Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2012

Not a good taste at all. I see on here that several people have said that they have much better recipes that they currently use. Could you please post them as my girlfriend grew up on this and I am trying to make a good version for her. I grew up in the south and we did not eat this where I came from she is from Indiana and ate this a lot. Please help. LucasWilliamsGranda ma lives in her home town of Muncie, I would love to get her recipe if she sees this.

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Dave Courington

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Natural Bridge, Alabama, USA

Living In: Pace, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2010

I LOVE this recipe!!! For years I have been making this recipe without the sugar and kept thinking my grandmother's recipe was so much better, what is missing? Then I found this recipe and tried it and yes the sugar is what was missing it adds an additional depth to the flavors. Thank you!!!

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jship

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2009

I'm guessing that whoever submitted this recipe was playing a joke... it's a horrible example of SOS.

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Ole

Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2008

too sweet and not enough sauce. Add 2 tbl sour cream, 1/2 cup more of milk, add beef last. Delete the brown suger, add garlic powder, pepper, and onion powder to taste

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mjmcglynn

Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2008

I'm getting ready to make it now. I used to love it growing up but we never served it on a "shingle" altho my dad (ex-Navy_ made sure to tell us the SOS story - LOL. My mom served it on mashed potatoes and OMG it is to die for. I don't ever remember her sauteeing the beef before hand but I will follow the recipe.

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KATHYB58

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Clinton Township, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2008

This recipe was quite good, actually, with ham in place of the beef. On a morning that the fridge was running low, I prepared this with deli ham(chopped), and served it over fried potatoes with stewed apples on the side. Definitely use 3tbs flour and 2c milk as directed by one of the other reviews. interesting twist on SOS!

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whatsinthekitchen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Summersville, West Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2006

Too much work & fat. The easy way we do this is buy the canned or packaged chipped beef in the grocery store...cut to your desired size and add the beef to a can of creme of mushroom soup (using one can of milk to make the soup). Simple, easy, heat it up and serve over toast or english muffins.

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MSki

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Venice, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2006

Easy and very good

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WILLIAMTOMANY

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2006

This recipe was horrible! I have a recipe I have been using for the 28 yrs my husband (a retired Marine) and I have been married. This is a dish that dependent wives always learn. I tried it because I wanted to try something different. My word, I don't know how this made it onto allrecipes. Do they test the recipes first? I will definitely stick to my old recipe.

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Lucaswilliamsgrandma

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Living In: Muncie, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2006

In my experience, the appropriate ratio of flour/butter/milk to get a creamy consistency rather than *paste* should be 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons flour and 2 cups milk. And I don't know why I thought adding sugar would be a good idea to try! I always put the beef in a colander and rinse with hot water before adding to the gravy, it cuts the salt a bit. Add some black pepper and that's all the seasoning you need. I'll stick to my tried and true SOS recipe from now on thanks.

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