Does any place in town serve S.O.S.?

[Robin Garr]

Also known as creamed chipped beef on toast? I'm trying to find out for an Email question. I thought about Wagner's, possibly. Or Meridian Cafe? Anyone know for sure?

My dad and uncle used to make this godawful stuff called creamed tuna on toast. Can of tuna complete with oil, poured into a sauté pan. Add milk and heat. Serve over toast. Yuck!! I can not eat warm tuna to this day.

This was one of my late mother's favorite foods, I growing up I could not stand it. I would guess maybe an old school cafeteria or diner?

You can make it at home, it's not too hard. They sell the dried beef in a jar at Kroger.

i do not know for sure. a long shot... waffle house?

I've never seen it on their menu!

http://www.goldencorral.com/menu/

Golden Corral has it listed on their breakfast bar menu.

Frisch's in St. Matthews has it on their breakfast bar.

On a side note...my Mom made it for supper quite frequently, but used hamburger instead of the dried beef and always had fresh sliced tomatoes with it .I actully liked it. My sister can make it but I can't she still uses the bacon drippings for gravy like Mom but we have long since stopped that around here.

[Robin Garr]

On a side note...my Mom made it for supper quite frequently, but used hamburger instead of the dried beef and always had fresh sliced tomatoes with it .I actully liked it. My sister can make it but I can't she still uses the bacon drippings for gravy like Mom but we have long since stopped that around here.

Bev, that sounds good! My mother used to make it when we were little, although of course it was NEVER called "SOS" in our very proper house. I hated chipped beef, and still do, but redoing it as a kind of open-face Sloppy Joe sounds like something else entirely.

On a side note...my Mom made it for supper quite frequently, but used hamburger instead of the dried beef and always had fresh sliced tomatoes with it .I actully liked it. My sister can make it but I can't she still uses the bacon drippings for gravy like Mom but we have long since stopped that around here.

Bev, that sounds good! My mother used to make it when we were little, although of course it was NEVER called "SOS" in our very proper house. I hated chipped beef, and still do, but redoing it as a kind of open-face Sloppy Joe sounds like something else entirely.

We always had it on white toast...we never even thought of wheat bread back in the day...it was her go to meal when she was in a hurry...always had everything needed and it was cheap. Cooked it up in the cast iron skillet in a heart beat.

I've made a version using left over corned beef. Not bad.

We always had it on white toast...we never even thought of wheat bread back in the day....

We actually had it on boiled potatoes a lot of times, white toast the others when I was a kid growing up. I think it has to be made in a cast iron pan to be true SOS!

Also known as creamed chipped beef on toast? I'm trying to find out for an Email question. I thought about Wagner's, possibly. Or Meridian Cafe? Anyone know for sure?

Brings back my old Army days. S.O.S. was possibly the most hated breakfast item.

Eureka! Finally my food truck idea! I can yell at customers and make them do push-ups while they wait in line.

To answer Robin's original question. I don't know anyplace that does serve it. Otherwise I would be there, well I would be if it were SOS.

When Suzi and I were dating or maybe we had started to co-habitate even I said I sure would like some SOS. She perked up and said I can make that. I perked up and said, over toast and she said of course. Well soon there after for supper she tells me we are having SOS. My heart raced.

She called me to the food bar and there were two plates with implements, glass with drink and a plate of toast. And, there in the middle of the table, well, there was this dish of white gravy and thin pieces of dried beef. I sat down on a stool across from her and put a piece of toast in my plate. Then I dipped out the gravy and beef onto it. Damned tasty it was too.

But, that is not SOS. As any US Armed Forces member or former member can attest. SOS is made from the 7 finest cuts of beef, properly ground to make the most outstanding hamburger any fighting man has ever had. Gently sauteed in a 35 gallon steam heated boiler (pot), along with cut up onions and a variety of seasonings - re: salt & pepper. When cooked to perfection the excess fat/juice is drained off and then a special white sauce is prepared and mixed in. This near perfect dish is maintained at a scalding temperature and lovingly ladled over toast and scrambled eggs at chow hall breakfast or mid-night chow.

There is a reason it is called SOS. Because you can not refer to it openly as Sh*t Ona Shingle in polite company.

However, let me say it is my go to comfort food. I have since, well, actually my dad taught Suzi how our family made SOS. Hamburger, onions, salt, pepper, dash or two of worcestershire sauce, and a good white (grey) gravy. In the late Fall thru early Spring it is an oft requested supper for us here at Chez Stein Court.

It would in fact be a good dish for a restaurant to serve... cough, cough, ahem, Wild Eggs, Toasts, ad infinitum other breakfast places. I will be official tester for you. It might make a dish for a food truck too.