koko wrote:
> On our way to town this morning we stopped by Ray's Bitchen Kitchen
> http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycor...itchen-ki.html
> to reserve a whole smoked chicken to be picked up later on our way
> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
> it on our way to town. Stan said, now this is what I've been talking
> about, he must have said that at least three times.
>
> Later when we picked up the chicken I wanted to buy some gravy for
> Stan to have for breakfast tomorrow morning, but all he had left was
> about half a serving so he gave it to me, What a guy!!!. I plated it
> with one of the biscuits he gave me so I could get a photo of it.
> Honest, I didn't eat it, Stan will get it with his eggs in the
> morning.
> http://i16.tinypic.com/821jaty.jpg

Looks good. I just made this for breakfast this morning. So good.

--
-Gina in Italy

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I'm a blogger: http://ravenwolflodge.blogspot.com

On our way to town this morning we stopped by Ray's Bitchen Kitchen
http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycor...itchen-ki.html
to reserve a whole smoked chicken to be picked up later on our way
home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
it on our way to town. Stan said, now this is what I've been talking
about, he must have said that at least three times.

Later when we picked up the chicken I wanted to buy some gravy for
Stan to have for breakfast tomorrow morning, but all he had left was
about half a serving so he gave it to me, What a guy!!!. I plated it
with one of the biscuits he gave me so I could get a photo of it.
Honest, I didn't eat it, Stan will get it with his eggs in the
morning.
http://i16.tinypic.com/821jaty.jpg

http://i18.tinypic.com/81yjbl3.jpg

koko
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updated 11/11

"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:57:42 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>koko dropped this : in
>rec.food.cooking
>
>>
>> On our way to town this morning we stopped by Ray's Bitchen Kitchen
>> http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycor...itchen-ki.html
>> to reserve a whole smoked chicken to be picked up later on our way
>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
>> it on our way to town. Stan said, now this is what I've been talking
>> about, he must have said that at least three times.
>
>Koko, if you ever make it to St. Louis I'll have Steven make his B&G for
>you. It's about the only thing he can cook besides pot roast. He says he
>got the B&G reicpe and technique from my mother but I just can't believe
>it. I can't remember my mother making B&G but maybe I was hung over and
>still asleep when she made breakfast one morning.
>
>Michael

I doubt I'll make it any time soon. So Michael, next time he makes it
I need you to watch him closely and let me know how he does it o.k.?

Both my parents are from St. Louis. The last time I was there was when
I was 7 yrs old. I think we lived there for a couple of years. I
wouldn't mind going back for a visit.

koko
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"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and


> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
> it on our way to town.

How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
having seen just about everything during my nine years of
commuting....

N.

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:13 -0800, Nancy2 >
wrote:

>
>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>
>
>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
>> it on our way to town.
>
>How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
>in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
>having seen just about everything during my nine years of
>commuting....

I saw someone eating a bowl of cereal in stop and go Chicago rush hour
traffic. I tried to stay away from him.

Lou

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:13 -0800, Nancy2 >
wrote:

>
>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>
>
>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
>> it on our way to town.
>
>How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
>in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
>having seen just about everything during my nine years of
>commuting....
>
>N.

The b&g was in a bowl and we had a spoon. I was driving, Stan was
spoon feeding me. He was a little stingy with the gravy on my bites
though, several times I had to ask him to put a little more gravy on
that bite.;-)


koko
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updated 11/11

"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:13:08 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:13 -0800, Nancy2 >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>>
>>
>>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
>>> it on our way to town.
>>
>>How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
>>in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
>>having seen just about everything during my nine years of
>>commuting....
>
>I saw someone eating a bowl of cereal in stop and go Chicago rush hour
>traffic. I tried to stay away from him.
>
>Lou

I think the worst I've seen was someone reading a book while driving,
the book was on the steering wheel. I got away quick.

koko
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updated 11/11

"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Nov 12, 11:58 am, koko wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:13:08 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:13 -0800, Nancy2 >
> >wrote:
>
> >>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
> >>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>
> >>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
> >>> it on our way to town.
>
> >>How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
> >>in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
> >>having seen just about everything during my nine years of
> >>commuting....
>
> >I saw someone eating a bowl of cereal in stop and go Chicago rush hour
> >traffic. I tried to stay away from him.
>
> >Lou
>
> I think the worst I've seen was someone reading a book while driving,
> the book was on the steering wheel. I got away quick.
>
> koko
> ---http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 11/11
>
> "There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
> George Bernard Shaw- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The worst I saw during the 9 years was someone reading the morning
paper - regular size newspaper - and when he finished one page, he
picked it up away from the steering column, folded it out and then
back, so he could read the next page, blocking his vision the whole
time. Thankfully, it was an inter-city interstate, and didn't have
heavy traffic.

N.

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:13 -0800, Nancy2 >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>>
>>
>>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
>>> it on our way to town.
>>
>>How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
>>in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
>>having seen just about everything during my nine years of
>>commuting....
>
> I saw someone eating a bowl of cereal in stop and go Chicago rush hour
> traffic. I tried to stay away from him.

Years ago I had a roommate who was always running late. He'd leave for work
with his PJs on and change clothes on the way to work. He worked as a
waiter. He also brushed his teeth and shaved in the car.

One day I noticed we had no more forks, plates or coffee cups. He had been
taking them to work with him and *eek* leaving them in his car. Yes, he was
actually eating plates of eggs and bacon and stuff in the car, with a fork!
And the coffee? No clue how he did that. He was driving a 1960's something
or other with no built in cup holders.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> On Nov 12, 11:58 am, koko wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:13:08 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> >On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:56:13 -0800, Nancy2 >
>> >wrote:
>>
>> >>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>> >>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>>
>> >>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We
>> >>> ate
>> >>> it on our way to town.
>>
>> >>How can you possibly eat biscuits and gravy while traveling (I assume
>> >>in a car)? It's not exactly a one-handed meal.... I'm just curious,
>> >>having seen just about everything during my nine years of
>> >>commuting....
>>
>> >I saw someone eating a bowl of cereal in stop and go Chicago rush hour
>> >traffic. I tried to stay away from him.
>>
>> >Lou
>>
>> I think the worst I've seen was someone reading a book while driving,
>> the book was on the steering wheel. I got away quick.
>>
>> koko
>> ---http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
>> updated 11/11
>>
>> "There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
>> George Bernard Shaw- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> The worst I saw during the 9 years was someone reading the morning
> paper - regular size newspaper - and when he finished one page, he
> picked it up away from the steering column, folded it out and then
> back, so he could read the next page, blocking his vision the whole
> time. Thankfully, it was an inter-city interstate, and didn't have
> heavy traffic.

My husband reads maps while driving. I have no clue how he can do that and
it makes me a nervous wreck!

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:42:59 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:


>Years ago I had a roommate who was always running late. He'd leave for work
>with his PJs on and change clothes on the way to work. He worked as a
>waiter. He also brushed his teeth and shaved in the car.
>
>One day I noticed we had no more forks, plates or coffee cups. He had been
>taking them to work with him and *eek* leaving them in his car. Yes, he was
>actually eating plates of eggs and bacon and stuff in the car, with a fork!
>And the coffee? No clue how he did that. He was driving a 1960's something
>or other with no built in cup holders.

Many years ago I knew someone who lived on fast food, and just tossed
the bags in the backseat. His car broke down at work and it sat there
for about 2 weeks. (he wasn't very motivated) After he fixed it and
started driving he realized mice had got in. They dug through the
bags and started tearing up the backseat and carpeting. I get the
creeps just thinking about it.

Lou

<koko> wrote in message ...
>
> On our way to town this morning we stopped by Ray's Bitchen Kitchen
> http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycor...itchen-ki.html
> to reserve a whole smoked chicken to be picked up later on our way
> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
> it on our way to town. Stan said, now this is what I've been talking
> about, he must have said that at least three times.
>
> Later when we picked up the chicken I wanted to buy some gravy for
> Stan to have for breakfast tomorrow morning, but all he had left was
> about half a serving so he gave it to me, What a guy!!!. I plated it
> with one of the biscuits he gave me so I could get a photo of it.
> Honest, I didn't eat it, Stan will get it with his eggs in the
> morning.
> http://i16.tinypic.com/821jaty.jpg
>
> http://i18.tinypic.com/81yjbl3.jpg
>
> koko
> ---
> http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 11/11
>

as an aussie, I always wondered what biscuits and gravy looked like

just one question (as the scone/biscuit question has been done to
bits)...why is the gravy so pale? Gravy, to me, is usually made from pan
drippings, but sometimes from a packet, but is usually some shade of brown

the pic showed what looked more like a white sauce (with additions; though
don't know what they were)

TIA

MG wrote:


> just one question (as the scone/biscuit question has been done to
> bits)...why is the gravy so pale? Gravy, to me, is usually made from
> pan drippings, but sometimes from a packet, but is usually some shade
> of brown
>
> the pic showed what looked more like a white sauce (with additions;
> though don't know what they were)

Basically it is. A milk or cream gravy is traditional with biscuits.




Brian


--
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won't shut up.
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Oh pshaw, on Mon 12 Nov 2007 05:59:53p, MG meant to say...

>
> <koko> wrote in message news:mj0gj3tcamsjmjnofqufl6h8k1gcv2brqh@
4ax.com...
>>
>> On our way to town this morning we stopped by Ray's Bitchen Kitchen
>> http://kokoscorner.typepad.com/mycor...itchen-ki.html
>> to reserve a whole smoked chicken to be picked up later on our way
>> home. In my conversation with Ray I told him we were going to go out
>> for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Boy!! his eyes lit up and
>> he fixed us a little bowl of his biscuits and gravy to sample. We ate
>> it on our way to town. Stan said, now this is what I've been talking
>> about, he must have said that at least three times.
>>
>> Later when we picked up the chicken I wanted to buy some gravy for
>> Stan to have for breakfast tomorrow morning, but all he had left was
>> about half a serving so he gave it to me, What a guy!!!. I plated it
>> with one of the biscuits he gave me so I could get a photo of it.
>> Honest, I didn't eat it, Stan will get it with his eggs in the
>> morning. http://i16.tinypic.com/821jaty.jpg
>>
>> http://i18.tinypic.com/81yjbl3.jpg
>>
>> koko
>> ---
>> http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
>> updated 11/11
>>
>
> as an aussie, I always wondered what biscuits and gravy looked like
>
> just one question (as the scone/biscuit question has been done to
> bits)...why is the gravy so pale? Gravy, to me, is usually made from pan
> drippings, but sometimes from a packet, but is usually some shade of
brown
>
> the pic showed what looked more like a white sauce (with additions;
though
> don't know what they were)
>
> TIA
>
>
>

In the US at least, that sort of "gravy" _is_ a white sauce, usually with
cooked crumbled sausage in it. It's a common breakfast item on many
restaurant menus.

Gravy as you know it, is exactly that, a traditional gravy made with pan
drippings and usually broth.

--
Wayne Boatwright

(to e-mail me direct, replace cox dot net with gmail dot com)
__________________________________________________ ____________

OK, I'm weird ! But I'm saving up to be eccentric.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:59:53 GMT, "MG" > wrote:

>as an aussie, I always wondered what biscuits and gravy looked like
>
>just one question (as the scone/biscuit question has been done to
>bits)...why is the gravy so pale? Gravy, to me, is usually made from pan
>drippings, but sometimes from a packet, but is usually some shade of brown
>
>the pic showed what looked more like a white sauce (with additions; though
>don't know what they were)

It looks like a white sauce because it IS a white sauce... with little
crumbles of browned sausage in it. It tastes darned good if it's made
right...

Oh pshaw, on Mon 12 Nov 2007 07:01:44p, Karen AKA Kajikit meant to say...

> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:59:53 GMT, "MG" > wrote:
>
>>as an aussie, I always wondered what biscuits and gravy looked like
>>
>>just one question (as the scone/biscuit question has been done to
>>bits)...why is the gravy so pale? Gravy, to me, is usually made from pan
>>drippings, but sometimes from a packet, but is usually some shade of
brown
>>
>>the pic showed what looked more like a white sauce (with additions;
though
>>don't know what they were)
>
> It looks like a white sauce because it IS a white sauce... with little
> crumbles of browned sausage in it. It tastes darned good if it's made
> right...
>

In some circles, also known as "sawmill gravy".

--
Wayne Boatwright

(to e-mail me direct, replace cox dot net with gmail dot com)
__________________________________________________ ____________

OK, I'm weird ! But I'm saving up to be eccentric.

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:42:59 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Years ago I had a roommate who was always running late. He'd leave for
>>work
>>with his PJs on and change clothes on the way to work. He worked as a
>>waiter. He also brushed his teeth and shaved in the car.
>>
>>One day I noticed we had no more forks, plates or coffee cups. He had
>>been
>>taking them to work with him and *eek* leaving them in his car. Yes, he
>>was
>>actually eating plates of eggs and bacon and stuff in the car, with a
>>fork!
>>And the coffee? No clue how he did that. He was driving a 1960's
>>something
>>or other with no built in cup holders.
>
> Many years ago I knew someone who lived on fast food, and just tossed
> the bags in the backseat. His car broke down at work and it sat there
> for about 2 weeks. (he wasn't very motivated) After he fixed it and
> started driving he realized mice had got in. They dug through the
> bags and started tearing up the backseat and carpeting. I get the
> creeps just thinking about it.

That does give ME the creeps!

"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:59:53 GMT, "MG" > wrote:
>
>>as an aussie, I always wondered what biscuits and gravy looked like
>>
>>just one question (as the scone/biscuit question has been done to
>>bits)...why is the gravy so pale? Gravy, to me, is usually made from pan
>>drippings, but sometimes from a packet, but is usually some shade of brown
>>
>>the pic showed what looked more like a white sauce (with additions; though
>>don't know what they were)
>
> It looks like a white sauce because it IS a white sauce... with little
> crumbles of browned sausage in it. It tastes darned good if it's made
> right...

thanks everyone for your answers much appreciated