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Mashed potatoes - with or without gravy?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by droxford, Jul 6, 2005.

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Mashed potatoes - with or without gravy?

  1. I prefer them without gravy.

    15 vote(s)
    14.2%

  2. I can eat 'em either way - it's common to eat 'em without gravy.

    24 vote(s)
    22.6%

  3. I prefer to eat 'em with gravy, but can eat 'em without if I must.

    42 vote(s)
    39.6%

  4. WHAT?! No gravy?! Blasphemy! I must have gravy!

    25 vote(s)
    23.6%
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  1. droxford

    droxford Member

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    Yup. We're talking about PLAIN mashed potatoes. No seasonings, garlic.... etc.
     
    #21 droxford, Jul 6, 2005
  2. Smokey

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    Cream gravy for me, unless it's Popeyes cajun gravy....I could drink that.
     
    #22 Smokey, Jul 6, 2005
  3. A-Train

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    Next time, don't forget the gravy!
     
    #23 A-Train, Jul 6, 2005
  4. JeeberD

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    Plain you gotta have gravy. Garlic mashed potatoes are great by themselves, though...
     
    #24 JeeberD, Jul 6, 2005
  5. PhiSlammaJamma

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    I keep bulding this weird look mountain. what does it all mean?
     
    #25 PhiSlammaJamma, Jul 6, 2005
  6. fadeaway

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    What the heck is cream gravy? Is it just cream with some sort of thickening agent (ie: corn stach or flour)?

    It doesn't sound very good.
     
    #26 fadeaway, Jul 6, 2005
  7. codell

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    ....this
     
    #27 codell, Jul 6, 2005
  8. Oski2005

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    Haven't you ever had a chicken fried steak or chicken tenders? It's basically a bit of the oil from something you just fried in your skillet (CFS), flour, and milk. Season with salt and pepper.
     
    #28 Oski2005, Jul 6, 2005
  9. DarkHorse

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    Can we have a seperate poll so that the cream gravy and brown gravy people can duke it out?

    For the record, my vote is cream gravy, and while I can tolerate plain mashed potatoes, I think it's wierd.
     
    #29 DarkHorse, Jul 6, 2005
  10. PhiSlammaJamma

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    add a little lemon sauce to the cream, and it still sucks. Brown sauce wins.
     
    #30 PhiSlammaJamma, Jul 6, 2005
  11. Harrisment

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    Are you serious? I didn't think cream gravy was just a southern thing, but maybe so. I'm assuming you're not in Houston, otherwise there is no way you've never heard of cream gravy.

    Personally, I prefer my mashed potatoes with no gravy. Just plenty of butter, salt, and pepper!
     
    #31 Harrisment, Jul 6, 2005
  12. Isabel

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    Where's the poll for "prefer not to eat mashed potatoes"? They have a consistency like baby food. :p

    I had never seen cream gravy until I got to Texas. It's weird how everyone puts it on everything. I guess a little is OK on chicken fried steak, to give it some moisture. But it's gross looking, has no taste, and I certainly don't want to dip my chicken strips in it. Restaurants are always trying to give it to me with chicken tenders, where in the rest of the world we would use honey mustard or some other dipping sauce.
     
    #32 Isabel, Jul 6, 2005
  13. droxford

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    Cream gravy is a light-brown (almost white) gravy that is used quite a lot in the south for covering foods such as chicken-fried steak, fried chicken tenders and biscuits(and, obviously, mashed potatoes).

    Here is a picture of a delicious chicken-fried steak covered in cream gravy with two plump fried eggs and golden hash browns with toast... mmmm......

    [​IMG]
     
    #33 droxford, Jul 6, 2005
  14. Rocketman95

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    Droooooool.
     
    #34 Rocketman95, Jul 6, 2005
  15. Oski2005

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    Now that's what I call breakfast. Damn, I'm hungry. I need to start getting up earlier so I can grab a bite before I go to work.
     
    #35 Oski2005, Jul 6, 2005
  16. swilkins

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    KFC with gravy.

    Homemade without gravy.
     
    #36 swilkins, Jul 6, 2005
  17. VesceySux

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    Cream gravy all the way. Brown sauce sucks.

    Damn, Drox, you're making my mouth water.
     
    #37 VesceySux, Jul 6, 2005
  18. Major Malcontent

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    Gravy....cream or brown depending on mood.
     
    #38 Major Malcontent, Jul 6, 2005
  19. Dr of Dunk

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    When did it become "cream" gravy? I thought in the South it was always called "country" gravy, or is that something else? :)
     
    #39 Dr of Dunk, Jul 6, 2005
  20. Lil Pun

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    As said by some before it depends. I like gravy on them when they are served with certain foods and plain when served with other foods. I prefer white gravy to brown but I like them both.
     
    #40 Lil Pun, Jul 6, 2005
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