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Default Making a White Sauce

On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 6:52:08 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> In article > , Janet
> says...
> >
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > >
> > > Never had good sawmill gravy for breakfast? I'm not talking
> > > about a beef gravy such as served over mashed potatoes. Nor
> > > am I talking about a chicken gravy such as notbob tries to pass
> > > off as a breakfast gravy.
> > >
> > > A beef or a chicken based gravy is as different from a sawmill
> > > gravy as chocolate cake is to liver and onions.

> >
> > Why do they call it swmill gravy?

>
> Who would call it that? I can't even say that.


Simple typo for "sawmill". Sawmill gravy allegedly originated in
logging camps or sawmills, to feed hungry workers.


Cindy Hamilton