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Please don't threaten to take my country boy card, I know how to make the real thing.

But, for a quickie, some of the instants aren't half bad. I've had 2 brands of the packet stuff, I prefer one, & naturally, wife prefers the other. I usually add a spoon of sausage grease, that helps. A buddy buys it in a can, I haven't tried any of those.

If........ you've tried any of these & will admit it, do you have a favorite?

We lean toward the packaged gravy mixes.

I'm sure I'll go to hell for this but.......Pioneer brand package gravy on Pillsbury biscuits purchased at Walmart.

We have used McCormick on occasion.

Seems fine.

I buy a white peppered bag mix from time to time. Can't think of the brand, Good stuff.

I like the Pioneer black pepper gravy, then I'll add sausage to it. I found their sausage flavor gravy way too salty for my taste. Homemade biscuits only, the Alton Brown recipe.

We keep a couple cans of the Campbells Turkey gravy in the cupboard for emergencies.

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1/2 pound of Jimmy Dean.........hold the maple.

I admit to using the packets time to time. Quick, easy and fills a void. I also keep a couple bags of Jimmy Dean sausage crumbles in the freezer to add to it or scrambled eggs. Some days quick and easy takes precedence.

I was going to bust on bought gravy.
Wouldn't have it in my house, tried some at father in law's, sucks.

That said, i can eat some sausage gravy in a resturant, have had some that
was good. Most likely, bought, not made there.

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Often add Jimmy Dean sausage to the mix or some of my pork/elk breakfast sausage mix.

Also admit to using Pillsbury biscuits, but sometimes homemade using pork lard.

Pioneer brand packaged gravy mix. Serve this with biscuits made with either Pioneer brand biscuit mix or true scratch biscuits. Add crumbled cooked pan sausage of your choice to the gravy, good eats! Add a serving of grits, excellent eats!

For cream (sausage) gravy I don't see the point. Instant might save you 30 seconds. Don't have a country boy card, Dad was a mess Sgt. in WWII and taught me how to make SOS.

The packaged crap is crap. Sausage gravy is simple and quick. There is no excuse for not making it from scratch.

Im with you on this.

What is as good as homemade was not the question, because nothing is.

But what is the best other crap, if you've had it ? If you haven't ??

Homemade as fast as instant ?? No wonder some call it SOS.

So you add flour to make a roux, maybe a minute, season, and you're where you would be at with the packet stuff. Except you're controlling proportion and seasoning. Or if making a roux is too big a bother use Wondra as you would an instant and season. Somebody even made a recipe though I think a proper roux tastes better.

For something different try using a couple ounces of coffee as part of the liquid. Coffee is a good seasoning.

Our 7 y/o grand daughter makes a mean sausage gravy and the biscuits - from scratch. If she can do it at that age grownups ought to be able to as well. I have never used packaged or canned versions, too easy to do the real thing. YMMV

This is just sad. Make the real thing. Our cooks at work use pioneer mix . They should be fired for it.