SOS ( Mess Hall Delight )
Chipped beef on toast has a different name.
For those that know, you know it it isn't printable.
For those who don't, recall you asked for it
To my fellow Marines and friends.
Does this bring back memories?
Looks like a pretty good recipe if you're interested in trying SOS again...
I like it better with chipped beef vice hamburger...
This is the original messhall recipe that Marines have thrived on for 230
years (1775-2006).
For you non believers, try it once over biscuits, hash brown spuds or toast
and you think you
have died and gone to heaven. You Marines already know how great Marine
Corps SOS is,
so print out this email because it's a keeper. For you first timers, when
you get it ready to eat,
give me a call and I'll come over and help judge the quality of your SOS.
Good eating and Semper Fi.
Bill
SOS
1 & 1/2 LB. (24 OZS) of LEAN HAMBURGER
2 Tbsp. OLEO OR BUTTER
1 CUP CHOPPED ONION
3 Tbsp FLOUR
2 TBS. GRANULATED GARLIC
4 Tbsp SOY SAUCE
1 Tbsp. WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
2 CUPS MILK
SALT & PEPPER TO TASTE
Brown meat, add oleo or butter and stir.
Add chopped onions and cook until they are translucent.
Add flour, stir and cook for two to three minutes.
Add garlic, soy sauce, Worcestershire Sauce and mix thoroughly.
Add milk and stir until it thickens.
Bon Appetite
Guess what we're having for dinner tonight?
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Scoot over, make a place for me. AL 
AL Kincer
Co. B 48 Engineers
I'm a gentleman. I call it biscuts and gravy!!!!
Yep S>O>S> had that in basic. At the time I didn't know what it
was. Hell I'm a Mexican give tortillas and frijoles anytime. But I
eat the hell out of biscuts and gravy NOW!!
Marion I eat a lot of pecans! Rocky R*****n
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
Looks like Papa started something here. A resurgence of that great American cuisine that millions of us GI's couldn't get enough of in "DUBYA DUBYA 2"
I've been told that they have SOS in the freezer depts. in the super markets, but haven't been able to locate it yet. I imagine they have sanitized the name, so you will probably find it under a French name, just to give it a bit of class. I Plan on making some tomorrow night. Tonight I am having another American favorite---- fried eggplant. Oh Man!!!, look at all the turned up noses out there. Bet you don't like rutabega either. Don't you ever get sick of eating such mundane things as steak & lobster.
That's it. I think I"ll combine the two. I'll name it --- " S.O.S.E.P. " YEAH.
" ---- on sliced egg plant. "
You're all invited over tomorrow night ---R.S.V.P. :joker:
If you can't find your way, just ask any policeman,
chucktoo
Okay, I am now ringing Pavlov's Bell. 
Any dogs out there? Okay who is salivating?
Wish we all lived closer. We could have a party and have SOS along with all the other local variations!
Hey Rocky, I love Mexican food too. S'pose I like most food. 
Have to throw in some beer or wine too. I feel a fiesta coming on.
Well I'll just have to stick to 
this morning.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
N OTE: THe ground hamburg is a modern item. In the early days it was sausage! THE same white gravy used with the chipped beef was made from sausage fat. Just add milk or water to your flour. Then slowly stir it into your fat.
In Oct 43 basic the Camp Wheeler GA. cooks called the chipped beef and gravy on toast SOS In todays VAMC at Martinsburg W VA. the white gravy with sausage is served with home frys,eggs or a biscuit. I never miss it when I have an APPT. there.
Paul HInkle
WW2 vet
LM VFW
vision impaired
Senior center Volunteer
Pa. coal cracker
Retired USCS
At first I was like, YUCK. Then it began to resemble gravy.
I like it made with sausage, flour, milk, and a little bit of pepper.
pdhinkle, you live near Martinsburg? You may be the closest one on VI Corps site to me! I'm in southern WV.
Brooke
God bless those heroes who suffered and died, for plain folks, like you and me.
War is a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
MARION--Try a combo plate, one taco,one enchilada, one tostada, guacamole
dip with 2 jalapeno peppers and a glass of RIOJA wine!!!! That is wine from
Spain. And the rootsof the Riojas family. It's 10pm CST I'm hongry! rocky
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
Hey Roque: It also makes a damn good midnite snack on saltines and topped off with
a bit of medium hot salsa. Prefer mine with a Jack Daniels and water to cool things
down a bit. A midnite raid on the icebox (pardon me refrigerator) is quite common.
But, actually, we rarely had hot (warm) meals and each was a special treat, specially
ground coffee which somehow they managed to keep reasonably hot. A real treat after
a steady diet of K and C rations and powdered coffee. I think you will agree Roque.
J3rdiinf; Hey Joe I wholeheartly agree with you, it's just to damn bad there
are so many miles between us, But at one time we were kinda close, remember?
Yea instant coffee and c-rations just scrape the lard off the top and eat.
'member! Jalapenos instead of salsa, with a side plate of frijoles and
corn tortillas. Your amigo,Roquue
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
