Gravy
Never make gravy with the water you've boiled carrots in. It's too sweet. Potato-water or water for any green vegetables is much better.
(Smale is stuffed, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 14:49, 5 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Do people really use potato water for this?? I generally boil a kettle. And mine always tastes delicious :)
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 17:03, Reply)

Oh yes
If you parboil your potatoes before roasting them the water is ideal to make the gravy with!
(Smale is stuffed, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 17:05, Reply)

veg water for gravy!? i don't know how people can live like that.
red wine,stock,meat juices and a pinch of salt. Anything else is satan's piss.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 31 Jan 2011, 19:00, Reply)

My wife,
being Northern, likes about a gallon of gravy on her food. So yes I start with meat juices and add a little wine if I feel like it, but to make the required volume I also need all my veggie water, with added stock cubes to keep the flavour full. And then corn flour to thicken. If I had my way it would be almost all meat juices, but that just doesn't give enough to get round the whole family. And if I do Yorkshire Puddings, well then I have to double the quantity of gravy, at least. I complain, and tell her she misses the flavour of the meat by slathering it in gravy (more precisely a thickened meat stock), but it's traditional, and therefore cannot be changed. Sigh.
(Smale is stuffed, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 9:06, Reply)

Northern boys (and girls) love gravy.
You can't mess with nature.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 1 Feb 2011, 16:24, Reply)