Homemade gravy

Homemade gravy is something we ate a lot when I was a kid. We ate hamburger gravy once a week for dinner, and we loved it. We ate it with biscuits, mashed potatoes, cornbread, baked potatoes, rice and toast. My favorite breakfast food is biscuits and hamburger, sausage or bacon gravy and hash browns.Best of all gravy is cheap and easy to make.

Every time I see people buying canned or powdered gravy mix I ask my self, WHY?

All you have to do to make really good gravy, is cook what ever kind of meat you like. Drain most  of the grease. Mix about 1/2 cup of flour in the meat and let it brown a little. Then add milk and stir in all the flour. Let it boil until it thickens to the thickness you want and remove it from the heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. If it still needs a little help you can add some beef bullion.



If you are cooking a Sunday roast or a turkey and have broth you want to thicken to make gravy. I like to thicken it with corn starch. Put a rounded table spoon or two depending how much gravy you want to make in a small dish of water and whisk it in real good. If it isn't mixed good enough it will be lumpy. whisk the mixture into the gravy and stir it until it thickens.

Before you buy another can of gravy or a package of gravy mix. Give the old fashioned way a try. You'll be glad you did!!