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Also curious about things that are the other way around where they look really good but taste awful.

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 4 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

SoS (chipped beef on toast)? Don't know because I have never tried it.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My grandfather (served in WWII and Korea) LOVED this. He'd add soy sauce to the chipped beef, thus explaining his two heart attacks.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

He’d add soy sauce to the chipped beef,

Because there wasn't already enough salt in salted dried beef.

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Absolutely!! It’s my favourite. Can’t get the beef here in canada so i always bring some back from the states when i visit.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Shit on a Shingle, I though that was beans on toast.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I believe it was a wwii army thing and definitely creamed chipped beef. Beans on toast sounds very British so maybe different foods were called that.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I guess the beans on toast was because my mom was Irish and heard of it through my dad and probably never used chipped beef, so did beans instead.