Huh... I didn't realize that bowling was that big a sport.
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LOL, actually in WI, it's almost religion, and yes, I'm speaking of bowling.
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My old lady bangs out the best sausage gravy I've ever jammed in my face. I don't much care about the biscuits, but the whole deal needs four runny side up eggs slopped on top.
That mess right there stands as one of my top three favorite meals.

I think the only thing she does special is that she uses Jimmy Dean loose sage sausage. Maybe not, I don't know. All I know is that it's sheer heaven.
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Scott, on our next trade, you'll have to send me a batch!
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TMI. :-) but still, TMI.
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:-):-)
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I don't eat breakfast sausage, I just plain don't like the standard blend of spices used to come up with the
general genre. BUT, when I was at Camelia Grill in NO two mornings running, they had some sausage links
that were PHEnomenal. I asked the waiter to ask the chef, and he said it was just a SYSCO deal he thought.
They were an inch thick rather than the standard Bkf Sausage...man were they terriffic. I need to find out
how true that BS was........sysco dot com....lessee.
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Would it help if I said I know a regional sales manager for Sysco? I'll ask him if it sounds familiar. :-)
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This is my favorite:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bills-S...vy/Detail.aspx
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lmao. I resisted commenting on it. Glad someone else did. :-)
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I like my biscuits n gravy with poached eggs.
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You should be able to find a local butcher that can fix you some sausage any way you want it? We get whole hog sausage made every winter. We have half a hog processed with normal cuts then the entire other half made into breakfast sausage and all the bacon is fresh side uncured.....man I'm hungry now!!! :-)
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Wade I'll go to Christies and watch how she cooks it and take notes and then come back and show you and your wife how she done it.
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It'll have to be when the frozen tundra returns. When's that, like sometime in August up there?

Rewrite on the sausage the boss uses. It's Bob Evans Sage loose sausage.
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No, week after next.
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TMI? :-)
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When I am making gravy, I get a cup / glass, what ever, of milk and mix flour with it until is is the consistency of paste. Then when the sausage is done, I fill the pan with milk, when that is heated up I slowly pour in the Milk/flour misture from the cup into the pan with the milk/sausage.


Buy doing it this way I do not get any clumps at all.

I still have not been able to get the hang of mixing the flour with the grease then adding the milk, etc. Always end up with clumps and it seems I never have enough greese.
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The trick to adding flour to grease is to add less than you think would make it thick and lumpy and stir and chop with the
edge of the spatula until it is smooth and thickly runny. That probably is worse, but if you stir like a madman, you can
get it there no problem. In fact, I would say that it's a ratio of 1:1....for every teaspoon of grease you think
is in the pan, add a teaspoon of flour. But based on what you say goes wrong everytime, I'd say add half of
the flour you think it needs and stir it down and add a little more til it get's "thickly runny". That presents a bit
of a heat problem, I SPEED-cook a roux in about 40 seconds. My mom takes 30 minutes. I go fast because
I know about how much flour I want to use by eye. In order to get your proportions right and still have time to
add the right amount before it overheats, you need to heat slowly. Once it gets the consistency of syrup,
FIRE IT UP...Only use the milk to STOP the process dead when it's the right color and temp, which is brown
and HOT, lol. Then just slowly cook the milk out, or the liquid, so to speak.
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Right proportion of flour to grease? I do this by eye. I almost always have to pour off at least half the grease (unless you want a really big pot of gravy!!). If the flour is NOT all absorbed, then, too much flour (this can easily be corrected by adding back some of the grease you pour off at the front-end - if you saved it!). If too runny, add more flour. Do this step over medium heat only!! Do not use Brad's "speed-cook" method unless you are an expert at gravy making! Brad is right in that this is only for the experts. And, if you can successfully pull this method off, you don't need this thread!

The gravy will NOT be lumpy if you cook the flour/grease to a non-lumpy stage and follow the rest of the method instructions! The benefit of medium heat is that you can easily adjust your flour/grease ratio while cooking/stirring, and NOT risk burning your flour. Cooking the flour for at least 5 minutes ALSO results in cooking the flour taste out of the mixture. Otherwise, you taste the flour, and not the sausage. That's another reason that roux's is done over an extended period. It cooks OUT the flour taste.

Once you have your flour and grease cooked and smooth, the next step is critical to avoid lumps. You have to have a contrast in temperatures. Hot roux, cold milk and/or water. You have to have this contrast. Turn the heat up to near high, keep the liquid in the fridge until time to use. Pour in enough liquid on the first pour to give yourself plenty, and time to mix it in, and be ready to add more liquid before the mixture in the pan turns to jello! The reason that cast iron pans work so well for gravy, is because they retain heat well, and you do not have to spend great time in bringing the pan back up to heat. The down side is that the gravy will "lock-up" quickly if you do not add enough milk at the start. I start with milk, with water as a second pour, then finish with milk. Remember that the gravy will NOT reach full consistency until it reaches a boil. So, you have the ability to play with the gravy a bit. If it looks too thin initially, just keep stirring, and give it time. I most often end up adding more liquid after the initial boil, so don't fret if it seems to thin initially!

Add the crumbled sausage to the gravy, and let it simmer on low heat for a few minutes will also enhance the sausage taste of the gravy. And, you can always stir in a little more liquid if it starts to thicken more than you desire.

Enjoy the cholesterol!! I know I do!!
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Anyone have a good sausage gravy made without milk or cream?
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