"theChas." > wrote in message
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> My last attempt at Biscuits & Gravy was another disaster.
> I'm getting tired of eating flour paste.
> I saved 3 T of bacon drippings for my base and very slowly added no more
> than 2 T of flour. Then the milk... still got the paste (and not that
> smooth
> either). I can't believe I'm such a dork I can't make a simple Beschamel
> sauce.

Did you let the flour cook a little bit after you stirred it into the bacon
fat? You should stir the flour into the hot fat and let it cook just a
minute or so before you dump in the milk. If you stir it in well you won't
have any lumps either. Are you actually measuring the fat, flour and milk?
That's how my oldest son was finally able to make decent gravy.



Ms P