Slow down and eat some chocolate gravy

In this fast paced world we 

live in, it is easy to get wrapped

up in all the chaos and 
not take time to
appreciate the little things.  
Like chocolate gravy and biscuits.

I admittedly can be impatient and
want to get things done in a hurry, 
yes...I admit to this weakness.

Especially when I am cooking.

I love to eat, so I don't like to wait.  

I want to eat....now!

I tend to plan my meal in my head during 

the day and whip up said meal

 in about 15 minutes no matter

what it is.

Recently, my boyfriend asked if

I had ever made chocolate gravy.  

Nope.

I had heard of it, but never cooked it

or even eaten it for that matter.

I grew up with mom making

white gravy.  I even called and asked her

if she ever made chocolate gravy.  

Nope.

Although my dad said his mom used to make

it.  So I guess it was a family thing.  

Mom's family ate white gravy.  

Dad's ate white gravy and also
chocolate gravy.  
I have also heard of 

red eye gravy, never had it either.  

So what kind of gravy 
family did you come from?

Let's face it, no one can 
compare to grandma's cooking, so I 
am just trying to make some
edible chocolate goodness.

I always meld
several recipes and
come up with my own, 
so I Googled chocolate gravy 

recipes.  I compared 3 different ones,

 one being Paula Dean's of course since 

she is Paula Dean, ya'll.  

And I came up with one that 

incorporated the 3 and its' process

was similar to how I am

used to making gravy.

Turns out I passed!  He and I both

enjoyed the gravy.  Although 

my Grands biscuits were no where near his

grandma's.  haha.  So therefore

we get back to my initial speech 

about slowing things down.  

I am gonna step away from the canned

biscuits next time and make some

good ole cat head biscuits as they used to 

call them, from scratch.

Biscuits are much more daunting

than chocolate gravy. 
 There is much more

of an art to biscuit making.  The

ingredients are very basic, 

but the technique

and how you treat the ingredients is 

very important.  

There are words like

sifting flour, cutting the butter in, 

and kneading that my non baking
butt is just not very

familiar with, but I am gonna give it a

shot...as soon as I get over being

full of this chocolate gravy...it is very

very filling and very hard to stop eating.  :)

Oh and sorry for no gravy pics...
I didn't slow down 
soon enough.  :(
I will add later!

Chocolate Gravy

1 c sugar

3 T Hershey's cocoa powder

2 1/2 T flour
1 3/4 c milk

3 T butter

In a medium bowl, mix the sugar, cocoa and 

flour until well blended.  Add the milk and whisk until smooth.  In a large skillet, melt the butter then pour the cocoa mix into the skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly to prevent scorching.   Cook until the gravy thickens.  It may take several minutes, but it will happen.  Serve over hot biscuits. :)

Love what you eat and eat what you love! :)