On Fri 28 Oct 2005 02:49:21p, ms_peacock wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "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.

Yes, that's the only kind of red-eye gravy I know. In fact, it should be
country ham.

>> 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.
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