# MMP: How to make Gravy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309 "2006-02-20T11:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/361 "2006-02-24T20:04:25Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > One of our cats peed while standing on the edge of the litterbox. Stupid cat. I think they figured they were close, so it was still okay. No, it wasn’t. Was it a boy cat? (I think I’m channeling my inner sexist woman. :eek: ) Two things **Rigs** ; Be sure to tell her no talking on the cell phone while the car is moving. And be sure she understands that that particular car **requires** premium gasoline, and no, it’s not alright to put in regular once in a while to save money. Good luck to you. You’ve got a tough road ahead of you. I tweaked my back in the shower this morning while shampooing my hair! Who knew shampoo was so dangerous? I’m currently walking around like an old man, which I suppose is appropriate, especially after a long life of being rode hard and put away wet. (You may \ **Swampy** , 'cause there was plenty of _that_ too, along the way.) We had lo mein again last night, except with pork this time. Wifey thought that my sauce (gravy?) was too sweet the other night so she made the sauce (gravy?) this time and put in some black bean sauce (gravy?) instead of the sweet chili sauce (gravy?) I used the other night. It was nummy, too. FYI, her sauce was: 4 tbsp hoisin sauce (gravy?) 3 tbsp soy sauce (gravy?) (Aloha Shoyu) 1 tbsp black bean sauce (gravy?) ~ 1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce (gravy?) (Pick-a-Peppa sauce) about 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/362 "2006-02-24T20:11:34Z")
The Mini takes premium gas? :eek: 1. My Scottish forebears just rolled over 2. I know nothing about this car… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/363 "2006-02-24T20:15:18Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > The Mini takes premium gas? I don’t know who’s talking about a Mini, but I want one. Cute car. Of course, that’s only if I can’t get the Aston Martin Vanquish. _swoon_ ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/364 "2006-02-24T20:52:39Z")
No amount of mouthwash will get rid of the pocket of gross tobacco in his lip. ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/365 "2006-02-24T20:58:01Z")
Also, I’m going to go take a poop and watch Futurama on my iPod. How cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/366 "2006-02-24T21:02:38Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > The Mini takes premium gas? 'Fraid so. They get [pretty good mileage](http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/2005_MINI_Cooper.shtml) though. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/367 "2006-02-24T21:05:42Z")
Go ahead, **rigs**. Some of my husbands are occasionally Seriously Annoying, too, but it sounds like the title _really_ suits yours. **Bumba** , both of my cats are effectively female. Poor Bailey had his plumbing rewired after he got FUD. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/368 "2006-02-24T21:25:41Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Also, I’m going to go take a poop and watch Futurama on my iPod. How cool is that? how’s the picture quality? I’m debating what toy to buy myself with this year’s refund. My iPod is not quite a year old, but it’s audio only. My PDA is two years old and Palm doesn’t even list it under current products. I just realized - I’m wearing bright colors and I have that wake tonight. Is that gauche? I have a charchol grey shawl/ruana but it’s kind of ratty looking (I will not have a chance to go home and change beforehand) ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/369 "2006-02-24T21:33:27Z")
**anyrose** -I don’t think it’s gauche. A wake to me is not like a funeral. IMO, people usually go straight from work to wakes, so basically people appear in anything. I have seen people at wakes in uniform etc. It matters more that you care enough to go–that is what will be remembered (unless your job involves wearing a lobster costume etc). I am seriously sick this afternoon. Stupid me–I have been somewhat upset about All Things Marital lately and long story short, I took a “stimulant laxative” to cure what ailed me. Note to self: it works and it ain’t pretty. Stick with increasing fiber and a stool softener… Do I get the TMI award? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/370 "2006-02-24T22:04:01Z")
Well, I thought **donkeybear** had it, but you win **rigs**. I got a phone call from the liver doc. The meds are in. Treatment starts for sure next Friday. I’m not quite as antsy as the last time, but hoo boy, I’m not exactly relaxed either. Poke chops for dinner! (Gotta change the subject.) And smashed taters ( **N.O.T.** ), and GRAVY from the recipe somebody posted way early - about a roux or something… I’ll find it. And green beans. One more hour to go…maybe I’ll skip out early. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/371 "2006-02-24T23:51:21Z")
It’s Friday! Yay!!! And I was home at a decent hour!!! Double yay!!! I’m voting with **Rebo** on the TMI thing. **rigs** is definitely the winner… **rosie** , I don’t think I told you how sorry I am about your friend’s hubby. It’s probably too late, but I agree that you should be fine at the wake. I’m on the “don’t care for casinos” side of the fence. Really don’t like any game places, whether with real gambling or not. I have a friend who periodically goes to Dave & Busters just for fun. I don’t get it. I like some computer games, but somehow that whole games all over the place setting underwhelms me. Never been to an actual casino. Not planning to go anytime soon. **Lissla** , giving up the internet would be bad. We would be disconcerted by your absence. Also, we’d have no idea how the husbands were doing. And what about QuasiDaughter and Other QuasiDaughter? We couldn’t go all of lent without hearing about them. I have decided that I will be returning to my regular exercise routine this lent. I’m already sort of warming up, but starting Wednesday, it’s at least 30 minutes of walking time at least 6 days a week. Lo mein sauce sounds yum. Has anyone else noticed that this MMP is a recipe book unto itself? I think I’ve only had grits once and it was a REALLY long time ago. Didn’t really impress me, but I’m willing to give them another chance sometime. Oh, and **rigs** , I think everyone else has added the stuff I would have added to your rules. The maintenance class sounds like a really good idea to me. GT ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/372 "2006-02-25T00:01:09Z")
Sorry about the TMI-I really hate talking about bodily functions (it’s true). Daughter is home and has a copy of the rules. Daughter warmed my heart when she said she is going next week to see about a guard job at the ice rink (she used to be a skater). I like initiative in a teen. School comes first, but income is a close second. Car comes home tonoc. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/373 "2006-02-25T01:01:41Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I had to do something! This week’s MMP has an appalling lack of juvenility. Probably because I was gone for the week… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/374 "2006-02-25T01:20:30Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Probably because I was gone for the week… That’s it!!! See, TMI and juvenility are really team efforts and when a member of the team is missing, you can’t get to the optimal level. Right? Oh, and **rigs** , you’re not allowed to apologize for the TMI. GT (who never shares TMI…too many words, maybe, but no TMI…) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/375 "2006-02-25T02:11:20Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Sorry about the TMI-I really hate talking about bodily functions (it’s true). In honor of **Rigs** and her TMI… ============================================================ The owner of a drug store walks in to find a guy leaning heavily against a wall. The owner asks the new clerk: “What’s with the guy over there by the wall?” The new clerk responds: “Well, he came in here this morning to get something for his cough. I couldn’t find the cough syrup, so I gave him an entire bottle of laxatives.” The owner, wide-eyed and excited shouts: “You idiot! You can’t treat a cough with a bottle of laxatives!” The new clerk calmly responds: “Of course you can! Look at him, he’s afraid to cough.” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/376 "2006-02-25T02:24:12Z")
Well, lessee. Bernie is all clean. We had a quickie meal at Panera and really liked it. I’ve got my stuff together for class tomorrow. And I’m pooped. I’ve got nothing. I think I’ll go to bed. Sleep would be good. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/377 "2006-02-25T02:42:13Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > how’s the picture quality? I’m debating what toy to buy myself with this year’s refund. My iPod is not quite a year old, but it’s audio only. I’ll take it. Seriously. Email me if you replace it and need to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/378 "2006-02-25T03:25:45Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I’ll take it. Seriously. Email me if you replace it and need to get rid of it. 😃 who said anything about getting rid of the old one? the new ones don’t work with the little iTalk mic and I use it to record rehearsals ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/379 "2006-02-25T04:08:31Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Well, lessee. Bernie is all clean. We had a quickie meal at Panera and really liked it. I’ve got my stuff together for class tomorrow. And I’m pooped. > > I’ve got nothing. I think I’ll go to bed. Sleep would be good. \ She said pooped! \ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/380 "2006-02-25T05:20:55Z")
I’m so excited! I just found 3 songs I’ve been dying to download but didn’t know the titles! Happy happy me!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309.md?page=20)