/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18860058
Only time I’ve ever had it was at Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel, and I haven’t been to either of those places in 5 or 6 years.

>>18860058
Yeah, just last week. it was great. though i put too much meat in and it was more biscuits and a meatslop than biscuits and gravy.

>>18860058
Looks like somebody else ate it first.

I live next to an ancient diner called the Chicken Pie Shop in San Diego. It's always filled with dozens of seniors and the wait staff is just as old. Super cheap and serve simple comfort dishes including two kinds of gravy, mash, country fried steak, and biscuits. It's like an ultra-comforting time warp. They have like nine different kinds of dessert pies. Best biscuits and gravy I had was in some random diner out in the country somewhere. Wish I remembered where. I just remember practically drinking the egg yolk and gravy on the plate when it was all done.

>>18860058
I'm from Texas; of course I have. Best I ever had was at Blackwater Draw in College Station back when they still had the restaurant

>>18860058
i'm from kansas, i've had b&g countless times

>>18860058
In my house we had biscuits w/ hamburger gravy which is the exact same thing only with ground hamburger instead of pork sausage.

I think it is superior, though because of reasons stated above, I am biased.

>>18860058
Of course I have. It's an important part of the Oklahoma state meal.

>>18860058
Yes. I love sausage gravy. It's very easy to make.

>>18860058
I make it once a month with a couple eggs on top

>>18860058
inferior to chipped beef on sourdough toast

>>18860151
>>18860156
Looks tasty

>>18860074
seek medical help immediately

>>18860161
not my fault that gravy looks like dog vomit

>>18860058
No, because it is weirdo foreign shit.

>>18860058
i've never had it before. what does it taste like?

>>18860156
S.O.S = Shit On (a) Shingle

Absolutely.

Last week I roasted a chicken, then took the leftovers and made a gravy and made biscuits. So I guess it was more like chicken and biscuits, but gravy was still involved, and it was really damn good. There were no leftovers from that one.

>>18860058
No, I'm not American.

>>18860278
>looks like dog vomit
It doesn't. What could you possibly be feeding your dog that would make it's vomit look like that?
>stomach acid is gray
Fuck off asshole you are stupid. You can't even come up with accurate insults.

>>18860058
No who the fuck puts fucking gravy on biscuits? Is this another burger thread?

>>18860376
>burger
It's a southern/midwestern states thing. It's a solid meal you can make for pennies on the dollar but it won't be headlining the menu of a 5 star restaurant for sure.

>>18860376
everybody

>>18860058
It's my favorite breakfast.

>>18860448
hehehe

>>18860058
yep. whataburger has biscuits and gravy. can't get that at in-n-out...stupid californians

>>18860358
how the fuck should I know what dogs eat?

What's the most based biscuits and gravy recipe?

>>18861647
I don't follow an exact recipe, it's a pretty simple dish but this is my go to:

Cook 1/2 stick of butter and 1 lb of ground breakfast sausage (sage flavor is best), do not drain, once the meat begins to brown, add flour and stir, keep adding until all the liquid is absorbed then cook for a few minutes extra, then slowly add in whole milk until it gets soupy (runs off a spoon), then simmer on low heat until it's not soupy (sticks to spoon). Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder.

Since biscuits and gravy always seems to confuse or repulse our friends across the pond, allow me to once again explain.
What you guys call biscuits, we call cookies. Our biscuits are sort of like scones, pic related. Pretty much just flour and butter. They're usually fairly dense, so we eat them with some sort of sauce, gravy or spread, even if it's just butter.
The gravy is a very simple sausage gravy, it's pretty much just ground pork with all the fat, flour, milk, and the seasonings being the most important part. I keep it simple with just black pepper and sage.
Biscuits & gravy is a super cheap poverty meal that's become a comfort food staple for most of the US over the decades. Goes best topped with some runny eggs, I prefer mine over easy. A couple dashes of hot sauce, and it's perfect. Sometimes I like to get fancy and double down on the sloppa with some chili and sauteed mushrooms & onions, maybe even some sharp cheddar or pepperjack.
A fantastic sloppy meal to soak up all the ridiculous amounts of alcohol you've consumed in the past 6 hours. Definitely not something to eat often though, it's clearly unhealthy.

>>18862164
My bad, I meant flour and butterMILK, but butter is also an ingredient, along with shit like salt and baking soda.
The reason why the gravy is that unappealing grey color is of course due to how it's just pork fat from the sausage with milk and flour. It tastes far better than it looks, I think UKfriends would like it with how they too enjoy their simple, homely dishes.

>>18860448
Lol nice one m8

>>18860058
bikkies and grikkies aren't that popular up Nawth where I'm from but I have had it a couple times at a small-town diner.

It was fucking amazing. Perfect breakfast sausage made into a creamy gravy over fluffy biscuits? What's not to love? You can tell though it's just wicked bad for you but after a 10hr night shift in the warehouse it's the bees tits

>>18860058
buttermilk pancake batter is the same as buttermilk biscuit dough?

why dont they just serve pancakes with sausage gravy.
even better make pancakes out of the sausage gravy.

>>18862224
too heavy anon. biscuits aren't dense, they're fluffly and flaky and light. they are full of butter but they aren't dense

>>18862224
Pancakes and gravy is actually a good idea, make it happen and I'll buy some

>>18862246
They can be sense if you make em the oldschool depression era way like my family would. I usually just get them premade in the tube you break on the counter, those are the nice fluffy ones.

>>18862311
Speaking of depression era shit, does crisco still exist? I haven't exactly been keeping an eye out for it for decades, but I can't remember ever seeing it in stores lately. I mostly go to walmart, but they might have it at the food lion most likely. Maybe piggly wiggly, but I rarely go there, it's a bit too basketball american for me.
I don't plan on buying crisco, I'm just curious. My mom and grandma would use it a lot.

I love biscuits and gravy. I grew up with a mom that always used a packet mix to make gravy along with jimmy dean sausage and she used prepackaged biscuits. When I make it I usually use 1lb sausage, preferably sage. If I don't have sage sausage I'll add sage seasoning. I cook it in the skillet, add 3/4c flour, then cook the rawness out for a while. Then I add 2c milk. Then when it's gravy like I add 2c more. Then 2c more then s&p a small splash of Worcestershire and it's done. That's it. I tried red pepper flakes before but it was unnecessary. I usually use store bought biscuits but half the time I do make my own. It's not hard just annoying having to clean up the flour but since buying a dough scraper it's a lot easier.
Also when I was dogsitting for my aunt I tried picrelated and I fucking love it. It's like how canned asparagus is really good but not the same as fresh asparagus which is also really good. It's just good ok I like the libby's shit the homemade shit and how my mom makes it. I just like gravy. I also will use leftover sausage gravy and just top my eggs with it.

>>18862323
>does crisco still exist
Bruh if you don't have butter crisco in the cupboard for baking you are doing it wrong.
>grap sandwich baggy
>put hand inside it
>dip hand in butter crisco like a bear fishing for honey
>grease your pan of choice
>??
>profit

>>18862323
OH ANON CRISCO EXISTS.

my mother makes her apple pie crust with Crisco (not too much but enough to make it super flaky) and the fucking legend mailed me, overseas, a pack of Crisco so I can make her pie on her terms.

She has fucking jars of the shit stacked in the pantry it's weird.

pickerel, her Crisco-crusted pie. I haven't made one yet.

>>18862325
Based and cozy. I personally can't stand canned or jarred gravy, but I've not tried many brands. The dry gravy packets however used to be the go-to for when I grew up with my sister and 2 stepbrothers. 4 hungry-ass teenagers tends to make parents take the cheap and easy route. Packaged gravy is pretty decent.

>>18862333
That looks like a mighty fine apple pie, I'm jelly. All it's missing is an irish coffee to go with.

>>18862340
it mightn't be pictured but we do sometimes make those too :]

>>18862343
Unfathomably comfy.
Do you guys use granny smiths in your pies like normal? I like using a 50/50 of washington reds and golden delicious, you don't need to add anywhere near as much sugar with em. I highly recommend getting your red delicious from Washington, they're the best in the country.

>>18862334
Thanks I agree in general also the stuff like prepackaged au jus or even egg drop soup mix is so damn good

>>18862351
Well anon I'm from New England so we've always done pies mostly with Macintosh and about 1/3 with Granny Smith. My mum puts a lot of sugar in (too much sometimes for me) but it's always perfect when she uses half Granny Smith.

One time when I was about 10 she made them with local Red Delicious and it was sickly sweet.

>>18862365
Probably too much sugar then, I imagine. Red delicious tend to be the most appley tasting of apples. Only granny smith has a stronger flavor, but that's due to the tartness. This is why I mix those super sweet golden delicious fuckers with my red delicious. Don't even need to add sugar.

I only recommend the finest American pies. I will make one for you sometime so you can try it

>>18862392
Yeah that's a good point. We always add sugar but I guess that's just because of the macs and grannies.

Do you have a pic of a Washington pie at all? Would like to see one after these pie banters

>>18862433
Unfortunately not, I haven't baked anything in a long time. I did find pic related on google though that looks pretty similar to how I'd lattice my dough. I'd make some cinnamon butter to brush over top to get a similar color. The inside would look just like any other apple pie, nothing different there for mine.

>>18862392
In all seriousness a golden apple pie without granulated sugar sounds amazing

>>18862433
>>18862442
Well, actually in hindsight, I guess the filling would be a slightly darker color than normal since I really like cinnamon and nutmeg.

You guys should make red hot apples and then make a pie out of that and tell me how it is. Do a spicy sweet thing with the crust. I can't make a pie right now or I would

>>18862449
>nutmeg
we tried this but onnestly nutmeg just doesn't jive with me in pies. good in sauces or sprankled on top of pastries, but good lord don't complicate the filling

>>18862451
No pun intended

>>18862447
My mother did that, but as a crumble instead of a pie, and it was fantastic. She used graham crackers for it.

>>18862451
>red hot apples

>>18862459
My man, I wasn't ready for this level of nostalgia. Aint that Pete's Dragon? I forget exactly

>>18862457
Do you have a recipe for this crumble? Sounds really good with some ice cream

>>18862468
Sadly no. This was decades ago, and I'm not on speaking terms with my mom after how dirty she did my mama, otherwise I'd call her.

>>18862467
>Pete's Dragon
yeah, or "Peach Dragon" as I said it as a kid

https://youtu.be/VGbsrrkZm1s

>>18862467
I was never crazy about that movie.

>>18862489
even when you were little?

>>18862459
Aw dude, lightly grill some slices, and toss them in with a ham inside a pumpkin with some beer, cabbage, and red onions with a healthy dash of autumn spices and bake it. Fantastic eating right there

>>18862500
I only watched it when I was little, haven't seen it since I was 4. Just found it too saccharine then, like granulated sugar. I'm sure I would like it more if I saw it now

>>18862504
Autumn spices? What, nutmeg, cumin? Am I missing anything? Clove?

>>18862521
Not sure if it's a more American thing or not, but the blend is typically cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, rosemary, and saffron.

>>18862504
>>18862536
sounds awesome †bh. it's summer in Straya now so I've been in the mood for turkey, punkin, or autumn spices in several months now but my May I promise you I'm roasting some turkey and baking some proper autumn apple shit

>>18862323
>does crisco still exist
Gay men use it as lubricant when fisting.

>>18862540
Based Aussie, you guys are rad. Dunno if you have pumpkins or not, but I highly recommend baking a ham in one like how I mentioned. It's a great niche American thing.
>>18862544
Ya learn something new every day. I thought they stuck with vaseline.

>>18862224
Gravy on pancakes? Don't be gross, anon.

biscuits and gravy is god tier however all packet/canned/instant gravy is trash. this is one dish that especially has to be made from scratch

>>18860448
>choccy bourbons and bovril
a true british staple

>>18861647
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aryyAhYJc5w

>>18860448
yummy

>>18862224
>buttermilk pancake batter is the same as buttermilk biscuit dough?

No?

>>18860058
southern gravy is one of the most unappetizing things i've ever seen.

>>18863189
>southern gravy
funny
in the uk we consider southern gravy to be normal brown gravy like you get at kfc

>>18863202
i don't know if it's a difference in regional vocabulary, but I never know what Britischers are referring to when they talk about food. They seem to use words interchangeably.

>>18863211
yeah thats very true
we call food different things every 50 miles or so
in my town we call cordial, well cordial. but a few towns away everyone calls it squash, ive heard midlanders? call it dilute so i dont blame anyone for being confused

ukfag here, i once used cheese scones warmed up in place of biscuits. literally zero difference. come at me.

>>18860058
I bought the Tennessee Pride premade sausage and gravy, put it over Grands
It was alright, dont think I would buy it again though

>>18863231
a foreigner that actually enjoys biscuits and gravy?

>>18860062
Yeah I get the meatslop problem too.

>>18864091
>NTA
but i really want to try it proper american style because my american freind raves about it but when i look it, it honestly reminds me of dog sick

>>18860109
you gotta get the right sausage too or it'll taste weird. I go with tennessee pride

This shit is the bomb. Top tier American cusine

>>18860151
Damn, looks great.

Are there any regional variations? Growing up the gravy was a roux of flour, bacon grease, and garlic powder, but I think this was just my family (also we’d heat up the leftover gravy, add cheese, and put it on broccoli or cauliflower).

>>18860156
We call it Shit on a Shingle (endearingly)

>>18860058
I've given the recipe to my dutch friends. It's really good if you use frikandel sausage.

>>18864337
In my family we make it with ground beef and put it over mashed potatoes

>>18860058
Yea, can make it homemade but usually use cheap can biscuits. Had a porkchop and gray biscuit from Hardies earlier in the week. It was wonderful.

>>18864135
Just fry up some loose sausage. Make a bechamel with the fond. Season with black pepper and sage. Pour over scones. Nothing special or hard.

>>18860058
yeah, it fucks. good with a piece of fried chicken too

I make it with chorizo, mushroom, onion, and sage, and it's probably my favorite breakfast. I'll put a biscuit and some gravy on top in a little tupperware and have a bunch of quick meals for the week since it microwaves well.

>>18860058
The first time I had it was after a night of drinking I had slept on a friend's couch and the next morning his dad made us biscuits and gravy. It was just something he threw together with Pillsbury biscuits and possibly pre-made gravy, but my got it tasted so good and I've been making it regularly since.