{"id":6771,"date":"2012-01-10T04:09:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=6771"},"modified":"2012-01-10T04:09:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:09:50","slug":"home-cookin-stouffers-s-o-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=6771","title":{"rendered":"Home Cookin’ – Stouffer’s “S.O.S”"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"Stouffer's<\/a>I’m generally thought to be a fairly good internet researcher, tho I have not been able to come up with the origin of “SOS” or “Shit on a Shingle” as it was referred to by generations of US armed service employees.\u00a0 (A more polite version of the abbreviation might be “Stuff on a shingle’ or “Same old stuff.”)<\/p>\n

A common description for chipped beef in a cream sauce, served over toast, “SOS” is thought to have been created in the Southern United States prior to 1900 as a way of extending leftovers.\u00a0 It may be a variant of sausage gravy.\u00a0 The Stouffer’s package describes it as “tender strips of dried beef in a seasoned creamy sauce.”<\/p>\n

Variations on the dish may include using ground beef in lieu of chipped beef.<\/p>\n

What is chipped beef?\u00a0 Hormel used to describe their own version of this as “an air-dried product that is similar to bresaola<\/a>, but not as tasty.”<\/p>\n

The meat is swimming in a white sauce, and served over toast, generally as a breakfast dish.\u00a0 It used to be a standard in diners, but is difficult to find these days.\u00a0 Chain restaurants have replaced it with sausage gravy, for the most part.<\/p>\n

It is generally very salty, and Stouffer’s version (a boiling bag product) has a half-day’s RDA of sodium in a serving.<\/p>\n

In my memory, we were never served this at home when I was growing up, but we did frequently have jars of the Hormel processed meat product in the pantry.\u00a0 I’m not really sure what for.<\/p>\n

Stouffer’s instructions tell you to place the sealed pouch in boiling water for 18 minutes; alternatively, you may elect to pierce the pouch, place it in a bowl, and microwave for 9 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0 Open pouch, pour over toast.<\/p>\n

I’ve always had a fondness for this dish, probably because (some would say) I’m addicted to salt.<\/p>\n

Regardless of my motivation, I picked up a packet of it recently, and enjoyed it last nite.<\/p>\n

If you’re inclined to make it at home, from scratch, here’s a recipe that serves 60<\/a>, from the 1910 edition of “Manual for Army Cooks.”<\/p>\n

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I’m generally thought to be a fairly good internet researcher, tho I have not been able to come up with the origin of “SOS” or “Shit on a Shingle” as it was referred to by generations of US armed service employees.\u00a0 (A more polite version of the abbreviation might be “Stuff on a shingle’ or… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Stouffer’s “S.O.S”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,16,34,35,26],"tags":[862,1759,1792,3342],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6771"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}