The way I’ve always seen it is more along the lines of a relatively small amount of chopped boiled egg as an ingredient in the gravy, not as the food that’s en-gravied (that sounds hurl-inducing).
I don’t care for it, but I don’t care for boiled eggs in any incarnation though, so YMMV.
When I was little, our neighbor did this - the hardboiled egg in the gravy thing. Had it at her place a number of Thanksgivings. We lived in Colorado, but she was Houston (hardcore from Houston; moved back there eventually.). It was pretty good, but definitely different.
Oddly enough, my mother-in-law (from Oklahoma) does not do this.
Definitely an ingredient in the giblet gravy (served with cornbread dressing) that I grew up with in Georgia. Not heavy on the eggs but definitely in there. Bon Thanksgiving Appetit!
My mom (from Mississippi) usually puts the hard boiled egg in the corn bread dressing instead. I can remember having turkey gravy with egg in it, but I think my aunt was the one that made it that time. It’s good either way.
I collect old cookbooks and I’ve seen this a lot, especially Victorian era and before. I don’t think I’ve ever had it, but I think I may try it this Thanksgiving. I hate messing with giblets and usually just make gravy with neck stock and drippings. Some minced egg seems like it would blend nicely.
How about soft boiled, so the yolk enriches the sauce? Or is that crazy talk?
Crazy talk, at least how I remember my neighbor’s gravy. The egg was hard boiled, sliced equatorially, and just tossed in there. Fully cooked, hard yolk and all.
For turkey day we have two gravies, one regular and one giblet. I never eat the giblet one (do we need the neck meat and internal organs, there is plenty of turkey?) but here is a recipe that is very close to my mother’s, yes we are southerners.
That is in our dinner rotation, it is great with cheesy garlic bread.
I could see that. But then again I love poached eggs with toast soldiers for the yolks as the warm gushy yolks are my favorite part of the egg breakfast.