Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Just call me Betty Crocker....

..........Not really! I've never claimed to be a good cook, actually I've never even claimed to be able to cook. I'm not good at it, but I've come to terms with that. For some reason tonight my kids decided they wanted biscuits and gravy and sausage. There are some things I can cook that are half-way edible, but gravy is not one of those things. I let my good judgement go out the window and decided to give making gravy one more try. This is what I ended up with:

Yes, I know it looks gross and it doesn't even resemble gravy. It was about the same consistency as water. Luckily for me, they make these handy little mixes...


Needless to say we poured my "gravy" out and had this instead. It actually tasted really good...a lot better than mine for sure!!! This is what real gravy should look like:

From now on, this is my new motto:




5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE IT! YOU ARE TOO FUNNY! I HAVE A EASY GRAVY RECIPE IF YOU WANT IT AND HEY I DO LOVE THE MIKE WITH WATER ONES TOO! ~TORASA

april said...

BAHAHAHA!! That gravy looks yuck - sorry!! You should've just made some sausage balls instead :) Those little packets are wonderful, huh?! I do have to give you credit for at least trying it - you're a good Mom to make those kid-o's what they wanted :)!

Sarah said...

TOOO FUNNY!!!! That has got the be one of the funniest stories I have ever heard!!! Bless your little hear - you sure did try, didn't you! :) Love ya!

Nic said...

I love it!! A for effort =)

Anonymous said...

oh Lori its ok!! My first few years of marriage, my gravy recipe was wanted by the concrete company !! If I ever left that stuff in the skillet , I had to thrown the pan and all away !! ahhhhhh memories !!

Brenda