# When is the last time you ate creamed beef on toast (Shit on a Shingle)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818 "2016-10-27T01:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/1 "2016-10-27T01:14:14Z")
As a follow up to the [liver and onions query](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=808358), I’m curious about how long ago people here have eaten creamed [[chipped](http://burgersdogspizza.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sos3-png.png) or [ground](http://cf.nutmegnanny.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img_5231-small.jpg)] beef on toast. You know-- SOS, shit on a shingle. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/2 "2016-10-27T01:16:06Z")
The wife and kids are away this week, so I cooked me up some tonight. That’s what got me thinking of this, and before tonight, it’d been too long since I’d had it last. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/3 "2016-10-27T01:24:22Z")
Not since the 70s, but that’s exactly what the old man would call it. Said they ate it often in Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/4 "2016-10-27T01:26:38Z")
I eat this literally once a decade. ---
**Author:** ![Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@Hayden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayden)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/5 "2016-10-27T01:28:34Z")
Never. Sent from my iPhone 6 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/6 "2016-10-27T01:31:39Z")
Must have been in the 90s. I can’t remember why. Real shit and shingles should be offended by the name. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/7 "2016-10-27T01:33:16Z")
Funny. I had it the day after I had liver & onions. Or maybe the day before. It was on the same trip. ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/8 "2016-10-27T01:38:52Z")
I had it once, and liked it, but never had the occasion to try it again. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/9 "2016-10-27T01:40:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Funny. I had it the day after I had liver & onions. Or maybe the day before. It was on the same trip. So you’re admitting you have to be on drugs to eat that stuff? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/10 "2016-10-27T01:41:37Z")
Better than 40 years since I tried to choke some down. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/11 "2016-10-27T01:52:14Z")
My wife’s elderly friend passed away earlier this year and we sort of inherited the contents of her fridge. Which included a frozen dinner of the stuff. I’ve never had it before, and there wasn’t anything else more interesting in the freezer at the time so I cooked it up for lunch. I took like 4 bites and chucked it. Awful. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/12 "2016-10-27T02:00:03Z")
The last time was when I was a Boy Scout, about 45 years ago. And yes, we called it shit on a shingle out of earshot of the leaders. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/13 "2016-10-27T02:03:47Z")
I voted never, but I might have had it as kid, which would have been 35years ago. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/14 "2016-10-27T02:05:01Z")
I almost ordered some at a diner near Temple University the other day. Fortunately, I changed my mind. ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/15 "2016-10-27T02:09:30Z")
A long time ago in the military. Why anybody who knows how to make sausage gravy would bother with that tasteless shit is a mystery. ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/16 "2016-10-27T02:10:39Z")
I make it once a month. I prefer using ground beef. Sometimes I’ll add green peas or boiled potatoes (cut up into squares) to it. It’s a good way to use up leftovers. Chipped beef is too salty. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/17 "2016-10-27T02:11:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A long time ago in the military. Why anybody who knows how to make sausage gravy would bother with that tasteless shit is a mystery. 😕 Because done right it’s not tasteless? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/18 "2016-10-27T02:21:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 😕 Because done right it’s not tasteless? Tasteless would be an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/19 "2016-10-27T02:39:02Z")
\ “creamed beef” \ Never. I don’t think I have had the pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818/20 "2016-10-27T02:40:42Z")
Last time I had it was sometime in 1952 or 1953. Courtesy of an Army mess hall. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-ate-creamed-beef-on-toast-shit-on-a-shingle/769818.md?page=2)