Dried Beef is a slowly cured, lean beef which is trimmed of most fat to attain ultimate leanness. It's mildly salty, yet beefy and smoky flavor profile has leant itself well to many recipe applications over the last 100 plus years...but undoubtedly, the best recipe marriage with dried beef is just a little milk, flour and butter to create the classic "Creamed Chipped Beef" recipe which first appeared in the manual for Army Cooks in 1910.