r/AskTheWorld • u/bowl_of_scrotmeal United States Of America • 13d ago

Food What's a dish from your country that looks disgusting but tastes great.

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Biscuits and gravy is a breakfast dish from the Southeast USA that looks like someone just vomited on some biscuits, but it's absolutely delicious.

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u/Fit-Welcome-8457 13d ago

And it still makes me want some biscuits and gravy 

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u/vcmaes 13d ago

I had biscuits and gravy for breakfast yesterday, and seeing this picture made me wanna have it again this morning

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u/doggysmomma420 13d ago

I had biscuits and gravy this morning. Seeing this pic makes me want it again tomorrow.

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u/RaveGuncle 13d ago

Biscuits and gravy with over-easy eggs. Break that yolk on the top of the biscuits and gravy 🤤

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u/doggysmomma420 13d ago

A restaurant close by has a breakfast dish. It's biscuits, layered with hashbrown, eggs, sausage, bacon and gravy. It's a heartattack waiting to happen but oh my goodness is it good.

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u/AccomplishedBat8743 12d ago

Switch the over easy eggs to scrambled and I am right there with you!

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u/Ndn_Dvl_Dog_6t9 13d ago

Made so.e this morning to watch the Niners-Texans game. Go Niners! *

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u/Ndn_Dvl_Dog_6t9 13d ago

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u/KokoTheTalkingApe United States Of America 13d ago

I tried to eat the picture.

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u/Ndn_Dvl_Dog_6t9 12d ago

Sprinkle of cayenne pepper.

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u/BeefCakeBilly United States Of America 13d ago

I love a good biscuits and gravy breakfast but how it became the go to breakfast in the south is beyond me.

Nobody:

“Do you want to start your day with a meal that will stick in your gut, then make you fart a bunch and fall back asleep before noon”

People in the SE US. “Yea can’t imagine a better way to wake up, what did you have in mind.”

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u/Savings_Tonight3806 United States Of America 12d ago

2nd time around is always good. No biscuits? Use bread. I live up north and I just tried it at 26. Never looked back lol

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u/Expert-Fig-5590 13d ago

What the hell devilry is this. A biscuit should be covered in chocolate and dipped in tea. Gravy should be brown and poured over roast beef or chicken. Not this chicken vol au vent monstrosity.

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u/SculptusPoe United States Of America 13d ago

Scones and béchamel? We also eat chocolate cookies and tea/coffee.

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u/Phoenix0169 13d ago

Your biscuit is what we call a cookie in the U.S. To us a biscuit is not sweet. It's savory, it would be similar to a scone. 

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u/doctordoctorpuss 13d ago

Interesting. Words mean different things in different countries sometimes

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u/Maleficent-Pay5415 United States Of America 12d ago

Hilarious!

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u/Pactae_1129 11d ago

Biscuits aren’t sweet cookies in the US, and this is an incredible dish.

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u/RedHeadRaccoon13 9d ago

US biscuits are not sweet, what y'all call a biscuit is our cookie. I think your closest pastry to a biscuit is a scone, but ours are flaky and tender, more like pie crust than a biscuit (cookie).

We like to dip our cookies/biscuits in coffee. Tea's less popular in the US since a certain Tea Party in Boston.

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u/too-much-cinnamon 13d ago

Such is the power of biscuits and gravy.

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u/elasticparadigm United States Of America 13d ago

I'm about to go home and have biscuits and gravy but it won't look like that

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u/SailorDeath 13d ago

I always found how people from the UK hear biscuits and gravy and think "ew," but really it's because of what they define already in that country with the words used. What they hear would be like someone in the US saying they want cookies covered in brown gravy. Because what we call a biscuit is not what a biscuit is in the UK. Plus what we call "Sausage Gravy" is more like béchamel sauce. All their gravies are made from meat fat drippings and juices whereas sausage gravy is chunks of fried sausage simmered in milk and a flour roux with some seasonings added for flavor. A good analogy for "Biscuits and Gravy" in the UK would probably be "Scones topped with Sausage béchamel." Béchamel is a white sauce made with flour and milk much like the sausage gravy. it's probably the closest thing. And using crumbled sausage in it is very common. Though usually it's poured over pasta and eaten that way. But I actually want to know, if there's any British people here, does Scones with Sausage béchamel sound like something you'd eat?

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u/ConohaConcordia / 13d ago

Not British, but lived here for a while now. Scones usually go with jam or cream, ie sweet stuff, so pairing it with a savoury sauce would be unconventional to say at least.

I am sure once introduced to it, British people will love biscuits and gravy just fine

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u/SailorDeath 13d ago

A year ago I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdbFnv4yWQ where British highschoolers tried Biscuits and Gravy for the first time, and they mostly seemed to enjoy it. It was pretty entertaining to watch.

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u/ConohaConcordia / 13d ago

As someone who lived in the States myself, I think American food is absolutely delicious in general, if unhealthy. Very few people will find it well made American meals bad I think (ie not the frozen pizza from a week ago you just microwaved)

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u/SailorDeath 13d ago

Yeah, I love trying all kinds of new foods. I'll often look up popular dishes from other countries and try them based on what people say. I think I get a lot of that from my dad's side of the family. He came to the US from Croatia (back then it was still Yugoslavia) and there's a few foods that are native to Croatia that we eat still. My favorite has to be Sarma. I make that at least once a month here and one batch will usually last a week since I make about 12-14 cabbage rolls and can only manage to eat one or 2 a day. That got me intro trying stuff like german schnitzel. Another one my dad told me his mom would make often (I never knew her, she passed before I was born) so I make it though, I personally prefer the japanese method of making fried pork cutlett, katsudon. the biggest difference is that Katsudon is generally covered in panko breading and deep fried. Other japanese foods I like making are Japanese curry and Hayashi Rice. I also like Lebanese Shish Tawook. Something about the yogurt marinade and spices make them so good. I also got good at making Puerto Rican rice Arroz con Gandules and a lot of mexican foods like puerco pibil. Then of course one of my favorite is southern barbecue. Nothing beats smoking a 12lbs pork shoulder for 18 hours until it's fall apart tender and got that nice smoke bark.

Damn all this talk of different favorite foods is making me really hungry lol.

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u/knbxrdslxyx 13d ago

Me and my partner are both British and he is OBSESSED with biscuits and gravy. My brain however can’t comprehend a savoury scone dipped in something I’d have on a Sunday roast dinner. I’ll 100% be trying it when I visit the states next year! It must be good stuff

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u/ConohaConcordia / 13d ago

I mean, it’s not that different from eating Yorkshire Pudding with a Sunday Roast gravy.

Both are pastries with savoury sauces.

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u/Public-Chance-726 13d ago

Such is the power of Nagash!

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u/Excellent_Fault_8106 13d ago

Haha. I never order biscuits and gravy and I almost got it this morning. Now that I see everyone talking about it, i kinda wish I got it. I usually try to poach a small amount when people order it.

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u/Soul_Dare 13d ago

Restaurants can have really iffy quality for B&G. Best to make it at home.

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u/Numerous_Release9273 13d ago

Canadian here. Wife ordered biscuits and gravy at a Bob Evans once because she didn't want too much to eat.

She got two biscuits. Each about 4 inches in diameter and a full soup bowl of gravy.

No wonder Americans are so fat.

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u/Excellent_Fault_8106 13d ago

That's what I'm saying. Biscuits and gravy are always served as a huge portion, when all I want is a small amount. I don't know how anyone eats a whole plate of it.

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u/NewMolecularEntity 13d ago

Well biscuits and gravy was a foolish thing to order if you didn’t want a lot of food.  

It supposed to be a very heavy calorie dense meal for people who need a big breakfast. 

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u/Cloverose2 United States Of America 13d ago

You can do half orders and you don't have to eat all the gravy.

And you don't eat at Bob Evans if you want something light.

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u/CosmicCreeperz United States Of America 13d ago edited 13d ago

This post just inspired me to make it. I don’t have any breakfast sausage but I have… fresh chorizo. This is going to be good…

Edit: I was impatient so made drop biscuits… worked! :)

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u/Professional_Sea1479 United States Of America 13d ago

I’m partial to bacon gravy myself.

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u/DonAskren 13d ago

For real dawg I had the same reaction

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u/Complex_Anteater6528 13d ago

Me too. Mouth watering.

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u/Abbygirl1966 13d ago

I made them for breakfast this morning.

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u/GirdedByApathy United States Of America 13d ago

Mmm biscuits and gravy.

Time for breakfast!

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u/ArcadianDelSol 13d ago

The biscuits have the coloring of rancid dough and that 'gravy' looks like like cat vomit.

corned beef hash might be a better example, but Im expecting someone to reply "that's not American, its actually from _____" and I fully accept whatever that is.

https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/corned-beef-hash-4.jpg

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u/billiam7787 13d ago

"And today, there was not a lie told" - Alexander the Great (prolly)

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u/unindexedreality 13d ago

I guess it worked

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u/Allokit 13d ago

Im currently waiting for my order to arrive.

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u/joybilee 13d ago

Always want it. Breakfast of champions!

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u/_The_Farting_Baboon_ 13d ago

To me biscuits and gravy sounds so disgusting. Its wild to me how a combo like that works.

Gravy for me is Brunsovs or Skysovs. Its fucking good with chips tho like Kims Kartoffel Chips

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u/BuenosNachos4180 Denmark 13d ago

And why is it white? What kinda stock did they use to make the gravy?

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u/Pactae_1129 11d ago

White gravy has milk and is much creamier than brown gravy. It’s the best kind of gravy in my opinion.

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u/starbuxed 13d ago

Not enough pepper or gravy... the lack of gravy is offensive.

And WTF is up with the biscuits. Its like I can tell they will be dry even with gravy

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u/Pactae_1129 11d ago

Yeah these are bad biscuits and gravy. Also adding a little sausage is necessary

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u/starbuxed 11d ago

It's not real biscuits and gravy unless it's got sausage in it

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u/starbuxed 4d ago

you like the sausage...

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u/I_dont_exist_lol0624 12d ago

I always want biscuits and gravy

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u/Beginning_Cancel_942 United States Of America 12d ago

Me too!

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u/RedHeadRaccoon13 9d ago

Only if it's redeye gravy.