A few days back, I was hanging at the corner tavern and a conversation came up on “Mom Food”. You know what I’m talking about, the food “mom used to make”. We reminisced over Chicken a la King, Frito Pie, various casseroles, Goulash and a perennial favorite, Shit on a Shingle. We concurred on recipes (Chicken a la King is chicken in white sauce with some veggies over rice, Frito Pie is Frito’s, taco meat, beans, sour cream and cheese, etc.) or at least concepts (Goulash is anything in the fridge with paprika over noodles) for all the above, save one. Shit on a Shingle. Everyone in the bar seemed to have a different experience with what a true Shit on a Shingle is. Other than the Shingle being a piece of toast, there was no agreement on a proper recipe.
You may know this dish by other names, SOS, Stuff on Toast, what have you, but what makes Shit on a Shingle? If you search for Shit on a Shingle on the almighty Wikipedia, it redirects you to Chipped Beef on Toast. End of story, right? Nay. Nay I say. The participant that threw SOS into the conversation grew up with the Shit portion of the dish being tuna in white gravy with melted cheese. I grew up with more like country sausage gravy made with either chicken or ground beef. Further exploration shows recipes including everything from corned beef, to ground beef to seitan (it’s made of people).
This begs the question: what does it matter what Shit on a Shingle is, as long as it’s the best damn Shit on the best damn Shingle there is. Thus the genesis of the Annual Shit on a Shingle contest. The rules: It’s gotta be on toast. Thems the rules. The judges will be the participants, and they will judge on taste, presentation, smell, originality, momitude, whatever they feel makes it good.
Do you have a recipe you think is the best damned SOS in town? Was your mom the Shit on a Shingle queen? Comment with her recipe, sure, why not. Go ahead.
In other news Here’s my top 20 iTunes rockers at the mo:
- Lifter- Deftones
- Fiesta de la Rumba- Afro-Cuban All Stars
- The Misfit- Oneida
- M.E.- Gary Numan
- Forest- System of a Down
- Carnival- Pillows (FlCl, reprezent!)
- Tweezers- Fudge Tunnel
- A.T.H.F.- Danger Doom
- Lightning Song- QOTSA
- Show Me the Way- Dinosaur Jr.
- Model Home Invasion- Cursed
- Boarderline- Ogre
- It Ain’t Easy- David Bowie
- I Feel 4 U- Technova
- Jesus Was Gay- XPQ-21
- Crumbling Down- Polvo
- Virtue to Vice-Deathstars
- Mighty Joe Young- Supersuckers
- Another Time and Place- Blazing Haley
- Thunderhorse- Dethklok
Enjoy
