1) Deconstructing the misnomer, "Sausage, Gravy & Biscuits"
à la Brooks Diner:
I kept hearing of this Southern thing, of "sausage (comma) gravy
& biscuits". I couldn't quite grasp why you'd want to be eating gravy & sausages at breakfast. Gravy, as we all know from experience, is best served warm, at teatime, along with Bangers
'n' Mash, Toad in the Hole or Roast Beef & Yorkshire Puddings. Not really breakfast fare at all.
Then I went to Brook's Diner for brunch last Saturday. So many biscuit options! Two plates arrived as ordered. Mine with biscuits at their savoury best: with eggs, scrambled. The other with biscuits & sausage gravy & chipped beef.
So it's more of a sauce than a gravy, per se.
Traditional, Southern.
"After loose pork sausage is cooked in a pan and removed, a roux is formed by browning flour in the residual fat. Milk and seasonings, such as salt and pepper, are added to create a moderately thick gravy, to which the cooked sausage is added. Occasionally, ingredients such as cayenne pepper.. are used to make a more spicy gravy. " - Wiki
Aha!
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| It was so tasty to try, I bought a K.Roger packet myself. Sold on the Southern comforts. |
So it materialised a while back that America does KFC but when it happens, it happens in America's way. With biscuits ... & mashed potatoes & gravy (brown! normal!) ... & potato wedges ... & green beans & 'Cole Slaw'.
So when I found a $5 B1G1F voucher, I thought "why not?!"
Review: Biscuits, always!
Mashed potato, nahhh.
I can see how it could work in a Southern household at tea-time, with all the family gathered around the table to eat. But in terms of fast food delivery, it still strikes me as kind of weird.
I also opted to try hushpuppies, a sweet cornbread fried in batter. (KFC also masquerading here as a seafood restaurant, under the name "Long John Silver's".) Second time lucky, I reckon as KFC's were not too tasty, even at the bargain price of 39c for two.
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