# Poll: Biscuits and Gravy: Yumm, eww, or whatev **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139 "2010-11-01T22:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/41 "2010-11-02T13:34:03Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > It’s gross. Gravy should not be white. > > I can’t choke the stuff down. My husband would happily have it for breakfast every day if it wasn’t for the health hazard. I just don’t get the appeal. do you not like alfredo sauce either? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/42 "2010-11-02T13:34:46Z")
NOT sausage gravy. Ick. I voted yes and then y’all started talking sausage. I’m talking regular gravy here. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/43 "2010-11-02T13:36:35Z")
Sausage gravy IS regular gravy. It’s the other stuff that’s the also-ran. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/44 "2010-11-02T13:36:59Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > do you not like alfredo sauce either? Well, see, that’s different. Maybe because it’s called “sauce” instead of “gravy” and therefore my brain doesn’t short-circuit at the color of it. I’m not claiming to have a _good_ reason! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/45 "2010-11-02T13:52:35Z")
Better stay away from old-country Italians, then. They put “tomato gravy” on stuff! 😉 ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/46 "2010-11-02T14:29:42Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Well, see, that’s different. Maybe because it’s called “sauce” instead of “gravy” and therefore my brain doesn’t short-circuit at the color of it. I’m not claiming to have a _good_ reason! Gravy IS sauce. Same process, different name. Just like meatloaf is sausage. **Sigmagirl** : What do you consider “regular” gravy? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/47 "2010-11-02T14:32:58Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > NOT sausage gravy. Ick. I voted yes and then y’all started talking sausage. I’m talking regular gravy here. I’ve never seen biscuits served with anything but sausage gravy–and I’m a Northerner. My Polish-born father would even make it with white sausage gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/48 "2010-11-02T15:15:16Z")
I voted Ewww, but then again I’m a Brit so it doesn’t really count. Totally loathed the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/49 "2010-11-02T15:22:21Z")
I like them all right, but I’ve never made them for myself nor would I go to great pains to do so. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/50 "2010-11-02T15:25:02Z")
Well, I tried it for the first time this morning. Take me from the _Hmmmm…sounds good_ to the _Whatevs_ column. Not worth passing up the corned beef hash for. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/51 "2010-11-02T15:26:17Z")
I always thought it looked “Eww!”, so I never tried it until I was an adult. I love it but it is one of those things that can so easily be nasty. It’s really disappointing to decide to splurge on calories and order it somewhere only to get served the wallpaper paste tasting stuff with hockey puck biscuits. Never, ever but sausage gravy in a can/jar. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/52 "2010-11-02T15:38:44Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > With sausage gravy, it’s good (and very good, at that) about once or twice a year. They’re way too heavy for me for any regular consumption. Right! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/53 "2010-11-02T15:40:43Z")
I love it, but seems very heavy/salty so I try to stay away from it. My family has the custom of dotting ketchup on top for a tangy twist. It sounds weird but it’s quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/54 "2010-11-02T15:54:00Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > do you not like alfredo sauce either? Why do you ask? The two have 0 ingredients in common. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/55 "2010-11-02T15:58:43Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **Sigmagirl** : What do you consider “regular” gravy? See, I thought we were talking about like chicken à la king or stew some other type dish that might be served over biscuits. I hadn’t read the poll yet. I don’t like sausage gravy; in fact, it makes me a little queasy thinking about it. So it never occurred to me that that was what the poll was about. I roasted a chicken Sunday night for dinner, and made gravy, and I guess that was what was in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/56 "2010-11-02T16:07:29Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Why do you ask? The two have 0 ingredients in common. granted TRUE alfredo is just cheese and butter, alfredo SAUCE - the stuff that comes from a can - is pretty much dairy + thickener which is more or less what white gravy is. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/57 "2010-11-02T16:18:20Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > granted TRUE alfredo is just cheese and butter, alfredo SAUCE - the stuff that comes from a can - is pretty much dairy + thickener which is more or less what white gravy is. I’ll take your word for it. Alfredo sauce has only 3 ingredients, so I’ve never felt the need to buy a jar of the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/58 "2010-11-02T16:46:41Z")
Never part of my family’s repertoire growing up. I’d see it in the occasional breakfast menu and be kind of baffled as to why folks thought that sounded good - I’m generally not a soggy bread person either. But several years back some friends who are originally from Missouri made me some from scratch at home for breakfast. Loaded with sausage - as pointed out, [this stuff](http://www.insideidaho.info/pocatello/images/stories/jeris/biscuits-and-gravy.jpg) exactly. My lord is it good. Corned beef and hash good? Almost. I couldn’t eat it often, but that stuff is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/59 "2010-11-02T17:19:29Z")
I like my biscuits and gravy loaded with black pepper. In fact, this thread has made me decide that Sunday’s breakfast will be chicken-fried steak and eggs, with a side of biscuits and gravy. Yum. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139/60 "2010-11-02T17:48:05Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > See, I thought we were talking about like chicken à la king or stew some other type dish that might be served over biscuits. I hadn’t read the poll yet. I don’t like sausage gravy; in fact, it makes me a little queasy thinking about it. So it never occurred to me that that was what the poll was about. I roasted a chicken Sunday night for dinner, and made gravy, and I guess that was what was in my mind. Chicken a la king is basically gravy taken to extremes. It’s a white sauce on steroids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-biscuits-and-gravy-yumm-eww-or-whatev/559139.md?page=4)