Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2012

My husband loves bacon, he is one of those people who think bacon makes everything better. I made this for his birthday breakfast using a peppered bacon, and there was not a drop leftover.

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Mrs. Chef Esh

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2012

We really enjoyed this recipe!! However, I had to use almost 2 cups of milk to prevent it from being too thick. Four slices of thick center-cut bacon yielded plenty of grease for the bacon flavor. I added about a tsp of fresh cracked black pepper, and needed nearly a level tbsp of kosher salt. However, we did not crumble and incorporate the bacon - we just ate it =D I think that's why we needed a little more salt than expected. I will be making this again!!

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2012

For an unusual treat try this over field ripe cantaloupe that has been cleaned and chilled. Yes, my wife laughed at me in 1953 when I asked for her to make this meal. Make sure you find ripe melons that junk in the store that taste like cucumbers is not good.

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hobbies1934

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Mulberry, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2012

Solid recipe..all things vary, but the taste is out of this world!! I find myself having to decide now on sausage gravy or bacon gravy!!

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Reg927

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Hazel Park, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2011

Very good. I did use extra bacon and used more flour and milk. I just eyed the flour and when it looked to be the same amount as the grease I went with it.

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rae

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2011

I really wanted biscuits and gravy for dinner the other night but didn't have the sausage I normally use so I tried this recipe with bacon. I pretty much doubled all ingredients to make enough for my family. I had never made gravy from scratch before this and I found the directions simple and easy to follow. Other than accidentally over salting it a bit, it tasted delicious. I added a couple dashes of steak seasoning. Next time I will use less salt and pepper and more steak seasoning. I will 100% use this recipe over and over again. Reviewers claiming their gravy was "bland" and/or "flavorless": uh, it says season "to taste" ??? Right?!

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Batti

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2011

I used bacon grease that I had stored in my fridge. I made this to go on mashed potato bowls. Worked out ok, had enough flavor to not overpower all the other stuff in the bowl. I did use more than the 1 cup of milk called for.

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amandak23k

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2011

This is a nice base for a gravy, but I would NOT use this as my gravy!! The end product is very thick and pasty and is extremely bland. I started with the fat from about 8 bacon strips, as 4 strips was not enough for my family. I ended up adding an additional cup of milk and about a 1/2 cup of butter. I also seasoned it with some onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, red pepper, some sea salt, and a lot of black pepper.

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Jessie

Reviewed: Jun. 26, 2011

I loved this gravy! I hadn't thought about putting the grease into other gravies I'd made, but the grease definitely made the difference with this one. I will definitely make this recipe again!

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taniaeagle

Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2011

Be sure to follow Raoulysgirl's advice about the grease/flour/milk ratio, e.g., if you have 3 T of grease, you'll need 3 T of flour and 3 cups of milk. It was perfect!

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