Biscuits and Gravy.....what are they?

Watch programmes like Diners Drive ins and Dives on the Food Network ( sky 248 ) and you'll see this and other American blunders/wonders. You watch them and realise you have never felt like having a chip butty or a plate of tater 'ash without delay more in your life. Its the tendency to to refer to fats or lard as " grease" that don't help. Or the idea that if an 8oz steak you are eating is lovely then it cannot be denied that a 32oz one must be four times as nice. There are also substances referred to as cheese that to look at make you shudder and think " wtf is that !!?? "

I think I need to cleanse my palate with an Eccles cake now - and a cup of tea.
 
Biscuits and Gravy was the theme song of Jesse and Festus I believe...
 
I find it hard to believe that a country that has 30 names for a muffin doesn’t know what a biscuit is. Forget gravy. Fry an egg and put the sausage of your choice in the middle of the biscuit with the egg. Add cheese if desired. Breakfast is served.

Cornbread is a southern speciality that can accompany many dishes. My personal favorite is red beans, rice, and sausage with cornbread on the side. Now you’re talking.

Even possibly better is the fried version of cornbread called a hush puppy that is served with fried catfish. My mouth is watering thinking about this.
 
I’d just like to point out — not for the first time here — that there’s a difference between the southern US and everywhere else. While you can find biscuits and gravy in lots of restaurants, it’s a SOUTHERN thing originally, and I wouldn’t be eating it in any state that didn’t go heavily for Trump. Same with hush puppies, cornbread, a mint julep, or pecan pie.

For a nation that makes fun of gap-toothed, six-fingered yokels that live in towns a mere 15 minute train ride away from the erudite urbanites among you, I find it funny that anyone would think a nation twenty times your size in square miles would think some culinary trend was a nationwide thing. Okay, okay . . . McDonald’s, sure. :)
 
Barcon said:
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Oh yeah, thanks for putting me straight, it seems it is a Canadian programme. However, the series I saw was going around restaurants in American cities. Looks like they've had episodes in Dublin, London and Panama City too. Anyway, the point is, the American restaurants that featured in - Canadian programme - You Got To Eat Here, through some really strange combinations together.
 
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