Ask an American!

[BrokeGopher]

I'm an American!  Ask me anything!

[Keswick]

Ask you anything? Without you getting offended? Really? 

Right, I will then: why is American gravy like bechamel with bits in it   ?
Then again you might not know unless you're from the South?

[BrokeGopher]

Well, I'm not a chef, and I'm not from the south, but if your gravy has lumps in it you probably didn't stir it enough.  
Some southern cooks make giblet gravy, which includes diced organ meat (heart, liver and gizzard) from the turkey.  I've never had that, myself, but it sounds good.

[Keswick]

See in Britain we mix the meat juices with gravy salt which makes gravy a dark colour. In the South of the US the meat juices are mixed with flour which makes it a white, almost bechamel-type sauce. I always wondered why they use flour but I have never been to the US, so haven't yet had the chance to ask a chef or try the gravy.

By the way, gravy with giblets is lovely, you should definitely try it  .

What else could I ask you.. where do you live and what's the weather like where you are?

[BrokeGopher]

I live in Illinois.  The weather today is cool and clear.  No snow yet this year, but it is coming.

[daniex79]

Hello Everybody. I'm Danilo. I come from Sicily, yet, I have been living in Rome for 6 years. I'm still learning english 

[tiorthan]

Hey.
@BrokeGopher
Whereabouts in IL. I mean it's about half the size of Germany.

[BrokeGopher]

Northwestern Illinois, on the border with Iowa.

[tiorthan]

So the Quad Cities region or near it. You originally from there or did you move there?

[BrokeGopher]

Born here.  Went to college in Baltimore, worked near Chicago for a while, and now I'm back home.