Stupid question re: a recipe

[argon 3]

I stumbled across a recipe for 'Tex-Mex Cheesy chicken Chowder", and it states as one of the ingredients : 1 - 2.64-ounce package country gravy mix This could be something that we just don't have here (Canada), OR, it just might be a totally different name than what we call it. I think it must be a powdered gravy mix, right? But what makes it 'country'?

Thanks in advance!

Mandi

[ousooner 1]

Probably means that it is a white creamy gravy like used for biquits and gravy and chicken/country fried steak. Just a hunch.

[bitteroldhag 0]

OUsooner is probably right. You can make white gravy yourself by using about a TBS of bacon grease (American bacon), sausage grease or Crisco, and 1-2 TBS of flour, salt and pepper, and about a cup or more of milk, depending on the consistency you want. Heat up the grease and stir the flour into it until it looks kind of like melted caramel. Pour in the milk and salt and pepper the gravy. Let the gravy boil, stirring all the time until it gets thick. Gravy making is an art that takes awhile to learn. Here in Oklahoma we use bacon grease for the oil part, but I sometimes use Crisco or sausage grease. Don't use olive oil or any runny oil. It won't work. I have also found that an egg whisk will get rid of lumps in gravy. But I suspect if you buy an envelope of white gravy, that will be what you want. Hope this helps.

[vinesqueen 2]

yup, that is exactly it, "country gravy" is a milk gravy, typically made from and with Breakfast sausage as the base.

Brown gravies, of course, use Water, and not milk as the liquid.

mmm gravy...