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proof that the burnt bits stuck to the pan were the point all along.
means a sauce made by thickening the fat and juices left from cooking meat, usually with flour and stock.
from from old french grave, meaning stew or sauce, itself possibly a scribal error for grane meaning spice or seasoned broth — a typo that became a national obsession.
slang meaningeasy unearned profit, since the 1910s
boat namedthe gravy boat dates to 18th century england
thanksgiving mathamericans make roughly 200 million gallons yearly
for instance
thanksgiving turkey gravy — the centerpiece of a holiday built around a bird nobody actually craves
poutine — quebec, 1950s, gravy plus cheese curds turned fries into an argument
biscuits and gravy — southern us breakfast staple, sausage fat thickened with flour and milk
chip shop curry gravy — british fish and chip shops, a sweet-spiced orange sauce since the 1960s