# Creamed Chipped Beefed, SOS. Eww or Yum? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969 "2010-10-31T13:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/1 "2010-10-31T13:59:40Z")
To follow up on the corned beef hash thread. Let’s discuss another classic. Creamed Chipped Beef or affectionately known as SOS. Made with dried beef from a jar or package. [http://www.amazon.com/Armour-Sliced-Beef-Dried-2-25-Ounce/dp/B0017QNA9Y/ref=sr\_1\_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1288532968&sr=8-2](http://www.amazon.com/Armour-Sliced-Beef-Dried-2-25-Ounce/dp/B0017QNA9Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1288532968&sr=8-2) A simple white sauce made with flour is the traditional recipe. I always wash the dried beef strips well to get off extra salt Serve over toast. [http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/creamed-chipped-beef-on-toast/Detail.aspx](http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/creamed-chipped-beef-on-toast/Detail.aspx) You have fond memories of this classic? Or does it make you shudder in horror? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/2 "2010-10-31T14:05:57Z")
I don’t dislike it enough to say “ewww”, but it’s not something I’d order first. Chewy, salty bits of leather, IME. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/3 "2010-10-31T14:20:31Z")
I haven’t had it since I was a kid, and I never really looked forward to it but it isn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/4 "2010-10-31T14:31:11Z")
Is it not Cream Chip Beef? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/5 "2010-10-31T14:33:12Z")
IIRC, it was a WWII Army ‘delicacy’ - my Dad would ask for it and we all ate it as kids. It was MIA by the time I hit the Army, but I always liked it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/6 "2010-10-31T14:46:36Z")
i’m not sure. Google shows it Creamed and Cream Chip Beef. The recipe I posted uses Creamed Chipped Beef. SOS is what it really is. 😉 I did mess up the thread title. Beefed the food you ate in the past. 😃 Oh well, No way to fix it now. > [@bucketybuck](#): > > Is it not Cream Chip Beef? ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/7 "2010-10-31T15:05:19Z")
So ewwww. I haven’t thought about this dish in years, but once in a while my mom made it when I was a kid and I couldn’t stand it. I have an aversion to this day to any kind of white sauce combined with meat. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/8 "2010-10-31T15:11:46Z")
I had it once or twice about 45 years ago. I liked it then, but have no idea how I would like it now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/9 "2010-10-31T15:13:45Z")
I like it. But I haven’t had it in at least a couple of years. I’ve never made it from scratch. I’ve always had the frozen brand (Stoffer’s?). I always liked it when the corners got a little crispy in the microwave oven. It’s very easy to over-eat, because it’s so tasty. When I was a kid (late-'60s/early-'70s) my mom would make creamed tuna on toast. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/10 "2010-10-31T15:15:09Z")
Love it. My mother used to make it. Every so often I buy one of the Stouffers frozen version. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/11 "2010-10-31T15:20:06Z")
Love it. I think the key is getting the beef soft and palatable, which means thorough cold water rinsing. (Pat dry with paper towels before adding to pan.) -Lots of people substitute chopped or ground beef, but it just doesn’t have the same character as the chipped beef. Still good, but if you’re going that route, you might as well do full-on sausage gravy and serve it over biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/12 "2010-10-31T15:27:18Z")
Blech. Barely edible. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/13 "2010-10-31T15:35:56Z")
I’ve never had it, but, I like sausage gravy, which I believe is in the same family as creamed beef, so… mostly likely I would like it fine, as long as there was lots of black pepper in the sauce, and biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/14 "2010-10-31T15:36:12Z")
I voted “Eww” - but that’s not strong enough. This was a frequent breakfast in my high school cafeteria, and it was _NASTY_! Even my teenaged self would not eat it. Blech! ---
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/15 "2010-10-31T16:15:07Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I’ve never had it, but, I like sausage gravy, which I believe is in the same family as creamed beef, so… mostly likely I would like it fine, as long as there was lots of black pepper in the sauce, and biscuits. I think you would. I love SOS and I also love biscuits and gravy. SOS is saltier though. Speaking of which, are we gonna have a poll thread about biscuits and sausage gravy? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/16 "2010-10-31T16:21:56Z")
You can start a B&G poll. 😉 FWIW, SOS shouldn’t be loaded with black pepper like sausage gravy. Sausage gravy is gravy made with drippings. SOS is a white sauce (Béchamel sauce). Different creature. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/17 "2010-10-31T16:33:40Z")
It’s a comfort food. My mom made a lot of stuff in a white sauce to put over toast or potato when I was a kid: diced Spam and peas, tuna and peas, corned beef with green, wax, and lima beans. SOS is the only one I still make. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/18 "2010-10-31T16:37:23Z")
Oh, I haven’t made that for years, but it was a staple item in our menu lineup when I was a young bride. Now I’m going to have to pick up some Stouffer’s on the way home from work. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/19 "2010-10-31T17:19:40Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I’ve never had it, but, I like sausage gravy, which I believe is in the same family as creamed beef, so… mostly likely I would like it fine, as long as there was lots of black pepper in the sauce, and biscuits. Not similar; in fact, not even close, except they both have flour and dairy. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969/20 "2010-10-31T18:49:12Z")
I like it, but I use thin deli sliced (and then chopped up finer) peppered roast beef instead of dried beef in a jar. Just white sauce with butter, flour and milk; a little salt, a little onion powder, and the beef that has enough black pepper on it. I had a similar assortment of ingredients in white sauce as Frank mentioned growing up, and I also only still make my SOS variant and creamed tuna. But the green peas might get added to the next batch [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamed-chipped-beefed-sos-eww-or-yum/558969.md?page=2)