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Dean 
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 Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:33 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
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Mash potatoes are one of my favourite veg, yet I'll turn my nose up in disdain at any other puréed vegetable as being pretentious baby food.
As for gravy - can't be bothered with arseing about "deglazing" the roasting pan to make gravy - gravy is made in a huge chemical plant by Premier Foods and it's called Bisto - four spoonfuls, ½pt boiling water, stir. Job done. |
You sir are a barbarian! |
Yeah, I was booked to sack Rome, but the flight was delayed and then cancelled at the last minute - making gravy with freeze-dried granuals was a poor substitute and not really the same. 
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Padraic
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:27 |
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For the very, very few times I even have gravy I'll be damned if I'm getting it from a jar.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:25 |
Dean wrote:
Mash potatoes are one of my favourite veg, yet I'll turn my nose up in disdain at any other puréed vegetable as being pretentious baby food.
As for gravy - can't be bothered with arseing about "deglazing" the roasting pan to make gravy - gravy is made in a huge chemical plant by Premier Foods and it's called Bisto - four spoonfuls, ½pt boiling water, stir. Job done. |
You sir are a barbarian!
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The T
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:22 |
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Mashed potatoes but not butter in them please.. I hate butter. Mom does some great mashed potatoes with no butter or cream... Oh delicious....
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:22 |
In not liking Mash lies madness and not liking gravy on mash is insane. Sausage Mash Gravy is the food of Gods, .
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Dean
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:14 |
Mash potatoes are one of my favourite veg, yet I'll turn my nose up in disdain at any other puréed vegetable as being pretentious baby food.
As for gravy - can't be bothered with arseing about "deglazing" the roasting pan to make gravy - gravy is made in a huge chemical plant by Premier Foods and it's called Bisto - four spoonfuls, ½pt boiling water, stir. Job done.
Edited by Dean - February 09 2011 at 12:15
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The T
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:03 |
What about french fries Pat? 
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:42 |
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What the hell are yorkshire puddings...
I hate gravy though. It ruins mashed potatoes... |
Mashed potatoes already ruined the potato.
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The T
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:38 |
What the hell are yorkshire puddings...
I hate gravy though. It ruins mashed potatoes... |
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Epignosis
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:31 |
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Padraic
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:16 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Dean wrote:
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Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it. |
As I said "dodgy".... decidedly so. |
I just read a recipe. It appears that we also use the gravy as you call it, gravy which is basically beef stock. We use that very extensively also. I can't imagine putting it on what appears to be a pancake/donut type object. Sounds disgusting.
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Well it's not sweet!
I don't usually use stock in my gravies. Just the juices of the roasted beef, lamb, chicken, turkey or pork (which usually has some roast vegetables in it too) with some flour and water, usually the potato water and other vegetable waters.
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You're essentially using a vegetable stock in your gravy if you do that. How much fat gets rendered out from cooking a roast determines how much extra liquid one needs in making the gravy, it can be water, stock, etc. When making gravy for Thanksgiving, for example, my wife will add some chicken stock if there's a surfeit of liquid.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:15 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it. |
As I said "dodgy".... decidedly so. |
I just read a recipe. It appears that we also use the gravy as you call it, gravy which is basically beef stock. We use that very extensively also. I can't imagine putting it on what appears to be a pancake/donut type object. Sounds disgusting.
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Well it's not sweet!
I don't usually use stock in my gravies. Just the juices of the roasted beef, lamb, chicken, turkey or pork (which usually has some roast vegetables in it too) with some flour and water, usually the potato water and other vegetable waters.
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I'll have to try it one day. I'm having trouble imagining the taste. It was never suggested to me by anyone while I was in your country.
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If it is done well, it is sooo good. When you run out of food you may even want to mop up the gravy with bread.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:13 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it. |
As I said "dodgy".... decidedly so. |
I just read a recipe. It appears that we also use the gravy as you call it, gravy which is basically beef stock. We use that very extensively also. I can't imagine putting it on what appears to be a pancake/donut type object. Sounds disgusting.
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Well it's not sweet!
I don't usually use stock in my gravies. Just the juices of the roasted beef, lamb, chicken, turkey or pork (which usually has some roast vegetables in it too) with some flour and water, usually the potato water and other vegetable waters.
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I'll have to try it one day. I'm having trouble imagining the taste. It was never suggested to me by anyone while I was in your country.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:02 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it. |
As I said "dodgy".... decidedly so. |
I just read a recipe. It appears that we also use the gravy as you call it, gravy which is basically beef stock. We use that very extensively also. I can't imagine putting it on what appears to be a pancake/donut type object. Sounds disgusting.
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Well it's not sweet!
I don't usually use stock in my gravies. Just the juices of the roasted beef, lamb, chicken, turkey or pork (which usually has some roast vegetables in it too) with some flour and water, usually the potato water and other vegetable waters.
Edited by Snow Dog - February 09 2011 at 11:06
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 11:01 |
Dean wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it. |
As I said "dodgy".... decidedly so. |
I just read a recipe. It appears that we also use the gravy as you call it, gravy which is basically beef stock. We use that very extensively also. I can't imagine putting it on what appears to be a pancake/donut type object. Sounds disgusting.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Dean
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 10:14 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it. |
As I said "dodgy".... decidedly so.
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Proletariat
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 09:19 |
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In the US there are a few different varieties of gravy not just the milk+flour+sausage one but thats the one that I think is most popular with buiscuits. And it is super tasty!!!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 08:56 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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Nope...that ain't gravy as we know it.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 08:42 |
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It's basically milk and flour with chunks of pork sausage. It's absolutely divine.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 08:32 |
Dean wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Padraic wrote:
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Yes, definitely with gravy. A must with roast beef. It's a British tradition!
Good as afters too, with sugar, or honey, or golden syrup.
Maybe the closest thing in the US are biscuits?? Only in the sense they are a cake type thing, served savory with gravy. Are biscuits eaten as desert too?
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Oh definitely. A nice fresh biscuit with butter and jam is heavenly.
Biscuits here are best described as "flaky" - not sure how that compares with Yorkshire pud. |
I've got a recipe for biscuits somewhere which I need to try one day. They do sound good. Yorkshire puds are quite firm, I guess, although the base stays relatively soft. They're basically like pancake batter baked in the oven. |
Have you noticed that Yorkshires with sugar taste like doughnuts? Or is it just me?
Then French toast covered in cinnamon sugar tastes just like doughnuts too. I think it's the cooking oil+sugar combination that does it.
/edit: Eric (EDub) mentioned Biscuits and Gravy a few years back _ I searched out a recipe, but the constituents of the gravy looked decidedly dodgy to me and I haven't attempted it yet.
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That resembles vomit. Obviously gravy means something else in the States too.
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Do you put gravy in your yorkshire puddings?
