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I like Circus Peanuts, but never eat them. Terrible for you.
Biscuits and gravy here in the south looks nasty, with the white slime. (What even IS that?) Growing up, we ate a lot of bread and gravy, but the gravy was regular beef gravy.
I love cornbread, but without sweetener, which makes it cake.
Some of those things I had not heard of.
And here I was thinking of you as a Southern Martha Stewart. White gravy recipe. Basically butter, flour and milk and no - it's not nasty.
It's also the basis for Chipped Beef on Toast, affectionately termed "Sh!t on a Shingle" by generations of servicemen.
What caught me by surprise when I was moved from Ohio to Chattanooga as a kid was grits. Thinking it was Cream of Wheat I spluttered that all over the table ruining other people's breakfast. They're okay with a little butter and sugar, just didn't expect that.
Proper biscuit gravy is made with whole milk. You make a roux with the fat from the sausage, and then whisk in milk so there are no lumps. Add some fresh cracked black pepper, some hot sauce, and simmer until it thickens.
Add the cooked sausage back in until it’s heated through and then pour over fresh baked buttermilk biscuits. That’s everything a growing boy needs right there.
Well, you could toss a poached egg on top.
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My wife LOVES biscuits and gravy. It’s ok to me, but I won’t eat it because of it’s so unhealthy. The only time she orders it is when we go out for breakfast.
It's basically the crumbled sausage and its rendered fat in the pan, and you add a roux of flour, milk, salt and pepper. Mmmmmm! One of the kids in the video observed that it didn't taste that great by itself, but on the biscuit it tasted great. Most people are put off by the look of it; I was well grown before even trying it. Now I love it. But I do not like Cracker Barrel's version.