white gravy
In Appalachian and Southern cooking, "white gravy" is a simple flour-and-milk gravy made from pan drippin’s or grease. Served over biscuits, it’s a breakfast staple - sometimes called "sawmill gravy" on menus, but usually just "gravy" at home.
Hillbilly Dude Says...
We never called it 'white gravy' unless there was a question as to what kind we's gonna eat. Biscuits always just got 'gravy' in our house. Still do. Pronunciation
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Meaning & Usage
- A flour-and-milk gravy made from drippin’s (noun)
Mae:
What’s for breakfast?
What’s for breakfast?
Earl:
Biscuits and white gravy.
Biscuits and white gravy.- A Southern & Appalachian breakfast tradition (noun)
Mae:
They served sausage, eggs, and white gravy at the church supper.
They served sausage, eggs, and white gravy at the church supper.other spellings: gravy, sawmill gravy, milk gravy, cream gravy, biscuit gravy, and breakfast gravy
★ White gravy is often the "default" gravy with biscuits. At home it’s just called "gravy." Menus may list it as "sawmill gravy," but that name is mostly restaurant talk. ★