# White gravy tasted more like dough? What happened?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-gravy-tasted-more-like-dough-what-happened/528603 "2010-02-11T21:55:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-gravy-tasted-more-like-dough-what-happened/528603/1 "2010-02-11T21:55:21Z")

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I recently had breakfast at a place and had their biscuits and gravy. Now often times the gravy will taste a little more like flour than it should. This gravy, however, tasted more like raw dough. Was there maybe too much flour and not enough fat?

What could have caused this?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-gravy-tasted-more-like-dough-what-happened/528603/2 "2010-02-11T21:57:31Z")

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They didn’t cook it long enough or didn’t cook it right, depending.

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**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-gravy-tasted-more-like-dough-what-happened/528603/3 "2010-02-11T21:59:35Z")

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My guess would be too much flour (and/or not well cooked flour) not enough fat (for flavor) or both.

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-gravy-tasted-more-like-dough-what-happened/528603/4 "2010-02-11T22:13:20Z")

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Thanks for the replies. I think not enough fat seems the most likely.