Chicagoist: Eating In: Comfort Food – Biscuits and Gravy

rachelle

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:40:41 -0600

the thing about it is..we know how to make biscuits from scratch, and if you want to be in the kitchen all friggin day, then yeh, make the biscuits from scratch.. but if you want to make sunday breakfast and get on with your life, then why not take a shortcut? and, btw, i like barilla! it's so much better than ragu & prego!

jon bon jovi

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:34:50 -0600

You are writing a food article for the very prestigious "Chicagoist" and you can't make biscuits? Maybe your next "Eating In" should be "Spaghetti" where you show us how to boil water and open a box of pasta and a jar of Barilla.

Joel

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:45:51 -0600

Trrue, but it's certainly no Monte Cristo.

Andy

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:22:43 -0600

Lorraine's "big ass" Southern Special is notable mostly for the incredible quality of "bad ass" in store the next morning.

Joel

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:59:24 -0600

The quality of most greasy spoon biscuits and gravy in this town is pretty middlin'...the key in this particular situation is that it's three freaking dollars and coats your stomach like concrete mix.

Benjy

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:49:11 -0600

One of those things I miss from my years down south. I've tried them a couple times up here but they're never the same...

rachelle

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:42:29 -0600

I love HUE.. i was just there Sunday. .. but every time I go I get the brunch buffet and there's no biscuits & gravy on the buffet.

monkey

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:34:24 -0600

Well, most places in town have biscuits & gravy, but they have flavorless biscuits & gravy. The only place I've found areally good, southern-style version on the North Side is at Hillary's Urban Eatery on Division. (And yes, I've been to Wishbone. That's a northern version--yuck!)

Joel

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:19:33 -0600

FYI, after 2 AM the diner at the corner of Damen and Chicago offers up their "Southern Special" which is a big-ass (literally) helping of biscuits and gravy with two eggs for like $3.00. Actually, I hope and assume most greasy spoons in town have something similar.

Erin

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:14:47 -0600

Moon, I love you, but "comfort food" is only a comfort if it has the capacity to do serious damage to your body. Oatmeal provides too many benefits to qualify, even if you junk it up to high heaven. For shame, Moon! For shame!

Moon

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:10:53 -0600

Isn't oatmeal a comfort food? /And actually good for you if you don't load it down with sugar, butter and whole milk? /Go with oatmeal

Erin

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:50:13 -0600

My husband just made biscuits and gravy last weekend for Sunday breakfast. Yummy ... God I love the stuff. We'll try your recipe next time, Kevin! Rachelle, you need to do them from scratch at home. Most defintely.

JimW

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:46:25 -0600

Mmmm....bisquits & gravy....Heart stoppin' good!

Joel

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:29:36 -0600

You forgot to mention what great hangover helper this is.

rachelle

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:26:42 -0600

yummm. i think the only time i've had bicuits & gravy was (don't kill me) from hardees! actually, i might have had them once when my aunt juanita in alabama made them but i was so young, i can barely remember..