It's a beautiful mountain morning at Mom and Dad's house. The doors are opened wide to let in the cool, pre-autumn air, the birds are buzzing around the feeders and the leaves are just beginning to turn and drop. I've been enjoying my visit with Mom and Dad, and got an extra treat yesterday with the arrival of my cousin, Chris Metzger, with his wife, Linda, and adorable baby girl Avelyn, who I call "mini-Chris" as she is a clone of her daddy! She's a cutie-patootie and brought lots of smiles and laughter to the house. It was great seeing them on their way up to New York.
So, Mom really did a number on her wrist. It's broken in a couple of places, and she's still in quite a bit of pain. There is talk of surgery, and we are trying to figure out what's best for Mom. We welcome your prayers, as always, specifically for wisdom with the wrist situation. We don't want to put Mom through surgery unless its absolutely necessary, but we also want her wrist to be back to 100% as soon as possible. Keep her in your prayers, and I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, I'll give you a recipe! Cousin Chris is a serious foodie, as are most of us Metzgers, and I told him that if Mom hadn't broken her wrist, she'd be making him an outrageous gourmet meal. Instead, he got me, cooking in my mother's kitchen trying my best to fill some very big shoes! I had the benefit of my mother sitting not far away, adding her two cents as I cooked. I called her a "back seat chef", since we all know what a back seat driver she is! So for breakfast, I had to make our favorite Boone breakfast, Southern sausage gravy and biscuits. Chris said it smelled like Thanksgiving as I was cooking it. He and Linda loved it, as did Avelyn who chowed on the stuff and graciously shared with Keno who had wisely parked himself next to her. Mine wasn't as good as Mom's, but I think it came close...
Janet's Biscuits and Gravy
1 lb. breakfast sausage (a roll of Jimmy Dean works!)
3/4 stick of butter
1 small onion or 1 large shallot, finely chopped
1/3 cup flour
milk (maybe 2-3 cups?)
poultry seasoning (Bell's is best. It's in a little yellow box with a turkey on the front)
salt and pepper
biscuits (You can make them yourself, pop a can of Grands or open a bag of frozen ones...however you roll!)
Cook the sausage in a skilled until done, breaking it up as you go. Drain and set it aside. Meanwhile in a separate pot, melt the butter and add the chopped onion, stirring and cooking till soft. Add the flour when the onions are done and mix it in well. Add 1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning and start whisking in the milk. Keep whisking and adding milk until you have a thick but pourable gravy, whisking out any flour clumps. Add in the sausage and season with salt, pepper and more poultry seasoning if you need it. Serve the gravy atop warm biscuits. Enjoy!
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