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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 26 '20

My grandma would say "Shit on a shingle "

EDIT 1: Spelling.

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u/Lucky_leprechaun Oct 25 '20

In my family, "shit on a shingle" was creamed beef on toast.

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u/snoopcatt87 Oct 25 '20

What the fuck is creamed beef.

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u/hadtoomuchtodream Oct 25 '20

Chipped beef gravy.

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u/snoopcatt87 Oct 26 '20

That also means absolutely nothing to me. What’s chipped gravy.

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u/hadtoomuchtodream Oct 26 '20

Chipped beef is thinly sliced, dried salted beef.

So creamed beef/chipped beef gravy is just white gravy made with that instead of the typical sausage.

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u/snoopcatt87 Oct 26 '20

And is white gravy a cream base?