I can not make it!!!  I have tried hundreds of times and it never turns out right.  I've used different recipes and they always suck...

Funny thing is I make awesome gravy for my turkey, I can make S.O.S. (on of hubby's favorite from the Navy) but for some reason I can not make sausage gravy ( as we call it here in the South).  I make a roux ( sometimes with butter, other times with bacon drippings or sausage drippings), I add my milk and let it thicken and it is always AWFUL!!!  I don't know what I'm doing wrong, so if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.  ;D

My husband would be shocked if I could make a gravy that didn't taste like glue!! :D

I can not make it!!!   I have tried hundreds of times and it never turns out right.  I've used different recipes and they always suck...

Funny thing is I make awesome gravy for my turkey, I can make S.O.S. (on of hubby's favorite from the Navy) but for some reason I can not make sausage gravy ( as we call it here in the South).  I make a roux ( sometimes with butter, other times with bacon drippings or sausage drippings), I add my milk and let it thicken and it is always AWFUL!!!  I don't know what I'm doing wrong, so if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.  ;D

My husband would be shocked if I could make a gravy that didn't taste like glue!! :D


You may be using too much flour, that is the only thing I can think of.

You may be using too much flour, that is the only thing I can think of.


I'm sure that's it but when I've asked some of hubby's family members  how they make it all I get is "well, I take some bacon grease and some flour and I cook it, then I add milk." and I ask "how much flour." and  "how long." etc., they can't tell me because they don't use any kinds of measurement, it's just done from memory.  I tried following a recipe or two and they called for a lot of flour.  Maybe someday I'll get it.

Thanks!

I'm sure that's it but when I've asked some of hubby's family members  how they make it all I get is "well, I take some bacon grease and some flour and I cook it, then I add milk." and I ask "how much flour." and  "how long." etc., they can't tell me because they don't use any kinds of measurement, it's just done from memory.  I tried following a recipe or two and they called for a lot of flour.  Maybe someday I'll get it.

Thanks!


I never use very much flour, usually just a couple of tablespoons, if it needs to be thicker I add some of the hot liquid to about a teaspoon of flour pour back in.  Give it some time to thicken up.

I'm sure that's it but when I've asked some of hubby's family members  how they make it all I get is "well, I take some bacon grease and some flour and I cook it, then I add milk." and I ask "how much flour." and  "how long." etc., they can't tell me because they don't use any kinds of measurement, it's just done from memory.  I tried following a recipe or two and they called for a lot of flour.  Maybe someday I'll get it.

Thanks!
1 lb sausage fried
1/4 flour added to grease (don't drain) or if you drain add back another 1/4 c of melted butter... Let it cook for 2-5 minutes (till golden, to cook the flour so it us not glue).  Stir in two cups milk, I add a little more because it thickens as it cools.  Add salt and pepper to taste (lots of both)!

1 lb sausage fried
1/4 flour added to grease (don't drain) or if you drain add back another 1/4 c of melted butter... Let it cook for 2-5 minutes (till golden, to cook the flour so it us not glue).  Stir in two cups milk, I add a little more because it thickens as it cools.  Add salt and pepper to taste (lots of both)!


That is a 1/4 cup of flour, not a quarter pound.......just sayin'..........

That is a 1/4 cup of flour, not a quarter pound.......just sayin'..........

You are right, that is a quarter cup!

Thanks!  I'm gonna try it again, I'm not going to tell anyone so I do not disappoint them if it doesn't turn out.

Thanks!  I'm gonna try it again, I'm not going to tell anyone so I do not disappoint them if it doesn't turn out.
OTHERWISE... and here is my "easy secret"  I buy the sausage gravy packet (of any variety - the powdered packet, in the sauce packet area of grocery store) and I cook the sausage, add 1/2 milk, 1/2 water and put in the gravy mix... Easy Peasy and not really that expensive because I buy the cheap ones and get away with it, I just may need 2 if they are small packets...

When I was scared to make it, and sometimes I still get either too thick, too lumpy or too runny (but hey - that is what homemade is all about).... 

OTHERWISE... and here is my "easy secret"  I buy the sausage gravy packet (of any variety - the powdered packet, in the sauce packet area of grocery store) and I cook the sausage, add 1/2 milk, 1/2 water and put in the gravy mix... Easy Peasy and not really that expensive because I buy the cheap ones and get away with it, I just may need 2 if they are small packets...

When I was scared to make it, and sometimes I still get either too thick, too lumpy or too runny (but hey - that is what homemade is all about).... 


I think a lot more people than anyone thinks does this.  It's like pie crust...... I will never do THAT from scratch again either  ;) . 

OTHERWISE... and here is my "easy secret"  I buy the sausage gravy packet (of any variety - the powdered packet, in the sauce packet area of grocery store) and I cook the sausage, add 1/2 milk, 1/2 water and put in the gravy mix... Easy Peasy and not really that expensive because I buy the cheap ones and get away with it, I just may need 2 if they are small packets...

When I was scared to make it, and sometimes I still get either too thick, too lumpy or too runny (but hey - that is what homemade is all about).... 


That's what I've been doing and everyone likes it but I thought I'd at least try to learn to make homemade, it's a personal challenge.  ;D


I think a lot more people than anyone thinks does this.  It's like pie crust...... I will never do THAT from scratch again either  ;) . 


I was like that with biscuits, I would get flour and lard, mix, cut and wind up with hockey pucks, then I discovered the ones in the frozen foods section. 

BY GEORGE, I THINK SHE'S GOT IT!!!


Not perfect, but getting there. I didn't have sausage so I  used the bacon drippings, I think it's the sausage that I'm missing.

Thanks!!

BY GEORGE, I THINK SHE'S GOT IT!!!


Not perfect, but getting there. I didn't have sausage so I  used the bacon drippings, I think it's the sausage that I'm missing.

Thanks!!



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That's what I've been doing and everyone likes it but I thought I'd at least try to learn to make homemade, it's a personal challenge.  ;D

I was like that with biscuits, I would get flour and lard, mix, cut and wind up with hockey pucks, then I discovered the ones in the frozen foods section. 
Not a problem...

I have 4 c. of buttermilk from making "homemade" butter last week.  Wishing I knew how to make buttermilk biscuits.  Keep thinking about making an attempt, but I know the ones in the frozen food section is DELICIOUS!

BY GEORGE, I THINK SHE'S GOT IT!!!


Not perfect, but getting there. I didn't have sausage so I  used the bacon drippings, I think it's the sausage that I'm missing.

Thanks!!
Congratulations O0  I had faith in you...

Now if you have a recipe for the "deviled eggs" that I like, that would be great.  No one has a recipe for them, and their are thousands of recipes that I seem to NOT like  :P