section. Our favorite brand was "Carson's" but Eskay makes it also but I feel theirs is inferior.

These are very thin slices of beef that are freeze dried and nitrated to death and salted. I supposed the jarred version worked really well years ago for the military because it could be beef that was shelf-stable forever. The refrigerated stuff is better though.

I grew up in Maryland but my grandma who probably started it grew up in Massachusetts but maybe she picked it up from living in Maryland. It is a big deal in Baltimore and the eastern shore of Maryland. And pancake/breakfast place worth anything will have creamed chipped beef on toast or biscuits along with scrapple.

Both my kids love it and when one of them brought their friend to visit from Nebraska, the request was made for it and the Nebraskan LOVED it.