Sort of resembles creamed chipped beef.
A reference to this recipe (though not the recipe itself) appears in the June 16, 1981 edition of the Middlesboro [Tennessee] Daily News. It attributes the recipe’s origin to the Borden test kitchens, designed to be a summer activity for kids to learn “the basic[s] of stovetop cooking.”
Which might explain why any “on a shingle” references were left off of the name.
From the box of D.W. from Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Calico Creamed Chicken
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup Hellmann’s Mayo
1/2 cups chicken bouillon or broth
1/2 cup of cooked peas
1/4 cup diced pimentos
3 oz. can mushrooms (drained)
Salt and pepper
2 cups chicken, cooked and cut
Stir flour into mayo gradually. Stir in broth. Cook 5 minutes.
Stir in other ingredients and stir over toast or biscuits.
Serves 4 or 6.
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