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2 teaspoons of bacon grease. 2 tablespoons of flour. 2 cups of milk. Gravy.
My Pleasant Grove granny taught me this.
I was a summer Grove rat. (SE Dallas county)
Red eye is coffee gravy. Coffee instead of milk. Chicory is best.
I remember the Grove well
Sounds like my Maw Maw in Oak Cliff.