"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "RodS" > wrote in message
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>>> On 24/07/2011 1:25 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> I don't usually get food cravings although oddly today I was craving
>>>> biscuits with sausage gravy
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>>> I have no idea what biscuits and sausage gravy are.
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>>> Tim Tams and pureed sausage ?
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>> American biscuits are not sweet. They're a quick bread. Sort of like a
>> scone but no sugar.
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> I only add sugar to a scone if I want a sweet one like adding sultanas or
> mixed dried fruit (like you put in a fruit cake) and only then a little
> sugar and some sprinkled on top. I am more likely to make savoury scones
> with ham, cheese, paprika etc. My kids prefer the plain ones, warm, with
> butter and jam or honey.
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> Sausage gravy is a little bit of found sausage cooked,
>> then flour is added, then some milk or cream to make a gravy. Lots of
>> black pepper and sometimes hot pepper is added.
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> I like white sauce on fish, corned beef etc but a meat gravy I like to be
> brown I would just have to add some gravy browning (for the looks not
> the taste!) Parisian essence I used to have on hand when I was a new
> bride, lol. I never did manage to make a brown gravy from the pan
> drippings successfully.

Found sausage? Yikes! Make that GROUND sausage.