Red eye gravy

red-eye gravy, red-eyed gravy, red eyed gravy

Red-eye gravy is a thin sauce often seen in the cuisine of the southern united states and associated with the country ham of that region. other names for this sauce include poor man's gravy, bird-eye gravy, bottom sop, cedar gravy, and red ham gravy. the gravy is made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee. red-eye gravy is often served over ham, grits or biscuits. a common practice is to dip the inner sides of a split biscuit into the gravy in order to add flavor and keep the biscuit from being too dry when a piece of country ham is added between the two halves, sometimes called the southern "ham biscuit". (the appalachian ham biscuit is simply a biscuit with...

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