Jo Anne Slaven wrote:
> On 3 Nov 2006 18:40:57 -0800, "Barb" > wrote:
>
> >My MIL refuses to use flour to make gravy. She uses cornstarch and is
> >always too light on the salt so the gravy turns out like musilage.
> >Drippings? HEH the frond immediately gets hit with Palmolive and hot
> >water. And all the fat's gotta go, too.
>
> I can beat all your MIL gravy stories.
>
> Last year, DH and I flew to Newfoundland to visit my daughter, her
> husband, and her in-laws. This was at Canadian Thanksgiving.
>
> Daughter's MIL is not by any stretch a great cook, but she did a
> turkey and I figured the meal would be nice, if not exactly "gourmet".
>
> Well, she took the turkey out of the pan and left the pan there on the
> counter with all the lovely grease and bits of meat. She then took a
> can of *beef* broth out of the cupboard, dumped it in a saucepan, and
> thickened it with flour and water. I would never have believed it if I
> hadn't seen her do it with my own eyes.
>
> It was disgusting.
>
> Jo Anne

Jo Anne,

That's definitely the worst!

Aloha!

Barb