'phishphan said:
'krista4 said:
you mean to tell me that the entire country doesn't have both?!? which one are they missing out on?
Generally we don't use much gravy at all, which is a crime, but white gravy seems to be a generally Southern phenomenon. Also the idea of asking by color is something I can guarantee Yankees don't do.
My heart goes out to all those Yanks who don't know the deliciousness of biscuits and white gravy.
Longtime Yank here. Never knew about biscuits and gravy. Never came across it. Never had it. Didn't know it was such a staple.
One time a few years back, I'm working on set as a production assistant/gofer. James Garner was doing a small role and showed up that morning, and I brought him to his dressing room. Since he's old and walks with a cane, I ask if there's anything I can get for him. He asks if there's breakfast at craft service and I offer to make him a plate. I go down and there's a full catered spread. I figure, it's James Garner, he's going to want a
man's breakfast. I load him up with a ####-ton of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, home-fried potatoes
and hash browns, grits, the works. I think I filled up
two of those oversized 11-inch styrofoam plates. I skipped all the stuff I thought was "chick stuff"... yogurt, cereals, etc. One of the trays had biscuits and gravy, and, being a Yank, I had no idea what it was there for or why anyone would want it. So I bring all the food up to his room and let him get ready for the day.
About 45 minutes go by and it's time to bring him to set to rehearse the next scene. One of the assistant directors walked him to stage through the back entrance by craft service. I'm just sitting there minding my own business watching rehearsal when all of a sudden I hear this bellow from behind the back wall: "Gawdammit Sarnoff... you didn't tell me there were
biscuits and gravy!" Everyone started cracking up. He came around the corner and started joking around like he was going to crack me with his cane. "Now go fetch me a plate!"
That's how I learned how important biscuits and gravy are.