While in the kitchen, Rose and Dorothy are discussing the "14th Annual Hog Expo" and Dorothy breaks into the song "Sunrise, Sunset". Bea Arthur starred as Yenta, the Matchmaker, in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Dorothy states that Sophia is the only one with an electric blanket. Sophia got the electric blanket in Season 1 episode 12 from her other daughter, Gloria, when she came to visit.
Chipped beef is a form of pressed, salted and dried beef that has been sliced into thin pieces and is served in many diners and restaurants in the United States as a breakfast item.
Rose's recipe is more like chipped beef on toast (or creamed chipped beef on toast) is a dish comprising a white sauce and re-hydrated slivers of dried beef, served on toasted bread.
Rose's recipe is more like chipped beef on toast (or creamed chipped beef on toast) is a dish comprising a white sauce and re-hydrated slivers of dried beef, served on toasted bread.
Dorothy's dislike for Rose's chipped beef recipe is based on fact. In the United States, chipped beef on toast was commonly served to service members of the United States Armed Forces. It was thus considered emblematic of the military experience, much as pea soup is in Finland or Sweden. In American military slang it is commonly referred to by the dysphemism "Shit On a Shingle" (SOS),or "Stew On a Shingle", "Same Old Stuff", "Something On a Shingle", or occasionally "Save Our Stomachs".