milk gravy

American  

noun

1. a gravy or sauce made from cooking fat, milk, flour, and seasonings.

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Etymology

Origin of milk gravy

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

But it also has biscuits with pastrami and milk gravy, kugel-ified mac and cheese, and pumpkin-spice babka.

From Salon • May 17, 2021

Congressman Clare Hoffman of Michi gan advocated a Spartan wartime diet for Congress: "cornmeal mush and a baked potato without butter or even milk gravy."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dip in milk, gravy, tomato juice, &c., and drain.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

Stamp out 6 or 8 rounds of bread, dip quickly in milk, gravy, or diluted extract, and drain—on no account allow to soak.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

We sat down to one of our familiar dinners of salt pork and milk gravy and apple pie now enriched by sweet pickles and preserves and frosted cake.

From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving