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For years I've enjoyed those breakfast
biscuit/english muffin/tortilla
sandwiches
at fast food places, but I've always found
them a little bit dry and hard to swallow
at
times...they need some kind of
condiment...a breakfast sandwich
lubricant. I'm sure that some people put
catsup
or jelly or something of that sort,
but that never really appealed to me.
Then it dawned on me. GRAVY!! Little
packets of delicious white gravy. Gravy
to
go! Now you can have biscuits and gravy
with no fork required! No more near
choking episodes when your egg and
cheese biscuit gets stuck to the back of
your throat! Little packets of
gravy. I'm really excited about this.
Spravy
http://www.halfbake...e_20Aerosol_20Gravy [hippo, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Straight Dope on jam, jelly, marmalade, and preserves.
http://www.straight...ssics/a951124a.html Just in case you're curious. [Machiavelli, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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don't take much to get you excited, julie! |
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//a breakfast sandwich lubricant// doesn't sound too appetizing. But little packets of gravy sounds like a great idea. Put some on your croissant. |
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I'm really excited about this, too. |
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[contracts], you're such a party pooper. |
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Spravy...yeah, yeah, I read that when I
did a search for gravy-related ideas, but
Spravy would never work! Gravy-to-Go
makes all the sense in the world, and it
would taste good! It's so simple! |
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I'm not sure why I seem to be ending
everything in exclamation marks
today...I guess I just feel passionately
about gravy...is that so wrong?? |
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//Little packets of delicious white gravy// Note for UKians: This is not a contradiction. Some people actually do ingest stuff that is not the product of reduced meat fat/bones, basting material, seasoning, water and cornflower. They *also* call it 'gravy'. |
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I think "Spravy" should be deleted in favor of Gravy-to-go. (!) |
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Naah! - I just re-read 'Spravy' - that's the one for me! |
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[hippo] I think it's clearly different from Spravy. Little packets. Not spray. I can't imagine them handing out an entire can of Spravy at a fast food place. |
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Nor can you carry Spravy in your pocket. |
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*Further notes for UKians*
Biscuit = Bun/bread roll (I think, or maybe scone)
Catsup = Not cruel to beings of a feline inclination, actually ketchup
Jelly = Doesn't wobble, really means jam
Gravy = As pointed out by the gnome, in the US this is like a white sauce, yum! |
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Sauces in packets are way baked and any self-respecting breakfast sandwich (e.g. bacon, soss, fried egg, grilled mushroom 'n' tomato etc.) should contain so much saturated fat that lubrication problems are not an issue. I am therefore withholding my continental breakfast item. |
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Just curious - What do people in the US
call UK-style
gravy? |
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white (?) gravy would be white sauce I suppose. |
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White gravy is really nothing more than
rue + milk + pepper & salt. It can have
some kind of meat fat in it (bacon,
sausage, chicken), but it doesn't have
to. It's also called country style gravy,
sawmill gravy or milk gravy. Oh!
There's also this stuff in the South
called red-eye gravy. It consists of ham
drippings, flour, milk, and a cup of
coffee...sounds awful, but apparently
it's wonderful. Of course we also have
typical brown meat gravies, but white
gravy with breakfast is typical. I don't
really associate a particular type of
gravy with the UK. |
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And yes, a biscuit is a roll of sorts, but
it's made with baking soda and powder
for a leavening agent instead of yeast,
so it's very fluffy and somewhat
dry...definitely needs a lubricant to go
down easily. |
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Honey on my biscuits is lube enough for me. |
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By the way, UKians...most Americans say "ketchup," not "catsup." There was even a TV show (King of Queens) where they made fun of people who say "catsup" (no offense, Julie!). I think it might be a regional thing. And jelly and jam are two different things: Jelly is made from fruit juice and so has no fruit bits. Jam is made by boiling fruit and does have fruit bits (got that from www.straightdope.com). |
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Aha! Now that I understand what you mean by gravy, this is starting to build up momentum! I too am excited and will use exclamation marks! UK gravy (meat juices, water and cornflower usually, or even worse, 'Bisto') is occasionally nice but usually revolting. White sauce on the other hand is versatile and delicious. I have a deep hatred of dry sandwiches and usually smother them in high-fat mayo, but this would be less oily and better for you. Find it by the till next to the packets of ketchup, mustard and mayo. You may put some on your croissant. |
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<pedant> White sauce is made from a 'roux' </pedant> |
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Oh yes, welcome to the halfbakery. |
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So, I went in search of gravy on McDonald's website. When large food corporations think about mass producing such an item, instead of a nice packaged roux of milk, seasonings, and animal fat, you're probably going to get something like this: |
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(from McDonald's)
Biscuit Dressing-
Partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, soy lecithin, natural (dairy source) and artificial flavors, TBHQ (to protect flavor), citric acid, artificial color (beta carotene), dimethylpolysiloxane. |
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Mmmmmm, dimethylpolysiloxane. |
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//dimethylpolysiloxane.// oh fuck, someone put sugar in mine. |
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[wagster], *blush* pardon my French!
Roux. Noted. |
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[Machiavelli], do people actually say
cat-sup? I pronounce it like
ketchup...I'm not sure why I spell it the
way I do. Perhaps a change is in order. |
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[tchaikovsky], well thank God for
TBHQ...although I have no idea why or
how flavor is protected, I sleep better at
night knowing that it is. THE FLAVOR
MUST BE PROTECTED! |
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White Sauce cold! That's not lubricant, it's glue. Far too American for my palette. |
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This should be in a micro-wavable bag. |
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It better say "Caution: Contents May Be Hot" or you'll be sued like crazy. |
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....don't ask me who sue is, but trust me, she IS crazy. |
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Yes Julie, some people actually do pronounce it "catsup." I guess is takes all sorts of people to make this crazy world, eh? |
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