[snoringbear]

“Chipped beef? Maybe in boot camp but out in the Corps. it was usually hamburger. Imagine if you will, lumps of gray meat in a white gravy...Yum.” Yeh, it was hamburger meat in the army too. I liked it and make it at home every now and then to this day. The fam can’t stand it so I have it all to myself. I think the Korean War era was probably when chipped beef was last used but not sure. Maybe an old Korean War vet will weigh in for us 😉...

[luvbach1]

The Mess Hall served SOS when I served at 6th Army HQ at the Presidio of San Franciso (1961-63.)

[2ndDivisionVet]

I had chipped beef several times in the Army and I entered in 1978. Of course, I’ve also had steamship round, lobster, steak and prime rib.

[elcid1970]

My Dad was infantry in WWII and stayed in afterward. His favorite breakfast was SOS; years later I learned what that meant. At the time I didn’t think it tasted like a steel wool scouring pad. It was good and `stuck to your ribs’.

His favorite dinner was ham hock & navy beans with homemade chili sauce.

Times were hard sometimes. If there wasn’t hamburger or chipped beef for SOS, he would stir up the remaining ingredients and called it `kite paste’.

This was in the days when liver & brussel sprouts were delicacies.

[ApplegateRanch]

Naval Station Treasure Island, summer 1964: chipped beef. That was when I also learned I liked grits; first time I saw them in the chow line, I thought it was cream of wheat.