Janet Wilder wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:29:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> That wasn't obvious to me. However, I have to admit that I've never
>>> eaten biscuits and gravy until this past Friday. It was offered as a
>>> side dish to an omelette I was ordering, so I thought I'd take a
>>> chance. What I got was a split biscuit covered in absolutely snow
>>> white gravy with a few bits of sausage in it and absolutely no
>>> pepper. Needless to say, it was virtually tasteless. I won't order
>>> it again...there!
>>
>> I've never ordered biscuits and gravy that didn't have the flavor and
>> texture of wallpaper paste. It's one of those things you have to make
>> yourself and you can get it right the first time!
>>
>>
> That is so true. I think too many places use packaged gravy mix from
> Sysco or the like. That stuff is all flour and no flavor. YUCK!
>
>
> I fry the sausage then remove the cooked meat. Then I make a rue from
> the sausage drippings and a little flour, then add a little milk for a
> thick base. I keep adding milk until it's the right consistency. My
> sausage gravy is not snow white, it's probably more beige, but it tastes
> way better than that wallpaper glue they serve in so many restaurants.
>
> The only restaurant I've eaten in with a good milk gravy is
> Whattaburger. They serve it with their chicken fingers. It's so good
> even my fuss-pot of a grandson likes it.
>


Whataburger.. ain't the southeast wonderful?