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Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:18:40 -0500, Ward Abbott >
> wrote:
>
> >Why does everyone have horror stories about making gravy? We all know
> >how to make a perfect béchamel sauce which is the basic, classic sauce
> >technique.
> >
> >I hear these "MIL" stories and I can't comprehend WHY gravy continues
> >to be an issue.
>
> I found out one year, at Dad's house, that it's good to ask questions.
> I was put in charge of making the Thanksgiving gravy. The flour,
> sugar, powdered sugar, and brown sugar were in identical, unmarked
> Tupperware containers.
>
> You guessed it. I kept adding and adding, and the gravy wasn't
> getting any thicker. It just kept getting sweeter. Don't ask me why
> some people ate it anyway. I sure as bleep didn't!

That's funny! ;-D Thanks for sharing that!
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