"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> Reconstruction was post-civil war. The re-structuring and rebuilding of
> the southern states that tried to cecede from the union. Very American
> history. ;-)
>
> Sausage gravy??? OH boy!
>
> Fry some pork sausage, sliced or link. Leave the grease in the pan. Add
> flour to make a roux and enough milk to thin to the desired consitency.
> For red-eye gravy, add coffee.

I always thought red-eye gravy was made from the pan drippings left from
frying ham.

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> Serve over buscuits with sausage, fried eggs on the side and hash browns
> (grated potato mixed with egg) if you have them.
>

I don't think you're going to get hash browns in the South. I've also never
had hash browns made from grated potato mixed with egg.

> Southern cooking at it's, uh, best? <lol>
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Om.

You don't like Southern cooking?

Ms P, from a long line of Southern cooks.