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Creamed Beef,  SH-T on a Shingle. It doesn't matter what you called it. Can any Marine ever forget it!  I know I never will. Fact of the matter is, I still like the stuff. My wife fixes it for me all the time. We have it on both toast and biscuits. I like the biscuits best. I tell her it's better than what I used to get in the Marine Corps.  Well...what would you say?  Now, for all you purist, this page will probably not live up to your expectations. That's because this probably isn't the recipe you remember. There were only about a hundred different recipes. Anyway...this is the one I remember. Give it try. I think you'll like it.

Picture from U. S. Marine Corps Food Service Association web page.

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5 Portions

Weight

5 Portions

Measure

10 Portions

Weight

10 Portions

Measure

Directions

Ingredients

 

 

 

 

 

Beef, ground

1-1/4 lbs.

N/A

2-1/2 lbs.

N/A

1. Cook meat in it's own fat until brown, stirring frequently.

Onions, chopped

8 oz.

3-1/4 Tbsp.

1.6 oz.

6-1/2 Tbsp.

2. Cook onions in bacon fat, add flour and blend thoroughly.

Bacon fat

8 oz.

3-1/4 Tbsp.

1.6 oz.

6-1/2 Tbsp.

3. See Direction #2.

Flour

1-1/4 oz.

4-3/4 Tbsp

2-1/2 oz.

9-1/2 oz.

4. Add hot milk mixture to fat and flour mixture. Heat to boiling point; boil one minute, stirring constantly. Add salt, msg and pepper.

Milk, evaporated

N/A

1-1/2 cups

N/A

3 cups

See Direction #4.

Beef stock for milk

N/A

1-1/2 cups

N/A

3 cups

See Direction #4.

Salt

To taste

To Taste

To Taste

To Taste

5. Pour sauce over meat, simmer until meat is well done but not over-cooked.

Mono-sodium-glutamate

N/A

1 tsp

N/A

2 tsps

See Direction #4.

Pepper, black

To Taste

To Taste

To Taste

To Taste

6. Serve over toast points or biscuits.

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Recipe No. - K-16 USMC Recipe Manual. NAVMC 1067-SD circa 1952.

 

 

 

 

 

2.  MSG may be omitted

 

 

 

 

 

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