Biscuits and gravy
Biscuits and gravy is a popular breakfast dish in the United States, especially in the South. The dish consists of soft dough biscuits covered in either sawmill or meat gravy, made from the drippings of cooked pork sausage, white flour, milk, and often bits of sausage, bacon, ground beef, or other meat. The gravy is often flavored with black pepper.History
The meal emerged as a distinct regional dish after the American Revolutionary War, when stocks of foodstuffs were in short supply. Breakfast was necessarily the most substantial meal of the day in the South, for a person facing a day of work on the plantations. In addition, the lack of supplies and money meant it had to be cheap.
Restaurant chains specializing in biscuits and gravy are found in North Carolina, which has Biscuitville, and West Virginia, which has Tudor's Biscuit World. Starting in 2015 McDonald's offered an all-day breakfast menu which served their traditional muffins in most of the United States, but limited biscuits mostly to the southeastern United States.Variations
While biscuits and gravy generally refers to sausage gravy, it can also refer to egg gravy, made in one of two ways:
Tomato gravy is white gravy mixed with crushed or diced tomatoes.
In New Orleans, some neighborhood restaurants refer to a tomato sauce or Marinara style Italian sauce as Red Gravy.
