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pan gravy

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noun
meat juices, as from a roast, seasoned but not thickened.
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How to use pan gravy in a sentence

  • Sprinkle with salt, dot with butter, and bake, basting with the pan-gravy.

  • Visitors were in the parlor; Auntie, thinking of pan-gravy and hot biscuits, was being visibly driven to madness by them.

    Saturday's Child|Kathleen Norris
  • To make charcutire use the mutton pan gravy, or take Madeira sauce, and add two sliced pickles and one dozen sliced green olives.

  • Add half a cupful of cream or milk to the pan-gravy, thicken it with flour cooked in butter, and pour the sauce over the tomatoes.

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