How do you take basic’s like Potato’s or meat, and turn out meal after meal of different flavors.. How many times have you got KFC not so much for the the chicken or the fries but because you are craving their gravy, or is that just me? ;P I have been known to send DH to just get a Large Gravy 🙂

Au Ju-Meat Juices, with or without the deglazing dripping on a pan that was used to cook meat is the basic start to most meat flavored gravies.

Shown Top, Gravy made with Corn Starch, below the same sauce but made with Rue instead.

Light gravies are typically thicken’d with corn startch, Dark Gravies are typically thicken’s with Rue (flour mix with fat, then flavored liquid added and cooked till thick) 

 White Gravies are typically milk gravies and are made with milk, Coffee Gravies are just that, gravy made with leftover cold coffee, normally made thick with Rue.

Sauces are typically made with milk or cream and different flavorings, they can also be thicken’d with those list above but many don’t use corn starch or flour, instead they use eggs or simple reduction to get the desired results. I love to make Milk Gravy and then mix in a big huge pot of fresh cooked Pea’s and serve it over hot mashed potatos, a true childhood favorite of mine, and I suspect most of the families.

Ah eggs, I love eggs, they are part of what makes it feel like spring is just around the corner, I am seeing other bloggers posting about planting and working in their gardens, my land is still frozen solid at this time but the daylight is getting longer, and my just grown up latest batch of hens are starting to lay.. which means that I currently have a dozen fresh eggs coming in daily from them, plus the older hens, plus the ducks, the quail, the Turkey hens and a special surprise was waiting for me today.

Breakfast:Oatmeals

Lunch: Corn Beef, Mashed with gravy, and left Over Cabbage Salad

Dinner: Fittata with Onion, and Mixed Greens (Nettle, Spinach, Kale and Horseradish leaves from my garden last year) with fried Hashbrowns.

Drinks, Water, Tea and Hot Chocolate

So who laid that little white egg?? Do you like your gravy thin or thick? Do you like Milk Gravy with biscuits? Do you like Hollandise Sauce? What is your favorite sauce?