Recipe - Creamed Chipped Beef On Toast

3 tablespoon Butter
3 tablespoon Chopped yellow onion
3 tablespoon Flour
2 cup Hot milk
One half pound Dried chipped beef
One fourth teaspoon Paprika
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
Tabasco to taste (optional)
1 tablespoon Dry sherry

This is actually a very popular dish made so by the Pennsylvania Dutch.
It was immortalized by the U.S. Army, the troops having thought up an
unprintable name that is now abbreviated and actually used on every
truckstop breakfastjoint menu in the country. I love it, if prepared
properly. It makes for a great change at breakfast time, regardless ofyour
memories ofbad versions of this dish while in the army. I happen to know
that there are a lot of closet S.O.S. eaters out there!

In a heavy saucepan melt the butter and saut‚ the yellow onion until
clear. Stir in the flour with a whisk and then the hot milk, stirring all
the time until the mixture thickens. I heat my milk in a microwave. When
the mixture is thick, add the remaining ingredients and heat for a moment.
Serve over toast. Calm down, it is very good!

From The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.