Do You Do This.

[teacake44]

I think this is really funny, some folk when doing a roast dinner spend time nursing their roast potatoes so they are nice and crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, and after all that work, go and dump gravy on top of them, and end up with a soggy mash. :) :) WHY ?

[woofgang]

If a roasted spud is decently crispy then gravy won't destroy the crispness of the outside and will make the inside even more delicious.

[teacake44]

WOOF I don't know how you work that out, its hot and wet ?? :)

[johnny.5]

"WOOF I don't know how you work that out, its hot and wet ?? :)"

it is also covered in water proof fat

[pastafreak]

The only thing I want on roasties is salt. Gravy of the Bisto type is a no no for me.

[rockyracoon]

I agree with woofy. My roasties always stay crisp no matter how much gravy I put on them, and it’s usually a lot.

[Mamyalynne]

I'd pour my gravy (made with meat juices and stock) on the meat and veg and in the yorkie which is a perfect container.

Though in truth the roastie is a sealed package of spudliciousness which would survive if at optimum crunchiness.

[Tilly2]

My roast potatoes are always crunchy and need a drop of gravy to soften them up a bit.

[ummmm]

Like Mamy, I put my gravy on the meat and veg and just dip my roasties in it.

[Prudie]

I detest gravy and would extend your question to what I always ask my husband, what is the point of roasting a beautiful piece of beef, rare and flavoursome and then smothering it in hot gravy made from over-flavoured granules. I don't get it.

[Mamyalynne]

Granules are handy for shop bought pies/pasties/sausages not for a good roast.

[Khandro]

Gravy ( or sauce ) shouldn't be "dumped" onto roast potatoes.

[Prudie]

He makes it and he loves it. Wicked thing to do to meat :-)

[ummmm]

I suppose the same can be said about sauces, and what about casseroles?

[Mamyalynne]

I know quite a few people who dislike gravy, we have the opposite problem here - often a fight over the gravy boat.

As with everything, it's personal taste.

[DTCwordfan]

who makes gravy out of granules.....yeuck.

Use the roasting pan and liberate all those roasting juices/flavours....it doesn't take much, a splash of wine or marsala/port etc to liberate those juices, a bit of flour, some effort ensuring there are no lumps and then reduction, any addition of a flavouring agent like mustard or horseradish and a sieving - a Mouli is a useful aid for the last part......

[Rosie29]

Right on DCT. Delicious.

[Rosie29]

DTC - sorry

[gingejbee]

DTC...you may want gravy with something other than meat that you have roasted yourself....

[Rosie29]

Make a sauce with a stock cube and some veggies ?

[choux]

And so we are treated to a miserable Sunday afternoon at 23 Railway Cuttings.

Stuck indoors, Hancock tries to while away a wet Sunday afternoon in complete boredom. Then the neighbour calls….

There’s a brilliant line where the lad has go at Miss Pugh’s cooking” …I thought my mother was a bad cook, but at least her gravy used to move about. Yours just sort of lies there and sets”.