Why do people like gravy so much?

[PuppyMonkey]

I'm the only person in Britain who doesn't like gravy, I reckon.

It makes everything on the plate soggy, tasting of brown gravy.

I'm having steak pies today, made with a rich sauce inside and nice crumbly shortcrust pastry. And I just know that DP and kids will insist in having gravy too. Making the crumbly pastry all soggy and gloopy and everything taste of wet.

Also ruins Yorkshire puddings and Sunday dinner.

I don't get it.

If your roast dinner is dry without gravy, you're doing it wrong.

I drown my roasts in gravy I love it

I just cannot stand dry food so gravy is a godsend . I couldn't eat a potato without some kind of wet on it.

Having said that I hate Yorkshire puddings with or without gravy

I'm the only person in Britain who doesn't like gravy, I reckon.

No, me too! Never eat the horrid stuff. But then again, I hate the old "meat and two veg" type of meal full stop - would certainly never eat that kind of meal given a choice and thankfully can't remember the last time - a few years at least. The thought of a Sunday roast fills me with dread - I'd honestly rather just have a slice of toast.

Mmmmmmm

Pile of chips. Grated cheese on top. Then covered in gravy.

Mmmmmmmm

Without gravy, or a sauce of some sort, I wouldn't be able to eat a lot of dinners (issues with swallowing food if too dry). Before I had this problem, I still liked gravy though maybe not quite as much as now.

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Gravies Rn't Us

I usually have about a 50/50 ratio of food to moist.

That sounds about right to me, too Hole

adding bisto would ruin it.

Adding Bisto would ruin anything!

But Bisto ISN'T gravy!

people that smother their food in gravy..urgh...seems so common

You do know that Our Dear Queen sits watching Corrie with a pint jug full of gravy and two dozen yorkshire puddings that she dips in and eats with her fingers, don't you vulgar?

Oh - hang on - no. That's me that does that.

As you were.

So, the pie was very much like this - no carrots in mine though.

Looks nice, but I would add some gravy though.

Mind you, I can't stand that jelly stuff in pork pies. i scrape it out

Crisp Yorkshire pudding, golden syrup, clotted cream. Just sayin’

Surprised no-one’s mentioned herbs in relation to gravy - I’d never make gravy without them. My favourites are sage and oregano with pork, thyme and marjoram with beef, rosemary & thyme with lamb. With chicken I like to try different combinations depending on my mood.

Hate, hate, hate gravy
I don't see the point of it at all
And I definitely do not want it anywhere near my chips

I can't stand that jelly stuff in pork pies.

But that's the best bit , , ,

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At this moment in time I’m think of dropping the wine and adding brandy , but it hasn’t got the same ring to it!
Had fish , chips, cheese & gravy for tea and it was fit

But that's the best bit , , ,

Not when it reminds me of uncut tinned ham on a plate and the jelly "melting".

I usually have about a 50/50 ratio of food to moist.

The thought of a meal that is that covered in sauce is quite repulsive to me - horses for courses!

Dh hated gravy when we met because his mother’s idea of gravy was an oxo cube in water, nothing else. No meat juices because she only cooked those Bernard Matthews rolled joint thingies.

He was truly amazed when he first tasted my proper gravy.

My mum doesn't like gravy so you never get it round their house, i started taking my own.
I love gravy, honestly can't understand how anyone can enjoy a Yorkshire pud or mashed potato without it

OP that pie looks delicious.

BUT

I would want cauli cheese (with lots of cheese sauce) or onion gravy on that. Otherwise it would be very very dry. Just my opinion of course!

Schadenfreude/Queenie and your dipping Yorkshires to Corrie.

I usually have about a 50/50 ratio of food to moist

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OP.... I feel your pain..... gravy is fine on sloppy stuff like mashed potatoes.. .. but definitely not pie or stuff which is designed to be crispy or crunchy.... and if the mash has been crisped off in the oven then gravy should be nowhere near it....
It's a bit like custard with Apple pie or ice cream etc..... aaargh.... why?????

I have no issues with gravy. Custard on the other hand... what's the point of making a lovely pudding and then covering it with milky stuff....