# Best breakfast meat grease for making cream gravy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538 "2019-10-27T05:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/1 "2019-10-27T05:52:05Z")
If you’re making cream gravy (typically for breakfast where I live), which meat drippings do you feel makes the best cream gravy? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/2 "2019-10-27T06:36:33Z")
Sausage is the favorite in my house. I’ve made it with bacon and porkchop pan drippings/grease as well. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/3 "2019-10-27T10:35:57Z")
Taking the question as written, sausage is a clear favorite. The problem is that it excludes (imho) the king of breakfast gravies - chipped beef. Yep, the classic S.O.S. is a wonderful, occasional treat for me. I don’t use meat drippings to make it though. Just a bit of butter and flour to make the roux. Add milk, water and the shredded, dried beef. Pepper to taste and Bob’s your uncle. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/4 "2019-10-27T14:35:47Z")
I use both, because I put bacon in my sausage gravy. First fry the bacon, then fry the sausage in the bacon fat. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/5 "2019-10-27T17:44:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I use both, because I put bacon in my sausage gravy. First fry the bacon, then fry the sausage in the bacon fat. Can I come over? I’ve never thought about cooking sausage in bacon grease. But now that you mention it, given the copious amounts of FFA Blue and Gold sausage and bacon that I have in the freezer, I’m definitely going to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/6 "2019-10-27T19:01:48Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Can I come over? > > I’ve never thought about cooking sausage in bacon grease. But now that you mention it, given the copious amounts of FFA Blue and Gold sausage and bacon that I have in the freezer, I’m definitely going to try it. I also season with ground sage, ground fennel and a goodly amount of black pepper. And a good knob of butter at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/7 "2019-10-27T20:21:41Z")
I have this wonderful stuff called ‘bacon-sausage’. It makes the best gravy ever. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakfast-meat-grease-for-making-cream-gravy/842538/8 "2019-10-27T20:37:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have this wonderful stuff called ‘bacon-sausage’. > It makes the best gravy ever. I make sausage with a lot of fatty bacon in it sometimes. It’s not easy getting fatty pork in these parts so a bunch of extra bacon fat gets the composition right and adds more flavor. And of course, it makes great gravy.