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Farm Kitchen:  biscuits and gravy "gravy" recipe  |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 3:06:36 PM
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i couldn't find a recipe for it in any of my cookbooks.... i suppose it could be called country gravy. or sausage gravy. does anyone have a wonderful recipe for it, whether it includes sausage or not? i made my first batch the other day, but it was missing something. thanks!
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 3:10:16 PM
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I cook the sausage in a skillet and leave the drippings. Then I add about a tablespoon of butter depending on the amount of drippings. Add 3 tbs. of flour and stir to make a paste. Slowely add milk and allow to thicken. Keep adding milk til it is as thick or thin as you like. Season with salt and LOTS of black pepper.
You can also add small chucks of the cooked sausage to it.
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 3:15:35 PM
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I use the same recipe as Julie, only I use a combo of whole milk and non fat milk or water.
Kim
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 3:18:51 PM
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I don't really have a real recipe..but have been making it all my life..here is how I do it:
Cook a pound or so of country sausage (bulk works best) to brown in a large skillet (I use a 12" cast iron skillet ..and with my group I do 2 pounds at least) remove the browned, crumbled sausage with a slotted spoon to a bowl to wait..to add in at the end....and add a couple handfuls of all purpose flour to the grease left in the pan from the sausage...stir well to make a roux. Then over med. heat stir this roux until brown and very thick. It will be almost like a paste.
Then slowly, while stirring with a wire wisk constantly, add milk, a cup or so two at a time until thickened..it takes quite a bit of milk. You are actually thinning it with milk, and then stirring it while it thickens and then thinning it more until it is just right. Add salt and pepper to taste. My family likes alot of black pepper and I add a pinch of cayenne pepper too. When the gravy is thick and seasoned the way you like it add the reserved sausage back in and stir well..serve over hot bisquits..yum!!! I hope this helps..I have never had actual amounts.
Jenny in Utah
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 9:28:07 PM
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I never knew there was any other type of gravy until I was 17 and dating my first husband. His mom made very thing (very bad) brown gravy. ick. I asked what it was and they all looked at me and said...gravy!! I was shocked. He was shocked (and delighted) when he had gravy at MY house!!
Jenny in Utah
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velvetcadi7
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Amy
Galva
IL
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 07:10:49 AM
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| I also do the milk, flour and sausage thing but I just add the flour to the pan with the sausage after it is browned (I don't remove the sausage from the grease). My "Secret" ingredient is Morton Nature's Seasoning - it has onion, garlic, salt, pepper. |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 3:25:55 PM
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oh my, those all sound delicious! i definately want to give it a try... mary beth, thanks for the hamburger dripping suggestion. sounds good if you don't have any sausage on hand or have just made hamburgers. yummy!
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 3:27:13 PM
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oh, if anyone is intersted, i've also heard of using bacon drippings as well. could be good, too!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 5:44:09 PM
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OMG!! Ya'll are making me hungry! I love biscuits and gravy anytime. I use bacon, too.
I never even heard of biscuits and gravy til I got married and moved here. My MIL taught me everything.
I've heard when you mix the sausage it's called s*** on the shingles. Anyone else ever heard that?
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 9:54:51 PM
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You can make the same gravy with any meat that is fried...even fried chicken..but remove alot of the grease and scrape up all the yummy bits ..gravy is such a good thing!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 11:33:26 PM
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All this talk of gravy is making me hungry! Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and milk gravy - my favorite comfort food dinner. My mom made this every Sunday when I was growing up. After we'd eat our food then we'd take a piece of bread, tear it up in little pieces, and put gravy on top of the bread. That was like dessert!
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
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Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 05:51:49 AM
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| Kay, We always did that with any kind of gravy, we loved bread and gravy! I also do chipped dried beef with the creamy gravy, just brown in butter, add flour and stir around, add milk till consistency you want it, put over biscuits... |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 06:45:56 AM
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Girls, I have never used a recipe for making gravey, but do it more or less like Aunt Jenny, Here in Ky we are big on cured country ham, so gravey will be brown, but I use a tad of coffee in mine , my mother in law taught me this many years ago, We also do Red Eye gravey which is just water poured in the drippings and boiled down. Sausage and gravey is my favorite
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2875 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 07:07:51 AM
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| & I can personally attest to the goodness of miss wilma's gravy. I had it a few weeks ago & my mouth is watering! That on Sterls big biscuit makes for a rib stickin breakfast! |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 08:12:39 AM
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Mmmmm...Nothing better on a cold, frosty morning than homemade biscuits and gravy. I'm like all the others who make this delicacy. Nothing special about it, just make a cream gravy after browning the sausage.
On a side note, I HATED gravy when I was a kid, I think it was the pepper Mom liberally put in hers. But when I got married, my husband wanted me to make it so I learned how and now love, love it!
Audrey
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 08:39:37 AM
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Audrey, I sure do have a quirk, when I was a kid I was the only girl so kitchen work was my job, well after breakfast and clean up time I always had to scrape out the gravey bowl, by the time it got cold it had a different smell and would make me sick, I love gravey but to this day I will not eat anyone elses gravey except mine. I know its just a NUTTY notion in my head. And it still makes me sick to scrape out the gravey bowl
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MissDana
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Dana
Carrollton
Georgia
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2008 : 09:49:16 AM
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I adore Red Eye gravy over grits!! Miss Wilma, I'm hungry again!!
I also use a method like Aunt Jenny and use it over big fluffy biscuits!!
Dana
Proud Farmgirl Sister # 267
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2875 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2008 : 10:14:52 AM
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ohh miss wilma, I will try, but sometimes we get together with Jim's family the weekend before Xmas.. I'll have to see.
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
150 Posts
Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2008 : 8:42:39 PM
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my mom always made milk gravy with the pan drippings after frying up fat back... it was divine!!! i haven't had it that way in years and probably wouldn't eat it anyway as i'm about 90-95% vegetarian and the whole idea of "fat back" is kinda gross to me these days... but oh, the memories of momma's cookin!
Alison
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2008 : 07:36:58 AM
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I had to look for a recipie when I first got married too! I found one in a church cookbook, and thought is this it?! lol
My mom used to mke chipped beef on toast all the time, it is my favorite! But hubby doesn't like it :( he was the first to call it s*** on a shingle, I had never heard that before..
My mil has made buiscuts and gravy with bacon and it was good too. I don't make gravy much just because it takes so much milk. That and I never know if I do it right. When I make buiscuts and gravy for the cowboys, I make it from a bag :( shh don't tell!
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MissDana
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Dana
Carrollton
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2008 : 08:16:23 AM
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Elise! S**t on a Shingle was what my dad affectionatly called chipped beef on toast! I love it! I've never made it for my family because my kids hated anything in a sauce. But they are grown now... maybe that's for dinner tonight!
Dana
Proud Farmgirl Sister # 267
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