[5th MEB]

Over here the air is clear, cold (28 degrees F), and dry.
The ground is not frozen yet so I am still working on terracing my hillsides.
We recently replaced the old wooden bridge with concrete; so I got a bunch of the old bridge timbers and I am using them for the terrace walls.
The timbers are 4”x16”x 14’; driving 1 1/2 gal pipe sections into the ground 4’ deep, the timbers go on the uphill side of the pipe then backfill from the slope to level. Should work out great for vegetable gardens and a small vineyard.
Just out of curiosity, does anybody have a good old fashioned recipe for chipped beef on toast, kind of miss my old Marine Corps breakfast favorite.

[greeneyes]

My Dad was in the Coast Guard, and he used to make this. Never shared the recipe though.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

5th MEB : " ..the timbers go on the uphill side of the pipe then backfill from the slope to level.
Should work out great for vegetable gardens and a small vineyard."

Did you put in any "deadman" to hold the wall in place, due to ground creep?
The "deadman" are a system of timbers constructed in the form of the letter "T" , which prevent the walls from tilting downhill, due to ground creep and gravity.

[Qiviut]

Try this:

CREAMED CHIPPED BEEF
http://www.cooks.com/recipe/9p6bq49z/creamed-chipped-beef.html

Read the comments .... people seem to like this recipe and are saying things like “Best U.S.Marine Corps breakfast ever” & “6 years 5 months and 23 days in the 82nd airborne division and I never missed a meal when S.O.S. was on the menu. It was my favorite meal”.

[tillacum]

For those left standing after our bbqs, I fix creamed beef the following morning. 1 or 2# beef, fried in bacon grease, 1 large onion, cubed, 4 full stalks celery, finely sliced across the rib, 1/2 C. flour shaken in 2 cups milk. Don’t move the gallon of milk. As the “gravy thickens add more milk to your favorite thickness, here is where I add salt to “my” taste and pepper. Now if your using canned dried beef. Slice the dried beef, cube the onions and sliced celery. Warm your frying pan, add veg oil & butter, add the onions and celery, cook till onions are transparent,(I stir the veggies constantly, don’t want them to brown) Add the dried beef. Make your “gravy”, but this time mix whipping cream with the milk. Proceed to your desired gravy thickness, and don’t forget to add salt & pepper to your taste. I serve both of these with fresh bisquits, my sister uses toast. The first recipe will give you brown gravy and the second will give you a white cream gravy. I’ve given estimated measurements, because I seldom measure, and I cook according to the number of people eating.

[blackdog]

From my memory........

A big handful of dried chipped beef in a large skillet pan. A half a stick of butter and melt it down mixed in with the meat. Add a third cup of flour to make a roux and slightly scorch it. Then slowly add milk while stirring, a half cup at a time until the desired thickness under a gentle simmer-boil. Add a bunch of white or black pepper to taste.