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"Ophelia" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> > In article >,
> > "Ophelia" > wrote:
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> >> This sounds like you take the sausage out! Oh yes.. another
> >> question.. what is red-eye gravy???
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> > Red eye, mom made it with coffee and milk, and either sausage or fried
> > ham drippings, or sometimes bacon.
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> coffee huh???? Oh my.. that really sound strange!

Don't underestimate coffee as a cooking ingredient in sauces and such!
I also use it in pot roasts, crock pots and sometimes for braising.
It adds a wonderful richness and IMHO is superior to beer in crock pots.

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> >> O enjoying asking about all the strange things she reads here)))))
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> > I'm still learning southern cooking. <G> I'm a Texas transplant.
> > Dad was an aerospace engineer and a job shopper, so I lived all over
> > the
> > US. Originally from California.
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> Well, I am enjoying learning)
>
> O

That's the fun of this list. ;-)
I swear I learn new ideas almost daily!!!

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Om.

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