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red-eye gravy
noun
- a gravy made from the pan juices of fried country ham, thickened with flour and sometimes containing coffee for color and flavor.
Word History and Origins
Origin of red-eye gravy1
Example Sentences
Other eateries include Rolf and Daughters, whose chef was named a 2022 James Beard finalist, and classics such as Loveless Cafe, known for its biscuits, country ham and red-eye gravy, and Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, where the spicy Nashville craze started.
Butter Cafe, the second cafe from Amelia Hatchard and Marcos Hernandez, focuses on breakfast, brunch and lunch; the smothered cowboy burrito has coffee-braised pork belly, poblano, caramelized onions, eggs, cheddar cheese and red-eye gravy.
“Biscuits were a treat,” Taylor says, and she ate them with ham steak and red-eye gravy, traditionally made from ham drippings and coffee.
One advertised a church group’s all-you-can- eat breakfast — tubs of grits and vats of red-eye gravy.
There’s one dish that evokes Bragg’s Southern childhood above all others: red-eye gravy over diced tomato and biscuit.
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