Today I was thinking…
Remember biscuits and gravy? I don’t know if they are just a southern thing, or if they are eaten in diners everywhere, but they are basically just halved biscuits with a white bechamel gravy that is either plain with lots of black pepper or with ground sausage bits. The interesting thing about them is their simplicity, and yet their complexity. No, I’m not pulling the old ‘mysterious oxymoron’ shtick just to confuse and make myself sound clever.
I just mean that the basic ingredient list for biscuits is so simple:
Flour, Butter, Salt, Milk (or buttermilk), Baking powder
And then the ingredients for white gravy:
Flour, Butter, Salt, Milk, Black pepper
Isn’t that incredible. When you eat biscuits and gravy, you are basically eating an entire plate full of flour, milk, and butter! And yet the end results couldn’t be more different. I think I’ll start using this as an example when people ask me if it mattes that they follow a recipe.
Just a thought.
Filed under: General Food | Tagged: bechamel sauce, biscuits, biscuits and gravy, diner food, white gravy
