"RobertE" > wrote in message
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> I've Googled chipped beef, and I've found plenty of recipes that call for
> it. But what is it? That is, just what is chipped beef?

Per Epicuriuos:


chipped beef

These wafer-thin slices of salted and smoked, dried beef are usually packed
in small jars and were once an American staple. Chipped beef is also
referred to simply as dried beef . "Shit on a shingle," known in polite
society as SOS, is military slang used for creamed chipped beef served on
toast.
© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD
LOVER'S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler

Dimitri