NOBODY could do biscuits and gravy like my Granny. People tried, the whole family tired and made them with her but they just couldn't pull it off. She had no problem sharing the secret, but that only made it more frustrating. She didn't use measurements, she just used handful of this, pinch of that, etc. The biscuits would still have flour caked on them going in the oven from the floured blanket she made 'em on. It was kind of a messy event. But the biscuits just crumbled, soft inside and crusty outside. Sort of like the old Hardee's biscuits or KFC biscuits but way better, not greasy. Flaky just enough, but had that same buttery taste to the crust. Then the gravy was pretty simple, flour, water, some of the grease, pepper. Some sausage sometimes, even beef or ground deer (deer had a different process to remove the "game" flavor IIRC). But she was liable to use any kind of gravy and often times just made shit up. I don't think I ever saw her use a cookbook and she did everything from scratch. Her kitchen was WELL equipped, not like to today's kitchens. Lots of old patent tools and machines. Really cool stuff.
She's gone now and her biscuit secrets are lost, but people still try. My mom's probably the closest to it but even she admits she's still trying, 50 years later! Don't know what made hers so perfect, but I reckon her use of those special 100+ yo skillets had something to do with it, they certainly add flavor when used right. That and her willingness to make things the way they used to make 'em. I don't think she stopped buying lard until early 80's when my mom, a nurse, explained to her how bad it is. She still ate the fat off her meat, but traded in lard for Crisco, which isn't much better. She was from old stock though, they don't make 'em like that anymore. Cancer took her, so turns out she could have ate all the lard she wanted. Just wish she'd given up the cigarettes a lot sooner.
Makes me want her biscuits and gravy now. Geez I miss her. Wish you all could try her biscuits and gravy too. Nothing else like it.
Army shit on a shingle isn't that bad with tabasco sauce. It's heavy hamburger in a gray gravy over either toast or biscuits, depending. Certainly not the best but far from the worst too.
She's gone now and her biscuit secrets are lost, but people still try. My mom's probably the closest to it but even she admits she's still trying, 50 years later! Don't know what made hers so perfect, but I reckon her use of those special 100+ yo skillets had something to do with it, they certainly add flavor when used right. That and her willingness to make things the way they used to make 'em. I don't think she stopped buying lard until early 80's when my mom, a nurse, explained to her how bad it is. She still ate the fat off her meat, but traded in lard for Crisco, which isn't much better. She was from old stock though, they don't make 'em like that anymore. Cancer took her, so turns out she could have ate all the lard she wanted. Just wish she'd given up the cigarettes a lot sooner.
Makes me want her biscuits and gravy now. Geez I miss her. Wish you all could try her biscuits and gravy too. Nothing else like it.
Army shit on a shingle isn't that bad with tabasco sauce. It's heavy hamburger in a gray gravy over either toast or biscuits, depending. Certainly not the best but far from the worst too.
