On Mon 01 Sep 2008 05:13:51a, jmcquown told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 31 Aug 2008 07:10:20p, Paul M. Cook told us...
>>
>>>
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>> 5.247...
>>>> On Sun 31 Aug 2008 06:48:46p, Janet told us...
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in message
>>>>> news:7458a558-62a4-4749-91c2-3242cedb2ed5
@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com.
>>>>> .. On Aug 31, 4:05 pm, "Janet" > wrote:
>>>>>> "Shag" > wrote in message
>>>>>>
>>>>>> news:eaceee7e-55b8-4e29-9ad9-f73649110ab2
@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com.
>>>>>> ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who else is a fan? If you look closely you can see the steam
>>>>>>> still coming up off of them. MMMM!!!! Best breakfast EVAR!
>>>>>>> http://i33.tinypic.com/b9d2ef.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could just dive in. <G>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I would pass. That doesn't look like the milk gravy I
>>>>> make nor anyone else makes either. What's on this plate looks like
>>>>> vomit and then someone tried to dress it up with pepper and then
>>>>> thought a beer bottle would look sooooooooo cute in the picture,
>>>>> also. Next time show us a picture of gravy you made and not
>>>>> scraped out of a can. And TRY to serve it on something beside a
>>>>> damn styrofoam plate, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sheesh.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's SAUSAGE gravy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sheesh indeed.
>>>>
>>>> Why not tell us how you *really* feel, Janet?
>>>
>>> She was quoting an earlier poster - I think she was defending the
>>> dish itself. It doesn't look like vomit to me, it looks like what
>>> many diners serve. M gravy is much thicker and has less pepper and
>>> so is less gray looking. But it's hard to get a nice rich gravy and
>>> keep it white as snow, the tasty bits add a lot of color.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>> 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!
>>
>
> Obviously, Wayne, you got poorly made sausage gravy! The good stuff does
> have lots of pepper (I suppose one could use white pepper for asthetic
> reasons) and is made with well-seasoned breakfast sausage... lots of it

>
> Jill
>
>

I totally agree. I know quite a few people who love it, but they wouldn't
have liked what I was served. One of these days when I'm in the mood to
make biscuits, I'll make some sausage gravy myself. I know it will be
good. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Date: Monday, 09(IX)/01(I)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Labor Day
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Try the Moo Shu Pork. It is especially
good today.
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