White Gravy
This is a story about a new bride, who wanted to impress the new husband. All of 18 yrs. old, I headed out into a new life with a husband by my side. It was necessary to learn all the things that it took to make life feasible for a new couple. I had done of the basics, of going to Homemaking classes, in high school and earning great grades. I hadn’t thought of mastering making cream/white gravy. It was just something I would do, when the time came.
Here it was! I made chicken fried steak, creamed potatoes, some other veggie (that I don’t remember) and it was time to make the gravy. I took some of the grease left over from frying the meat and proceeded to put white flour in to it. I started stiring it and suddenly it started getting thick………I rushed to get some water to thin it and came back. Pouring it in and stirring frantically I managed to get it somewhat thinner, which allowed me to go get the milk out of the fridge to thin it even more and make it creamy. Well, the gravy was so lumpy and thick, I was ashamed of it and threw it in the trash.
Starting over I tried to convince myself that I’d do a better job this time. Yeah, right! I finally threw up my hands and told my husband, that if was there if he wanted to eat it, but I was sure it wouldn’t be worth his while. Being the sweet heart that he was he told me to put some on his meat and potatoes. He made every effort to eat it, with the extra seasoning it took to make it edible. A few minutes later, after dinner was over, I went in to clean the kitchen. The gravy in the pan, was now thick enough that I was able to stand a knife up in it, without it falling……….!
Learning to cook a good gravy, is not easy……….neither is making biscuits from scratch.
