Come mealtime one would often find gravy on Granny’s kitchen table when I was a growing up. She fixed sausage or bacon gravy to go with biscuits. And if I was lucky she made chocolate gravy which she and I both adored. The boys and Pap didn’t care for it at all. With supper Granny would make cornmeal gravy which I never liked, but love today and she often make cube steak with gravy. Gravy is easy to make, but…
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Appalachian Food
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