I was at a famous well known restaurant on Saturday. I just wanted to order two cups of their famous turkey gravy. Their turkey gravy is the best in town BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR TURKEY GRAVY last Saturday. It was runny. It was tasteless and I mean there was no turkey gravy to it at all. The cook must have watered the gravy down. My family and I have being going to this famous restaurant for the last 34 years and this was the worst visit that I ever had experienced. We usually order fish and chips or the famous turkey dinner but we only wanted gravy this time. Did you ever have have a craving for something and your taste buds cannot wait to taste something that you really like and you were left disappointed? I called the restaurant and explained the situation to the lady supervisor and she just did not care. But you know I am finished with this famous restaurant for their famous seafood chowders. My family and I will go to a different restaurant in the north end of the city instead. Their gravy may not be turkey gravy but they have an excellent HOMEMADE HOUSE GRAVY and not a MIXED turkey gravy. I think that that famous restaurant is really over-priced and is given more credit than they really deserve. You may think why is this person complaining only about turkey gravy but the point of this bitch is why has a product changed at least 80 percent of its flavour content? —TRULY VERY DISAPPOINTED
This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2011.
Make like a turkey and get stuffed.
you’re looking for the restaurant review section
Good gravy!! Catastrophe!!
LOL.
OB, you should know better. If you could see who is making the deliveries, you’d know they use powder for their gravy. Homemade, yes, but simply adding water. FFS.
Famous? By whose standards is this gravy being judged other than by a turkey like yourself.
You actually ordered 2 sides of gravy? So if this place is famous it’s probably busy? You took up a table to suck back $2 worth of sides? Did you bring something from home to dip in it? I’m sure they won’t miss your business…
You make me sick. Your fat food addiction is going to make you need two seats on the bus. Beware, or is it already too late?
Greedy grill grifters gain greasy glory and guilefully grandstand gall and gumption by giving gracious guy grievous, gelatinous, gluey, gummy and gritty goop, glossed over as good gravy.
BASTARDS!
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after going for 34 years, you would think to expect that EVENTUALLY they may just have an off day…
I mean seriously… was EVERY time better than the last???
and if so, how fucking amazing would you HAVE to expect the food to be.
It could even be something so simple as you having a cold and just not TASTING the flavor they instill into their food.
but whatever… just drop em full stop.
I wonder what a life would be like without second chances…. ?
Oooh I think I know which place this is and you shut your whore mouth, OB if it is!
I’ve been going to that place since I was born. My parents used to take me when I was an infant and they’d warm my formula up for me. Some of the same staff is still there. They’re wonderful, the place is wonderful and OMFG one off day and you’re writing the place off? Gee.
And I really wonder WHY the lady you spoke to didn’t care. Oooh the gravy sucked one time out of all the times you’ve gone in 34 years. You’re a whiner, OB, and no one takes whiners seriously.
Oh and INFY: next time you’re in the grocery store take a look at the nutritional table for powdered gravy — hardly any fat or calories, dumbass.
Jesus H. Cripes, melt down a block of lard and inject it into your arteries already! Poor OP – his/her orderly routine of 34 years has been smashed to shit because he/she can’t get their quota of blubber grog.
you funny miss kitty http://images.cheezburger.com/completestor…
Get over it OP, there are other KFC’s you can go to to sip your precious gravy through a straw.
kfc has seafood chowder? who knew^^
Hey PK, or should I say, “Gravy Expert”. If the OP is going for Gravy at a restaurant, it would defy logic if it was powdered. Almost like it would defy logic to order that shit in the first place. But seriously, how do you know how much fat is in a pack of dried gravy? You obviously don’t ready labels yourself. So how do you know? The only time I make gravy is after making a roast and doing it the old fashioned way. Powdered gravy is like bottled water, it simply isn’t necessary, it is just lazy.
oh, no, not good gravy!
Valid bitch. However did you stand the hollow agony?
my gravy is so good. the bear woke me up on christmas, after i had worked thirty six hours straight, just to make gravy. i hate fake food
Me mum makes the best stuffing
Troodon, wouldn’t you say that complaining about gravy is more petty than complaining about 3 pennies? 🙂
i’d rather talk about gravy than suicide
So after 34 years of going to the same restaurant (presumely with excellent food and service) and because you got a couple of runny cups of gravy and talked to someone who rightly thought you are a tool for the complaint, you’ll stop going? I’s call you a self-entitled twat but you are just a plain idiot.
stuffing rawks
Sounds like a situation from the realm of Seinfeld. “Elaine, ya gotta try the turkey gravy here. It is to be compared to the nectar of the gods. Not the beef gravy or the chicken gravy, mind you, as they are – inferior. But the turkey gravy would be worth a trip from Long Island. As for the potatoes, or even the turkey? Meh. But I can not wait for you try the turkey gravy. Here it comes now.” (Small containers of gravy are placed on the table by their meals, and the tasting begins).
“What is this?? I ordered the turkey gravy and we have been given dishwater.”
It is crappy though when you really enjoy things, especially foods, and they have been changed. But nothing stays the same. Amazing, there was a 34 year run of Turkey Gravy Supreme. In the 60s/70s
I actually use to like KFC, before it shrank into squab size and became tasteless, and there are countless other examples of that ilk. We move on with life.
Yes it is GV but that’s just my 3 cents worth.
Ya know.. it really does suck when the gravy doesn’t come out right..
Am I really to understand you just ordered the gravy?
Eeh.. survey says get a life.. You can file an appeal.
I know what the problem is. You are old. That’s why this is a problem.
My family gets me to make the gravy ~:)
I’m not sure if its because they like the way I make it, or that no one else wants to do it ~;p
Unlike some gravy’s I have had, at least mine never has lumps of flour in it.
“…how do you know how much fat is in a pack of dried gravy? You obviously don’t ready labels yourself. So how do you know? The only time I make gravy is after making a roast and doing it the old fashioned way. Powdered gravy is like bottled water, it simply isn’t necessary, it is just lazy.”
It’s not lazy. I’ve used the packaged gravy before. Sometimes if you get a really lean roast or whatever, there aren’t enough drippings to make a pot of gravy so you have to supplement it with the packaged stuff. Not a thing wrong with it. And get this…sometimes I even make Yorkshire puddings from the packaged mix! GASP! HORROR! Shhhhhhhhhh…..don’t tell anyone!
Honestly INFY, I don’t know what’s more ridiculous, you claiming that the packaged stuff is lazy or actually arguing about the nutritional value of homemade vs packaged gravy. lol…IT’S GRAVY FFS!! It’s like 95% fat…and it’s DELICIOUS!
Powdered Yorkshires Avast? You can’t be serious! Tell me you don’t make your cheese sauce from powder too. Are you an astronaut?
Instant mashed potatoes are amazing.
Cheese sauce? No. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had cheese sauce. On the rare occasion that I will have it, it’s gotta be made from scratch. None of this powdered crap or heated-up-cheez-whiz-bottle-in-the-microwave stuff.
And sadly, no, I’m not an astronaut. (sigh) They “CLAIM” my eyesight wasn’t up to snuff. (Bastards!) I DO enjoy Tang on occasion though. Mixes well with liquor.
Are you familiar with military IMP’s? (Individual Meal Packages…i.e. army rations) They used to have tubes (yes, like toothpaste) of “peanut butter”. That shit was amazing….not for the taste but for the myriad of uses it had. Industrial lubricant, wall spackle, concrete crack filler, construction adhesive, caulking, Gelignite explosive, axle grease, pimple cream, hair gel…the list goes on. Truly incredible stuff. Tasted like shit on a saltine though. Ugh!
yes he is and he drinks tang too^^
lol PG! Outta my head, you!
Mel- Instant mashed tatties? SRSLY?
They’re good for emergencies or sometimes as a thickener, but got to go with the reals. I’m an old restaurant person, so I leave in a couple of lumps (so peeps know they’re real) but my Sis in law uses a ricer-she does not do lumps.
where is this place?
my dad can’t eat wheat gluten so i use cornstarch or reduce it down. sorry vastie *cackle*. i don’t know chaos, i’m hoping for an anagram
Mel, I’m almost ashamed to admit this, what with me being a Spud-Islander and all, but I HAVE tried the instant mashed ‘tatoes before and….they really weren’t that bad. lol I suppose though, seeing as it’s nothing more than freeze-dried spuds.
If I had my ‘druthers though, I’d have to side with Xeno and take the natural ones.
Avast we used to sell our IMPs to the Yanks in the field. We could sell them at $10 per about 25 years ago and they would buy as much as they could get. If you ever saw/ate their IMPs you would know why. LOL.
lol…Ahhh C-rats. Mmmmm(gag)mmmmm.
May as well be eating a can of Dr. Ballards…same damn thing. Blech!
Ha ha ha – Ham & Motherfuckers. I’ve read enough Viet Nam memoirs that I can practically taste it. Even Tabasco couldn’t make that shit edible.
Gravy…not for me, I likes the meat squeezins =)
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How do you fuck up on something as simple as gravy?
Ah man, I loved the omelet breakfast IMP. Shit was good hot or cold. The mac&cheese wasn’t exactly up to Kraft standards, though.
fake-tatoes are decent… even go well on a sheppards pie if you don’t add too much liquid.
lets me save the real po’s for hashbrowns and scalloped po’s.
potato flakes are good for thickening soups…mmm scalloped taters http://www.bunchfamily.ca/wp-content/uploa…
bah. It’s not too much effort to make real mashed. You don’t even have to peel them.
(I will admit, however to keeping a cylinder of Wondra in the freezer for quick gravy–just add a bit to hot stock–I’ve also used it with bovril)
ever make these xeno? lllaaarrrggghhh http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KRYnA3EqhkU/TPfr…
Latkes….I’ve never had the pleasure but they look delish.
when we lived in ottawa, i had a good friend whose dad owned a jewish deli. the latkes were awesome. peanut oil is a must when you fry them
Of course I do prefer real potatoes, but when I was younger I used to kill instant mashed potatoes :D! I love baked potatoes but I hate how long they take!
Umm, no, not quite–I’ve made potatoes Yvette, which are similar. I had them in college, though, with pirogi and kielbasa, and they are yummy! Maybe I’ll make some for dinner tonight…
I’ll be over at 6:00 Xeno. I’ll bring gravy!
Mmmmmm perogies with cheese, bacon and sour cream….Ahhhaugghghggghgggggg*drool* gurglegurgle. Soooo bad but soooo good!
I love potatoes so much, I actually put them in the stir fry I’m eating right now :P. If you could see the concoctions I come up with in my kitchen, you’d be scared.
rosti potatoes are very similar http://www.finecooking.com/CMS/uploadedIma…
LOVE stir frys…..Hmmm…if you have potato in yours, I wonder if they could be called stir “FRIES”?? 😛
teehee, i think were all having taters for dinner http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3myhOlR62f0/SUbI…
The secret to my world famous mashed potatoes – a generous blob of miracle whip. Weird? Perhaps. Yummalicious? Mos def.
world famous, well lah dee dah^^sounds good. i use cream cheese sometimes. i love mos def, tho i think he changed his name http://www.celebritiesfans.com/Pic/mosdef.…
Well OK, maybe family famous. Try it!
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cream cheese is said to be the miracle ingredient for freezing mashed potatoes.
Freezing mashed tatoes??? ha ha ha..surely you jest, Xeno. That would imply that there were mashed potatoes left over to freeze. Impossible. Poppycock.
Aa-hahahahahahah..(inhale)…ahhhhh..you so funny Xeno. 😛
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lol Mashed potatoes and “cat-sup”?
Try the chickenburger!( They are super nummy if you’re looking for homestyle!!) Ps- anyone ever try chocolate dipped in gravy?? Delish!!:D
saweet kitty kat snubiz, very funny vastie, and no happy k. sounds gross but so does bacon with chocolate and apparently it’s yummy
Ha ha! OH! Chocolate and gravy!!! Yeah- no!
Xeno, peel them with a paring knife making nice legnths, rinse them and deep fry them for potato skins, no waste.
S’OK-only time I would make them ahead and freeze them is for a big family dinner–and my s.i.l. cannot abide lumps, so she does the potatoes and rices them.
aah the ricer, like a giant garlic press, but much more useful
RLY? I don’t have either and I’m a bit of a gear head with kitchen gadgets. What can you use them for except potatoes?
i do not own those gadgets either, in fact i dislike gadgets of any kind. i love taters, such cute little things http://www.isgtw.org/images/2009/Potatoes_…
fuck all o’ya’ll. This is the best bitch this year.
” But seriously, how do you know how much fat is in a pack of dried gravy? You obviously don’t ready labels yourself. So how do you know?”
I keep track of my fat and caloric intake, and the clubhouse powdered stuff isn’t bad on some homemade oven fries, so yes, I know that the fat and caloric intake on gravy mix is usually fairly low because I’ve bought it and yes, I actually am a nutrition label junkie. Generally happens when you have to base insulin dosing on carb content. I even have an iPhone app that scans barcodes of food and gives me the nutritional info.
All it is is powered bouillon with some corn starch and water. You can make the same thing with a carton of campbell’s low sodium fat free bouillon and some flour/corn starch and water.
Dummy.
Fake potatoes are gross. My father (a cook) practically weeps if I mention boxed or powdered anything and he makes the best mother effing stuffing in the universe. Using boxed stuff IS lazy, but it’s also cheaper in most cases, and I do it too so I can’t hate.
And I don’t know what a ricer is but I have to look it up now. I use my Kitchenaid stand mixer for my potatoes.