Apparently it was the wrong gravy. AIBU?

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Dinner this evening was ostrich steaks. Something a bit different that my DC were willing to try.

I’m fortunate that I’ve amassed an array of different gravy granules - beef, chicken, pork and lamb. I don’t however have ostrich gravy. I suspect I’m not alone in this.

So, after a deliberation in my own head, I decided beef gravy would be the most appropriate, as to me, ostrich is more like a non-fatty red meat than anything else. This choice triggered a 10 minute discussion on the nuances of the ostrich genus, chickens and the T Rex.

My DCs begrudgingly used the beef gravy, but have asked me to buy turkey gravy for the next time.

Was I being unreasonable for using beef gravy? Is turkey gravy really the answer?

Still tastes like turkey, though.

It also needs redcurrant sauce.

Use vegetable stock cubes and add some of the meat juice.

Thank you all for the responses.

It appears I asked the wrong AIBU, but as ostrich produces very little juices and life is too short for cornflour, I was not unreasonable to use granules.

The DCs loved it, which I suppose gives me a future opportunity to do a head to head taste test of all available granules.

I hope your kitchen shelves are large enough to keep all available granules! And we will, of course, need an update with your full report, please.

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I remember the Seinfeld episode about the Soup Nazi. I think Mumsnet has some Gravy Nazis.

Gravy granules are vile. Literally any other sauce would have been preferable.

I find ostrich quite gamey so it goes well with a robust red wine (I use cranberry or grape juice, because halal) sauce rather than gravy

DS2 did an ostrich steak thing for food tech a couple of years ago and made a 'monkeygland' sauce. You could try that next time.

(It's a tomato based sauce, according to the recipe, and although it was ok I couldn't quite reconcile myself to the name.)

I'd have come to the same conclusion using the same logic as OP. Ostrich is a red meat (I think) and I hear it's compatible to steak but more tender and healthier?

But I wouldn't put gravy on Ostrich in the first place to be honest.

We had ostrich steaks the other day with what seemed to be a delicious sauce on them. I asked DH what he'd made, and he said nothing, that was their own cooking juices reduced down. It was lovely, slightly sweet, very umami.

@NeverDropYourMooncup

Still tastes like turkey, though.
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It also needs redcurrant sauce.”

It reminds me of venison🤷‍♀️ agree about the sauce, though.

I've never had ostrich so would probably have done chicken gravy.

So I have learned something new today!

I've used a thin chicken gravy in the distant past with ostrich meat, I'd totally forgotten about them til this post though!

If a meat doesn't have enough or appropriate juices to make proper gravy (commonest case is a gammon joint), then imo the least worst alternative is to just have a tub of veg gravy granules in the cupboard as all the meaty ones are rather grim. Either that or a white/parsley/cheese sauce if apt for the rest of the meal.

We used to cook our Ostrich steaks rare. I remember DS, when he was younger, asking if the juices on his plate were "Ostrich juice". We told him they were. He proceeded to dip his chips in it and declared it delicious. No need for gravy! But if I was making gravy I would have made beef gravy rather than chicken.

I sometimes make gravy from granules if I am having something like a pie that needs it. But never with a piece of meat, I would have made a sauce!

Gravy granules are vile, regardless of flavour!!

Gravy should be made from meat juices.

Every day is a school day.
I never knew people had gammon with gravy.

Well I like the beef gravy on everything so I'm not the best to ask

In honestly though, you can sometimes get a masala wi e gravy mix (in sachets) in larger supermarkets and that went amazingly with game, so I think it would work with ostrich too. I've only had ostrich in burger form myself

Masala wine that is

@BudgetFoodie

I love gravy made from granules, I do pours the juices in if there are sufficient (rarely I find)

I've voted YABU because I don't think beef gravy goes with ostrich.

But it's hardly the end of the world. Like you said, there is no ostrich gravy!

Your definition of fortunate and mine are very different.

Who are you? Gravy on meat, gravy on chips, gravy is the food of the gods.

@BishyBarnyBee urgh! Soggy food!

Why go to the effort of cooking an ‘exotic’ meant, only to swamp it in vile synthetic gravy granules?