On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 7:48:34 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On 4/29/2021 7:51 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 4:04:08 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >> Everybody should have instant potato flakes on hand. I'm a Hungry
> >> Jack man myself. And gravy, should you desire instead of butter and
> >> pepper, is easy to whip up from chicken or beef base.
> >>
> > I do make the faux gravy, but instant potato flakes taste like cardboard.
> Instant mashed potatoes is used a thickener. They don't taste like
> anything when using a sprinking.
> > Mashed potatoes are super easy. I made them tonight with an added
> > carrot, and the faux chicken gravy
> love that word "faux"
> > had homemade chicken stock instead
> > of water as the liquid, though the dominant flavor was the Better Than
> > Bouillon.
> So you added some BTB to faux and homemade chicken soup.
> > A little summer savory, and perhaps some thyme, along with
> > paprika, cayenne and white pepper makes a decent sauce as a substitute
> > for gravy.
> > --Bryan
> >
> I'm sorry, what? Faux chicken gravy is never a decent sauce substitute.
> A small amount of instant potato flakes do make for a fine thickener
> of a homemade sauce or soup.
>
Sauce is, I guess, a misnomer. I made a slurry with cornstarch and chicken
stock I'd made a few days before. I added BTB, savory, paprika, cayenne and
white pepper.
>
> Jill
>
--Bryan