The Simple Meal
I'm pretty accustomed to making our meals from scratch now. I do it regularly and I really enjoy cooking - so it is a usually pretty fun for me. Some nights I do like a bit of a break, though, and will try to think up something that is a little simpler to make...
Sunday night I made biscuits and gravy. I haven't made this since living overseas and I've certainly never made it from SCRATCH. Okay, biscuits and sausage gravy is basically three things - biscuits, sausage, gravy. Shouldn't be too hard. I started making this "simple" dinner at about 4:30 p.m. We ate at around 7:30. I had no idea.
Okay, biscuits. No easy Bisquick mixes or Pillsbury Grands biscuits in a can here. Who would have thought biscuits were so labor-intensive? I hadn't read through the entire recipe that I chose for biscuits - they had to rise for an hour and a half before going in the oven. They didn't rise, by the way - even though they sat in a nice warm spot for nearly two hours.
Sausage. They don't make our kind of sausage down here. I was, however, able to get some ground pork meat and so I added in the seasonings for sausage. It turned out great and was actually very easy, although I can't say it was better or easier than Jimmy Dean. *Sigh*
Gravy. I'm not a great gravy maker. I used to cheat and use the gravy mixes in the States. I managed to make a very nice gravy but not without some serious blood, sweat and tears. Really. Making gravy stresses me out. Especially with a hungry husband and demanding children hovering about, flat biscuits burning in the oven, and low blood sugar.
Sean says I have a flare for the dramatic. Do you think?! Well, I just wanted you to know all that I went through just to have a "comfort" food! I always considered biscuits and gravy a simple meal - great for breakfast or whenever. I'd obviously never made it from scratch (and I do mean scratch) before. For all the work it required, I was a little disappointed but Sean loved it. Brooklyn hasn't seen much gravy in her life and wasn't fond of the meal. This might have been a once-in-a-term meal. On furlough in the States I'll gladly pop some Pillsbury biscuits in the oven, cook up some Jimmy Dean and carefully follow the instructions on a packet of Country Gravy! 'Til then, we'll be eating a truly simple meal - quesadillas!
On a side note, didn't pioneer women make biscuits all the time on the trail? I honestly don't know how they did it!
Sunday night I made biscuits and gravy. I haven't made this since living overseas and I've certainly never made it from SCRATCH. Okay, biscuits and sausage gravy is basically three things - biscuits, sausage, gravy. Shouldn't be too hard. I started making this "simple" dinner at about 4:30 p.m. We ate at around 7:30. I had no idea.
Okay, biscuits. No easy Bisquick mixes or Pillsbury Grands biscuits in a can here. Who would have thought biscuits were so labor-intensive? I hadn't read through the entire recipe that I chose for biscuits - they had to rise for an hour and a half before going in the oven. They didn't rise, by the way - even though they sat in a nice warm spot for nearly two hours.
Sausage. They don't make our kind of sausage down here. I was, however, able to get some ground pork meat and so I added in the seasonings for sausage. It turned out great and was actually very easy, although I can't say it was better or easier than Jimmy Dean. *Sigh*
Gravy. I'm not a great gravy maker. I used to cheat and use the gravy mixes in the States. I managed to make a very nice gravy but not without some serious blood, sweat and tears. Really. Making gravy stresses me out. Especially with a hungry husband and demanding children hovering about, flat biscuits burning in the oven, and low blood sugar.
Sean says I have a flare for the dramatic. Do you think?! Well, I just wanted you to know all that I went through just to have a "comfort" food! I always considered biscuits and gravy a simple meal - great for breakfast or whenever. I'd obviously never made it from scratch (and I do mean scratch) before. For all the work it required, I was a little disappointed but Sean loved it. Brooklyn hasn't seen much gravy in her life and wasn't fond of the meal. This might have been a once-in-a-term meal. On furlough in the States I'll gladly pop some Pillsbury biscuits in the oven, cook up some Jimmy Dean and carefully follow the instructions on a packet of Country Gravy! 'Til then, we'll be eating a truly simple meal - quesadillas!
On a side note, didn't pioneer women make biscuits all the time on the trail? I honestly don't know how they did it!
Both your last blog posts put a nice smile on my face. It's that small things like non-rising biscuits that can get one crazy, right? But I love how you wrote it with a good sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed week, Helen