On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:38:07 -0400, "Kswck" >
wrote:

>Everyone has some sort of 'mental block' for some procedure that they can
>never get right, despite how many times they do it.
>Mine is trussing a chicken.
>
>Yours?
>
I can't make gravy to save my life... I know it's fairly simple in
theory but in practice it turns out runny, cold, lumpy, tasteless
and/or like glue. So I don't make it any more... funnily enough, I
have no problem at all making a white sauce or a cheese sauce - I just
can't do meat gravies!