Thread: Biscuits and sausage and gravy? No!

i am willing to bet the spices in the sausages conflicted, and ohhhh how
greasy whas it? Lee
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I did a stupid thing this morning. Decided to use up some food that I had.
>Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and biscuits. Using a
>coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>
> More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at Big
> Lots.
>
> This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and covered
> them in gravy. Well not only were they very hard to eat but it was too
> much sausage for me. I do have a few plain biscuits in the freezer. Will
> just use those instead.
>
> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might make a
> nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>

"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>i am willing to bet the spices in the sausages conflicted, and ohhhh how
>greasy whas it? Lee

The spices were fine and it wasn't overly greasy.

Julie Bove wrote:

>> i am willing to bet the spices in the sausages conflicted, and ohhhh
>> how greasy whas it? Lee

> The spices were fine and it wasn't overly greasy.

When pan-frying sausages I always pour some of the fat out, unless I need it
for something else. Sometimes I use that fat as the base for a celery -
carrot - onion soffritto, works good

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Subject: Biscuits and sausage and gravy? No!
> From: "Julie Bove" <[email protected]>
>
> I did a stupid thing this morning. Decided to use up some food that I
> had. Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and biscuits.
> Using a coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>
> More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at
> Big Lots.
>
> This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and
> covered them in gravy. Well not only were they very hard to eat but
> it was too much sausage for me. I do have a few plain biscuits in the
> freezer. Will just use those instead.
>
> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.


Julie,

You've flipped my "Dreaming Up Disaster" switch back ON, in the form of a
few frozen White Castle cheeseburgers, nuked then drowned in sausage
gravy!

I'm mystically able to make scratch sausage gravy.

Thanks!

Musical Thanks!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18rd5w7Bsjw

Best,

Andy

Julie Bove wrote:

>> i am willing to bet the spices in the sausages conflicted, and ohhhh
>> how greasy whas it? Lee

> The spices were fine and it wasn't overly greasy.


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When pan-frying sausages I always pour some of the fat out, unless I need it
for something else. Sometimes I use that fat as the base for a celery -
carrot - onion soffritto, works good

On 12/27/2011 9:21 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I did a stupid thing this morning. Decided to use up some food that I had.
> Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and biscuits. Using a
> coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>
> More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at Big
> Lots.
>
> This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and covered
> them in gravy. Well not only were they very hard to eat but it was too much
> sausage for me. I do have a few plain biscuits in the freezer. Will just
> use those instead.
>
> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might make a
> nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>
>

The last few times I've eaten at Denny's, I've gotten the biscuit and
gravy breakfast. It's one of the few places where I can get this famous
dish on this rock and it's only 2 bucks and the serving size is about
right for me. Unfortunately, the biscuit is on the pasty side but still
I find it to be one of the more appealing dishes on the menu.

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:jdeg1b$fdb$[email protected]..
>I did a stupid thing this morning. Decided to use up some food that I had.
>Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and biscuits. Using a
>coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>
> More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at Big
> Lots.
>
> This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and covered
> them in gravy. Well not only were they very hard to eat but it was too
> much sausage for me. I do have a few plain biscuits in the freezer. Will
> just use those instead.
>
> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might make a
> nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.

Not even. The gravy is half flour. It is not at all low carb.

Paul

Paul M. Cook wrote:

>> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
>> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.

> Not even. The gravy is half flour. It is not at all low carb.

One could reduce the carbs by using starch instead of flour, it works
wonderfully with custard. I never tried it on gravy but why shouldn't it
work?

> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:jdeg1b$fdb$[email protected]..
>>I did a stupid thing this morning. Decided to use up some food that I
>>had. Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and biscuits.
>>Using a coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>>
>> More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at Big
>> Lots.
>>
>> This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and
>> covered them in gravy.


That is NOT the way to make biscuits and sausage gravy. Sheesh. Granted, I
am no biscuit maker so I do buy the frozen (MaryB's brand) biscuits (I
understand Pillsbury makes them, too). To make sausage gravy you brown bulk
breakfast sausage, reserve at least 2 Tbs. of the drippings, stir in an
equal amount of flour as if you're making a white sauce. Add milk or cream
and stir the sausage back in. Season with lots of pepper. I doubt you'd
like it. And I see nothing low-carb biscuits & gravy.

Jill

On Dec 27, 11:21*pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:

>
> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might make a
> nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.

A biscuit and gravy low carb? Um.....no, extemely high carb....and
high fat, a very bad combination.

ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Dec 27, 11:21*pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
>> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>
> A biscuit and gravy low carb? Um.....no, extemely high carb....and
> high fat, a very bad combination.


ImStillMags,

What a way to go!

You've served up the same or worse to your customers.

"People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!"
--Unknown

Andy

On 2011-12-28, ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Dec 27, 11:21*pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:

> A biscuit and gravy low carb? Um.....no, extemely high carb....and
> high fat, a very bad combination.

You're a practicing physician, now?

nb

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On Dec 28, 3:39*am, dsi1 <d...@usenet-news.net> wrote:
> On 12/27/2011 9:21 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I did a stupid thing this morning. *Decided to use up some food that I had.
> > Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and biscuits. *Using a
> > coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>
> > More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at Big
> > Lots.
>
> > This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and covered
> > them in gravy. *Well not only were they very hard to eat but it was too much
> > sausage for me. *I do have a few plain biscuits in the freezer. *Will just
> > use those instead.
>
> > So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might makea
> > nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>
> The last few times I've eaten at Denny's, I've gotten the biscuit and
> gravy breakfast. It's one of the few places where I can get this famous
> dish on this rock and it's only 2 bucks and the serving size is about
> right for me. Unfortunately, the biscuit is on the pasty side but still
> I find it to be one of the more appealing dishes on the menu.

We eat at Elmer's once in a while and this place has really decent
food. However, I had the biscuits and gravy a week or so ago and I was
really surprised. this time around the biscuits were a bit hard but
the gravy was good.

In article <jdf021$lh1$[email protected]>, "ViLco" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> >> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
> >> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>
> > Not even. The gravy is half flour. It is not at all low carb.
>
> One could reduce the carbs by using starch instead of flour, it works
> wonderfully with custard. I never tried it on gravy but why shouldn't it
> work?

Flour is a starch, that's why it's used. And most starches are up to
100% carbs.

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Petaluma, California USA
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"Dan Abel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <jdf021$lh1$[email protected]>, "ViLco" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>
>> >> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
>> >> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>>
>> > Not even. The gravy is half flour. It is not at all low carb.
>>
>> One could reduce the carbs by using starch instead of flour, it works
>> wonderfully with custard. I never tried it on gravy but why shouldn't it
>> work?
>
> Flour is a starch, that's why it's used. And most starches are up to
> 100% carbs.


Very high glycemic index carbs. They turn into glucose in the stomach
almost immediately upon ingestion.

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2011-12-28, ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Dec 27, 11:21 pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>> A biscuit and gravy low carb? Um.....no, extemely high carb....and
>> high fat, a very bad combination.
>
> You're a practicing physician, now?

I doubt any doctor would refute it.

Paul

On 2011-12-28, Paul M. Cook <[email protected]> wrote:

> Very high glycemic index carbs. They turn into glucose in the stomach
> almost immediately upon ingestion.

starch = carbs

DUH!

nb


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On 12/28/2011 7:07 AM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> We eat at Elmer's once in a while and this place has really decent
> food. However, I had the biscuits and gravy a week or so ago and I was
> really surprised. this time around the biscuits were a bit hard but
> the gravy was good.

Sounds like my kind of place. Unfortunately, the nearest one is about a
couple of thousand miles away. We were in Washington state about a year
ago and the little diner by the motel we were staying at served some
pretty hearty breakfasts. Our breakfasts is lite fare in comparison. I
guess you guys need the extra calories just to keep warm. The toast they
served was a thick slab made by a small bakery down the road. How great
is that? Pretty great.

Julie Bove <[email protected]> wrote:
> I did a stupid thing this morning. Decided to use up some food that
> I had. Some time back I bought a box of Jimmy Dean sausage and
> biscuits. Using a coupon and a doubler it was cheap.
>
> More recently I bought a couple of cans of Libby's sausage gravy at
> Big Lots.
>
> This morning I nuked a couple of the little biscuit sandwiches and
> covered them in gravy. Well not only were they very hard to eat but
> it was too much sausage for me. I do have a few plain biscuits in
> the freezer. Will just use those instead.
>
> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.

You want lower carbs out of biscuits and gravy? Not gonna happen, at least
not anything edible.

Sausage gravy comes in a can? Barf!

That should be illegal.

MartyB