One
of my favorite gravies is served with biscuits for breakfast. A lot
of people prefer sausage gravy, and that's very good, but my family
always preferred bacon gravy. I think this is also called "Milk Gravy" by some.
I
will never forget the morning I learned to make Bacon Gravy. I was
fourteen years old when I begged my Mama to teach me how to make
homemade biscuits and gravy.
I'm
just kidding. I'll never forget that morning because Mama nearly tore
my butt up for being a lazy teenager who talked back to her. “How
come Randy doesn't have to get off his butt and help, too?” I
asked. “Because Randy is my favorite”, said Mama.
I'm
just kidding again, but that's what I thought at the time, and nothing she said could have convinced me otherwise.
She
gave me a brief explanation about how women cooked, cleaned and cared
for the children, and men earned the income. So that little story
explains to y'all why I feel I should have been a 1950's housewife.
Without
further digression, here's how you make basic gravy, of which I
prefer to use bacon grease in stead of sausage, but you can use
either.
Ingredients
2
T Bacon Grease
2
T Flour
1
Cup MilkDirections
Heat your bacon grease on medium heat.
Whisk in your flour a little at a time, whisking after each addition.
Cook the grease and flour for about a minute and then slowly add your milk a little at a time, whisk until smooth.
I also add salt and pepper. Let the gravy bubble just a little, add more milk if necessary.
This
makes just enough for the three of us, we like a lot of gravy over
our biscuits.
