Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!news.miami.edu!mthvax!recipes From: riacmt@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Carol Miller-Tutzauer) Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: PORK: Red-Eye Gravy Summary: orig. subject: Re: REQUEST: Red Eye Gravy Keywords: recipe PORK Message-ID: <1991May13.154216.6407@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Date: 9 May 91 13:25:36 GMT References: <1991May06.233557.8251@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <1991May08.170904.29428@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Reply-To: riacmt@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu Followup-To: rec.food.cooking Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 14 Approved: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu Red-Eye Gravy is very easy to make: Red-Eye Gravy ------------- Fry a slice of good, heavily smoked country ham in your frying pan with just the smallest bit of oil. When done, remove the ham slice. There should be a "reddish-brown" substance "dried onto" the bottom of the pan. Deglaze the pan with a bit of water. That's it, unless you want it thickened with some flour or cornstarch....but I've never had it that way. Good on grits! Carol