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Author:  Geronimo [ Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Sh!t On a Shingle !
Sh!t on a shingle was my favorite military dish.

I have made some with the left over turkey scraps.

Hmmm Hmmmm Hm Hot Gravy with turkey poured over dinner rolls :smt023

What will you do with your turkey after tonight?

Sandwiches ?
Author:  NeoRayden [ Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:26 pm ]
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My dad always made s*** on a shingle with tuna and a four and water based gravy on bread or toast.
Author:  -={ARCLIGHT}=- [ Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:20 pm ]
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I always thought it was creamed chipped beef on toast.
Author:  Geronimo [ Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:36 pm ]
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-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:
I always thought it was creamed chipped beef on toast.


That's true but it comes in many forms (s***)varies as does the shingle


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Chipped beef on toast (or creamed chipped beef on toast) is a foodstuff comprised of a creamy sauce and re-hydrated slivers of dried beef, served on toasted bread. In military slang it is commonly referred to by the dysphemism "s*** On a Shingle" (SOS). Cream chipped beef is also often served on pancakes, biscuits, homefries, and in casseroles.

Wentworth and Flexner cite no origin, but note that "shingle" for slice of toast has had "some use since 1935" in the U. S. Army, mostly in the expression "s*** on a shingle,"


Chipped beef itself is a dried, smoked, and salted meat product. The modern product consists of small, thin, flexible leaves of partially dried beef, generally sold compressed together in jars or flat in plastic packets. Hormel describes it as "an air-dried product that is similar to bresaola, but not as tasty.

Modern chipped beef product, showing coiled packingIn the U. S., chipped beef on toast is emblematic of the U.S. military experience, much as yellow pea soup is in Finland. "Chipped beef on toast (S. O. S.)" is, in fact, the title of a book of military humor. In his World War II book Band of Brothers Stephen E. Ambrose evokes the military basics:

At the end of May, the men of Easy packed up their barracks bags and ... [took] a stop-and-go train ride to Sturgis, Kentucky. At the depot Red Cross girls had coffee and doughnuts for them, the last bit of comfort they would know for a month. They marched out to the countryside and pitched pup tents, dug straggle trenches for latrines, and ate the Army's favorite meal for troops in the field, creamed chipped beef on toast, universally known as SOS, or s*** on a Shingle.

Individual sliver of chipped beefIn a 2004 story, Chuck Palahniuk talks about deprecated language in "the new and politically corrected Navy" where he says that in official theory, but not in practice,


Chipped beef was, of course, also a component of ordinary civilian cuisine. Its use was at one point common in the U.S. A 1965 edition of the Fannie Farmer cookbook gives two recipes for preparing chipped beef ("Separate the slices and remove any stringy bits...") and two that use it as an ingredient. It is still readily available as of 2005 but, like SPAM, has declined greatly in popularity due to a reduced need for foods that can be stored without refrigeration. Currently, there are several restaurants in the US that serve chipped beef on toast, most notable is the steakhouse buffet chain known as Golden Corral.
Author:  (The Real) Tony Bananas [ Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:38 pm ]
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I'll take a little s***, hold the shingle please :D
Author:  maddmaxx2 [ Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:43 am ]
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-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:
I always thought it was creamed chipped beef on toast.
That's the way I know it.
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