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

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)

The fish used resembles a cod; it is buried for days in wood ashes or else it is soaked in soda water, then boiled and served with milk gravy.

From Yule-Tide in Many Lands by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

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)