red-eye gravy
red-eye gravy noun: a thin sauce found in Southern US cuisine, made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee.
Noun
red-eye gravy (countable and uncountable, plural red-eye gravies)
- A thin sauce found in Southern US cuisine, made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee.
- Some folks put a slice of ham and a ladle-full of red-eye gravy on them. Red-eye gravy comes from the juices of cooked ham boiled with coffee or water. Red-eye gravy gets its name from the red, greasy "eye" that forms on top[…]2003 August 25, Adam McClellan, Uniquely Tennessee, Capstone Classroom, →ISBN, page 30
- In Louisiana, a variation of red-eye gravy is made with slow-cooked beef, and the coffee will, as likely as not, contain chicory. A Texan variant of Louisiana red-eye might be sweetened with honey instead[…]2019 February 8, Gary Allen, author of Sausage: A Global History, Sauces Reconsidered: Après Escoffier, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 120
Forms of red-eye gravy
| plural | red-eye gravies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | redeye gravy |
Questions about red-eye gravy
- What does red-eye gravy mean?
- Red-eye gravy means a thin sauce found in Southern US cuisine, made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee.
- What part of speech is red-eye gravy?
- Red-eye gravy is a noun.
- What is the plural of red-eye gravy?
- The plural of red-eye gravy is red-eye gravies.
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