NCEP - Would you eat from a biscuits & gravy fountain?

[pierogigirl]

[penguingrrl]

I’ve only had biscuits and gravy once, as an adult while on vacation in VA. Definitely not a thing in NJ, at least the part I’m on (northern end of the Jersey coast).

I feel like the fountain would clog and/or lead to a really weird texture for the gravy, so I say no on the fountain.

[jinkies]

Born and raised in Philadelphia burbs, and my mom calls it "sausage gravy" and we eat it for dinner with noodles or mashed potatoes. Not sure if that's a regional thing or just a my-mom thing. I've actually never had it with biscuits, although I'm not opposed. It's one of my daughter's favorite meals.

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 3, 2023 11:05:20 GMT -5 katfco said:

I said no, but honestly, if it was there and the biscuits were soft and the gravy was really good, probably.

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For your enjoyment, check out this video of British students learning about biscuits and gravy for the first time.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdbFnv4yWQ

Wow that was my reaction when I had it lol. And I agree, this channel is hilarious!

[starburst604]

I've never had the urge to eat biscuits and gravy before, so this is a hard no for me dawg.

[rubytue]

I’m stumped. I’m thinking no because I like my gravy too thick for a fountain. And the chunks would give me pause.

Biscuits and gravy is one of the few things I can make from scratch without double checking a recipe. And it’s at least 80% as good as granny’s.

[rupertpenny]

Aug 3, 2023 11:09:33 GMT -5 wawa said:

Aug 3, 2023 10:18:58 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

::record screech:: Oh friend, I'm glad you finally had this deliciousness and I'm sad it took so long for you to experience it.

ditto.

it's interesting to me where the heck the biscuit and gravy line is these days. I think it's somewhere between Philly and NYC, but I don't understand why it hasn't spread the way chicken and waffles did. I guess because it's not AT ALL photogenic?
  

Chicken and waffles aren't actually Southern, which is kind of surprising. According to Wikipedia the idea originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch and the version with fried chicken was popularized in Harlem. 

I do not like biscuits and gravy so that fountain is a hard no for me, but I might eat grits out of a fountain if presented with the opportunity.

[redheadbaker]

After sanitation class in culinary school, I don't eat anything from fountains (not even chocolate), salad bars, buffets, etc. 🤢

[Jalapeñomel]

Any communal food is a no go for me.

[gault]

I wouldn't eat any food from a fountain that has lumps in it. No no no.

[rubytue]

Currently debating making biscuits for dinner.

[Deleted]

I’d eat the hell out of those biscuits (as long as they were soft, flaky, warm, and fresh), but no to the gravy fountain.

[glw]

The answers for this poll should be "No" and "Hell no".

[msmerymac]

Aug 3, 2023 11:09:33 GMT -5 wawa said:

Aug 3, 2023 10:18:58 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

::record screech:: Oh friend, I'm glad you finally had this deliciousness and I'm sad it took so long for you to experience it.

ditto.

it's interesting to me where the heck the biscuit and gravy line is these days. I think it's somewhere between Philly and NYC, but I don't understand why it hasn't spread the way chicken and waffles did. I guess because it's not AT ALL photogenic?

SE and western PA diners and breakfast joints can have biscuits and gravy, but not always - often at the kind of place that woudl have biscuits and gravy you're instead going to get SOS. (creamed chipped beef on toast) Which is clearly inferior. But it's definitely something I had as a kid at some point in PA. (Though...I suppose that coudl have been in VA or WVa visitng my grandparents when they wer eliving down there?? We only ate it at home after my brother moved to Georgia when I was 11.) But Velar Fricative is the second NY person I know to have never had it until adulthood.

I wonder if they have it in like, Scranton. Or even Allentown.

eta: I checked a randomly chosen diner in Scranton, and they have it.  A randomly chosen diner in Staten Island does not.  

I think Scranton has a Waffle House, though. So it may have rubbed off on local places. 

[wawa]

Aug 3, 2023 13:05:31 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Aug 3, 2023 11:09:33 GMT -5 wawa said:

ditto.

it's interesting to me where the heck the biscuit and gravy line is these days. I think it's somewhere between Philly and NYC, but I don't understand why it hasn't spread the way chicken and waffles did. I guess because it's not AT ALL photogenic?
  

Chicken and waffles aren't actually Southern, which is kind of surprising. According to Wikipedia the idea originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch and the version with fried chicken was popularized in Harlem. 

I do not like biscuits and gravy so that fountain is a hard no for me, but I might eat grits out of a fountain if presented with the opportunity.

REALLY?  well that's fascinating.  I never ever saw them as a kid in the heart of PA Dutch country.

[meanie]

Noooooo

I also don't do chocolate fountains or any shared dips in a group setting, too many unknowns!

The chunks in that fountain though 

[MixedBerryJam]

I am so revolted by this concept that I can’t even t type the word no. But no.

[tacokick]

Aug 3, 2023 15:02:10 GMT -5 wawa said:

Aug 3, 2023 13:05:31 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Chicken and waffles aren't actually Southern, which is kind of surprising. According to Wikipedia the idea originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch and the version with fried chicken was popularized in Harlem. 

I do not like biscuits and gravy so that fountain is a hard no for me, but I might eat grits out of a fountain if presented with the opportunity.

REALLY?  well that's fascinating.  I never ever saw them as a kid in the heart of PA Dutch country.

The PA Dutch chicken in waffles is sort of like chicken in gravy on waffles. When I’ve seen it’s been like chicken with your choice of a bread and one of the “breads” is waffles.

[AdaraMarie]

That looks gross and I do not want to eat it but I do like biscuits and gravy and it is about the only way I will eat sausage. I never would have thought it was a regional thing.

[jlt19]

Aug 3, 2023 11:47:51 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Born and raised in Philadelphia burbs, and my mom calls it "sausage gravy" and we eat it for dinner with noodles or mashed potatoes. Not sure if that's a regional thing or just a my-mom thing. I've actually never had it with biscuits, although I'm not opposed. It's one of my daughter's favorite meals.

I feel like that would be stroganoff, but I really don’t like/eat either so not sure how different the base ingredients are.

[lostrn]

Aug 3, 2023 12:00:52 GMT -5 rubytue said:

I’m stumped. I’m thinking no because I like my gravy too thick for a fountain. And the chunks would give me pause.

Biscuits and gravy is one of the few things I can make from scratch without double checking a recipe. And it’s at least 80% as good as granny’s.

This is where I'm at. I love the gravy super thick. I can't imagine it flowing in a fountain very well. But I do love biscuits and (sausage) gravy so...

[lostrn]

Aug 3, 2023 11:47:51 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Born and raised in Philadelphia burbs, and my mom calls it "sausage gravy" and we eat it for dinner with noodles or mashed potatoes. Not sure if that's a regional thing or just a my-mom thing. I've actually never had it with biscuits, although I'm not opposed. It's one of my daughter's favorite meals.

My Pennsylvania born and raised parents used to make like a hamburger gravy and put that on mashed potatoes and call it shit on a shingle lol.

My mom didn't try sausage gravy and biscuits until she was in her 70s! I was shocked.

[eddy]

Aug 3, 2023 18:07:30 GMT -5 lostrn said:

Aug 3, 2023 11:47:51 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Born and raised in Philadelphia burbs, and my mom calls it "sausage gravy" and we eat it for dinner with noodles or mashed potatoes. Not sure if that's a regional thing or just a my-mom thing. I've actually never had it with biscuits, although I'm not opposed. It's one of my daughter's favorite meals.

My Pennsylvania born and raised parents used to make like a hamburger gravy and put that on mashed potatoes and call it shit on a shingle lol.

My mom didn't try sausage gravy and biscuits until she was in her 70s! I was shocked.

Grew up in Iowa and hamburger gravy was our requested birthday dinner lol. Always on mashed potatoes. Leftovers always on toast.

[chickadee77]

Well, I don't like biscuits and gravy, and communal troughs kind of gross me out (brought to you by working an all-you-can-eat buffet in college). So that's a vehement no from me.

[wawa]

Aug 3, 2023 16:47:46 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Aug 3, 2023 15:02:10 GMT -5 wawa said:

REALLY?  well that's fascinating.  I never ever saw them as a kid in the heart of PA Dutch country.

The PA Dutch chicken in waffles is sort of like chicken in gravy on waffles. When I’ve seen it’s been like chicken with your choice of a bread and one of the “breads” is waffles.

Oh! That I've seen. That makes sense.

[Bad Dingo]

Whenever there's a food topic on here I end up craving that food and eating it asap. Not today. Nope.

[livinitup]

I’ve had biscuits and gravy exactly once while visiting Florida. I treated myself to an early breakfast and saw it on the menu and figured I’d give it a taste.

I’ll try anything once, except that fountain thing.

[pixy0stix]

Aug 3, 2023 16:47:46 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Aug 3, 2023 15:02:10 GMT -5 wawa said:

REALLY?  well that's fascinating.  I never ever saw them as a kid in the heart of PA Dutch country.

The PA Dutch chicken in waffles is sort of like chicken in gravy on waffles. When I’ve seen it’s been like chicken with your choice of a bread and one of the “breads” is waffles.

I want this.

[sonrisa]

No. Fountains shouldn't be lumpy.

[basilosaurus]

Aside from the fact I don't enjoy it, ew to a lumpy fountain and cold gloop.

I'm a Floridian that didn't have it until college (in the south). I am from so far south in Florida it's no longer the south. And I only had it because some of my sister friends made it their mission to expose me to all sorts of southern classics. Yes to fried green tomatoes and collard greens, no to gravies and boiled, salted, buttered, fat backed veg with zero texture left.

But maybe this shows there might be a market for gravy fondue, but with spoons instead of forks to scoop instead of dip.