Irish Try Southern Biscuits & Gravy For The First Time 

Great video! The southern breakfast cuisine is such a must for anybody that's never experienced it. I see a lot of comments here being such purists and gatekeepers in regards to the recipe for each thing. "SALT AND PEPPER ONLY!" "A real southerner would never cook it without butter or crisco" "No milk in grits!" People seem to be most passionate and most die-hard purists about the gravy recipe more than anything, though. Arguing over seasonings and what the "right way" to make it is. Me, personally? I'm from the great melting pot of American cultures (FL) and know so many different people who make it every way listed in this video, these comments and more. After sampling a plethora of different recipes, I can pin no one [recipe] as "my favorite," "the best" or "the right way." Each one was just tasty and satisfying and I'm glad that I tried them all. So many seem so dead set on doing things the "right" way that they get stuck in their own little bubble and aren't willing to try anything new or different and really end up missing out on something they may possibly enjoy *even more* than what they're so used to. Purism is so silly lol.

You can't beat a good sausage gravy covered biscuit at any time of the day.

I am southern, born and bred, and I would never put garlic or seasoned salt or butter in my gravy. You have to brown the flour.

Now I'm hungry! I'm a North Carolina native who now lives in Chicago. I absolutely miss this kind of food. My mom's biscuits and grave were out of this world!

As a midwestern boy, well made biscuits and gravy with an egg just feels like home.

We have a friend here in Tennessee who is from Europe. World traveler. I asked her what her favorite American food is. A great burger? Steak? BBQ? Hotdog? She said, "Please, ask me a hard question! Sausage gravy and biscuits is easily my favorite American food offering." It's mine, too!

As a country boy, I approve of ALMOST everything right there. Except for the eggs. Mannnnnnn ya gotta scramble those in a little bit of that sausage grease or at least a half stick of butter or a combination of both a little grease and butter. Also if you were doing bacon? A little bacon grease scrambled eggs are amazing also. Hell anything cooked with bacon grease is better. Bacon grease is to the old school southern cooking what good olive oil is to amazing Italian cooking. Bacon grease. The southern American’s olive oil 🤣🤣🤣

At a local breakfast place in my hometown, there is an item called a redneck Benedict. It’s a biscuit sliced in half. With 2 sausage Patties, fried egg, and topped with sausage gravy. It’s so good! Especially with Tabasco

I remember when I made this for my husband for the first time. He was super grossed out and said it looked like vomit lol...I told him to try it and now it's one of his favorites.

It still amazes me that most Irish don't know about biscuits and gravy when it was the Irish and Scots in the south that were the ones that came up with it.. I'm pretty sure the first version of it was made with hard tack.

I’m hungry already and I’m thinking chicken fried steak and home fries for dinner. Gravy on everything.

Matt knows his business about Biscuits and Gravy. Respect.

As an Oklahoman, I can confirm the Mary B's are pretty amazing for frozen biscuits. I've had worse homemade before.

Biscuits and Gravy is my go to hangover breakfast! Add a couple sunny side up eggs, and SEND IT!

This video was so satisfying to watch! As a southerner, seeing people try comfort food, but make it wrong, and then obviously not like it because it's wrong, (like plain grits), is like nails on a chalk board. Having a southerner make the food for you was perfection.

Remember every home has there own version of the perfect grits, gravy, biscuits, etc. Once you make it a couple of times you can experiment too.

Ohioan here and we have Appalachian food that shares similar food to the south. A common dish here is where you plate your biscuits, eggs, and instead of grits, hash browns or home fries and cover all of it in sausage gravy. Some put shredded cheddar on it too. Stir it together for a big gloopy, but delicious meal.

Biscuits & Sausage Gravy is also a "leading economic indicator", in that, when hard times hit, the ratio of sausage-to-gravy decreases.

Biscuits and gravy started out as a poor working man's meal. High calorie with protein cards and fat. This is why sausage gravy is also known as Sawmill gravy. One of its benefits is you could add more flour and milk for more people.

I used to LOVE visiting my uncle, aunt and cousins in northeastern Mississippi, 'cause they'd have every single Southern breakfast food you can imagine on the table -- and Pepsi, too. Gotta have Pepsi. This could also explain why my cousins were the size of a house, lol. Made me feel tiny.

Sausage biscuits and gravy is a wonderful food when it is cold outside too - very filling. Another one to try is pinto beans and cornbread.

Dang. I'm from up north and there's nothing better than sausage gravy and biscuits!! You made me HUNGRY!!! Hope you enjoyed all you ate. YUM!!

The UK usually gives us alot of slack when they see biscuits and gravy, it doesn't look very tasty to someone that hasn't had it. But it's a comfort food that's filling and always hits the spot. The key secrets are the proper sausage, a good roux and lots of pepper. It's economical and filling. It's original purpose is a cheap carb rich meal meant for blue collar workers that needed the calories and energy to get through a hard days work. I'm pretty sure that it was originally a lumberjack meal hence the name "sawmill gravy"

😂 omg the way you thought the sausage was like “a sausage” is adorable. We do 1 of 2 things with a sausage roll. Make a patty and pan fry it or scramble it like he did.

i just ate dinner and now i'm hungry again. i will absolutely tear up good sausage gravy n' biscuits.

While technically correct I'd say grits is a Southeastern thing. From Texas going West you're more likely to encounter hash browns as a breakfast side which become "home fries" if you travel North. Sausage gravy though is pretty universal.

I have travelled all over the US and have had sausage gravy made in at least 15 different states, and never have I heard of Sausage gravy made with garlic and/or seasoned salt. Salt and pepper is the traditional way.

So glad the guy can cook. I was hopeful that you would get the best version of our southern breakfast and it looks amazing

OMG !!! You came to Florida again !!! Welcome Irish Jesus !!! So can we say you love biscuits n gravy ??? Looks like he fixed you one of the best Southern breakfast ever… Great job!!!😊

The closer you get to New Orleans, the more likely that the Lowery's seasoning will be swapped for Tony Cacherie's Creole seasoning. It's got a little more kick.

Don't forget the fresh sliced tomatoes, radishes and green onions out of the garden. People dog us for no fresh food but we add these to every meal!

Well done to the cook. I'll let the biscuits slide. As a Florida fellow myself, I approve wholeheartedly. This is the way food should be made.

I would seriously eat gravy & biscuits every day at every meal for the rest of my life if I could. It's my all time favorite comfort food.

He’s a good cook. All of it looks perfect. Only thing missing was sweet tea and grandpa snoozing on the couch.

I love using Kerrygold butter, was so happy when it started showing up in the local grocery stores :D

Love seeing it made the right way.

You made him the real deal. I'm 70 and I quit making biscuits the first time I had Mary B's. And datil pepper jelly! It doesn't get any better than that down here in the Sunshine state. Fish and grits with cathead biscuits when you have snook is hard to beat, too.

I once went to a fancy brunch that had cheese grits with shrimp and turnip greens. That was amazing.

Black pepper and a hot sage sausage and salt....using garlic and seasoned salt for me makes it taste like another dish to me. Each to their own though.

This is almost exactly the breakfast I cooked for my wife recently, when we went to spend some quiet time in a cabin up in Tellico Plains. We're from The tip of Alabama that's almost Georgia, and not quite Tennessee. Fascinating the South shares so much culturally with the Celts, but a few decades of diaspora works mighty changes.

Glad you got a taste of Southern Breakfast cuisine I.J. That’s some gooooooood food there! ❤️❤️❤️ Hope you had a great time on our side of the pond!

I can only suggest serving over medium fried eggs vs. scrambled. You put them on the biscuits and gravy and let the yolk run down on them. Takes it to a whole higher level of heavenly flavors.

As a Tennessean I’m flattered but you got to serve some fresh sliced tomatoes with a heavy southern breakfast, maybe some green onion 👌

I love how you ate HOME COOKED food. I've had this stuff in chain restaurants and it's terrible. Usually they put way too much SALT and other junk in the dishes. You're getting the REAL DEAL when a local home cooks your meal for you! Bravo.

That's what dad made every Sunday. It has got Florida written all over it!

Anyone that says they don’t like sausage gravy and cheese grits never had it made that way. You cooked them perfect.

He did you right with introducing you to pepper jelly. Pepper jelly is a definitely a Southern Staple. We’ll eat it for a snack or a light supper with cream cheese & crackers. You just pour as much jelly as you want over your cream cheese and schmear it all on a cracker. That’s even acceptable at baby showers or weddings they’ll have cream cheese and pepper jelly placed decoratively like I described with crackers around it. It’s a definitely an acceptable comfort food to serve ANYTIME.

I grew up in Florida so this was a typical breakfast then and now for me except the cast iron pan and all the pepper, I use a lot less pepper but what you all fixed looks wonderful 🙂

I make this also, and add 2-3 hard boiled eggs. Hard boiled eggs where the yokes are nice yellow and not hard boiled with the gray/green yoke, so about medium well. Right before you finish the gravy, slice the eggs and add to gravy. It’s so good and no other eggs needed. Put gravy all over your opened biscuits on your plate.

almost all of this is perfect. didnt make his own biscuits, but thats forgivable, because bread can take a while.

Ooh…a tip I learned from my Gramma in law…lightly grease the pan before you lay down the biscuits. It almost fries the bottom of the biscuits and just adds another level of heaven to it. 😛

I live in Georgia, and my parents had owned a restaurant when I was young. I grew up with all the goodies you've shared, & you done a fine job..I was ready to make my breakfast for supper lol Now try pinto beans, turnip greens, cornbread,and a roast. Thanks for sharing...

Born & Raised in New Orleans. My mawmaw used to make it so good, her secret ingredient was a little chicken bullion in the white sauage gravy, along with ground sage & cayenne added to the sausage as it browns. For the grits, we prefer American Cheese in our grits with bacon on the side or in the grits. We love this feast so much, we sometimes eat it for dinner, rainy days & cold days 🥰 tomata tomoto Oh, & sometimes, we eat just grits & eggs, together, in a bowl, runny or scrambled, whichever you prefer 😊

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You can’t go wrong with biscuits/sausage gravy. 👏

I have no idea why but I love watching people from around the world try biscuits and gravy. Needs more pepper!

One of my favorite breakfasts! He did a great job.

That was a 15-10 a right proper Floridian breakfast, and I am happy you had a good friend to introduce you to it!!!!

Well.... I wasn't hungry until I watched this. Now I'm starving!!!

I'm glad your first time trying it was with someone who can actually cook. You wouldn't believe how many Americans butcher sausage gravy

Dallas TX born and reared. In 1984 moved to MISSISSIPPI, there they made DROP BISQUITS & TOMATO GRAVY!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! OTHER THAN THAT, I LOVE WHITE GRAVY, WHITE SAUSAGE GRAVY, BROWN GRAVY, BROWN SAUSAGE GRAVY ALL WITH CRACKED OR COARSE PEPPER CORN. DROP BISQUICK BISCUITS OR, HOMEMADE (RULE THE WORLD).......

Great, now you can tell Diane that biscuits are NOT the same rhing as scones!

As a southerner whose specialty may very well be sausage gravy and biscuits, I approve of this. I was expecting to see canned biscuits and was pleased to see you at least opted for a decent frozen biscuit; I did hear that homemade biscuits are the usual and that's about all that make it to my table. You can mix them in about as long as it takes the oven to preheat, and they take about as long to cook as gravy takes to make, so if you are on top of your game, there is no time difference in completely homemade breakfast vs canned or frozen, just an extra mixing bowl to wash

Everything looks delicious 🤤 I would put two split biscuits on the plate and I need more gravy with the sausage.

Sausage gravy,biscuits(scratch made),scrambled eggs,fried potatoes is 1 meal that hooked my hubby. I use to make a 12 qt stockpot of sausage gravy,2 sheet pans biscuits,4 dozen eggs to feed my family. Live in southern Louisiana now. Looking for the right sausage for my gravy.

if you ever make it to South Carolina, try shrimp and grits. it will change your life forever.

For ultimate cheesy grits, 1 cup of water (or broth)1 cup of butter, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of grits, one cup of cheddar cheese into a slow cooker on low half the day. It’s divine.

My family Daddy's family originated in Wales, Scotland and Ireland. They settled in Kentucky so I'm a Celtic, Native American Southern Lady. Y'all just made me wanna get up outta bed at almost midnight and cook breakfast.

I grew up in the north but my father was from the south. We were quite poor when things were really tough mom made sausage gravy over white bread for dinner. I loved it.

You should have made fried taters to go with that. Now for dinner, Shrimp and cheesy grits, beer battered fries, and Key Lime Pie.

Be sure to send some of that gravy to your old friend Diane. She just loooooves biscuits and gravy!

I recognized that voice instantly. Welcome to the US hope you have a great time. I would not normally have all of those in one sitting. A giant plate of sausage gravey and biscuits is for Sunday. Grits during the week. Scrambled eggs with leftover sausage gravey on top Monday if, and only if, there is any leftover gravey.

Love he’s trying this ! Awesome menu ! But anyone from Ireland would appreciate a great breakfast

Irish Guy needs to be introduced to proper SOS to have with his breakfast. And menudo - ideally the morning after a night of serious drinking.

that made my tenessee heart happy

That right there is my favorite meal of all time especially living in the south its a MUST!

Your gravy was spot on. I use garlic salt myself and hamburger most times for mine. Try that sometime...it's delicious! We just had it for dinner last night!

I live in Alabama and was engaged to a woman in Scotland. I used to jokingly refer to biscuits and gravy as "scones & sausage sauce". since white gravy isn't gravy there. I had to make my own American sausage there as the closest they have was Lorne sausage.

Cheesy grits with shrimp is one of my favorites.

You gotta love Irish Jesus...200% awesome vibes

Irish Jesus you've gained weight and look awesome, I always thought when I first saw you that you looked too thin, maybe the biscuits and gravy? Anyway you really look great , always enjoy your good humor and reactions.

Also, grits is super fun to play with. Add different savory spices and see what you like! I like to add salt, garlic, onions, cheese, and ham or bacon.

LOL "You can't pull that off. That is properly sealed." Never underestimate the arm strength of an Irishman.

Those grits made my heart happy. All of it looks perfect. Made me hungry and nostalgic all in one.

I'm both southern US and Scott..Perfect breakfast.. perfect ! Perfect sausage gravy. (Maybe add crumbled bacon to the grits instead of the cheese,maybe. And some kind af fresh fruit.

Could have sworn Irish Jesus is very sensitive to heat (the pepper kind), but Paul is willing to give it a go,lol. Fist time I saw a Floridian use yellow corn over white for the grits. Looks good and Paul seemed to like it. Thanks for taking us along.

My Dad was an honest-to-god, Buffalo check flannel wearing lumberjack in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan back in the 50' and 60's..Mother would make biscuits and gravy ( with extra sage) for the men's morning break..4 men..24 biscuits..and back to work!!

All you need is a big old garden omato slice on top of each of the biscuits before the gravy is put on. Heaven! 💜💜💜

huge props for giving it a try...funny thing is he didn't say that he liked any of it :D Very well mannered man!

Thanks now I'm making eggs and grits for dinner. hah

I really love seeing folks from " The Old Country ", digging on our vittles.

Here in the southeast, you don't put milk in grits. All you put in grits is cook them with water, salt and pepper. Top them off with melted butter on the plate.

….mmmmm now I got the munchies real bad…!!!…that looked phenomenally delicious…!!!…your travel vids are always awesome…!!!…rock on dude…!!!

Great job cooking..I use buttermilk for my gravy sometimes.,....glad he enjoyed it but your right he can't go home with out trying some of our food..that would be sad...

Aloha Brother...my moma was from Arkansas and all this cooking you are doing makes me miss her more...and me hungry....that sausage gravy looked soo good..make sure your Irsh buddy knows that you can also slice that fat sausage into patties and fry those... The one thing missing is Real cornbread..the made in an iron skillet kind...he will like that too...also..some southern whiskey..

Over two thousand comments on how to make sausage gravy, and many convinced THEIRS is the only way to do it, with no exceptions. But so many southern dishes have regional preferences as far as spices and how to cook the food. Then there’s the debate over fresh biscuits or packaged…I for one would not turn down a packaged biscuit if that’s what’s available and the gravy tastes good. My Kentuckian grandmother (born in the 1890s) once told me that the happiest day in her cooking life was the day Bisquick was invented. And that old lady could COOK. That’s the day I learned to relax, and enjoy.

Absolute banger of a video! Come back anytime you can’t find grits in Ireland hahaha

I just made biscuits and gravy a couple days ago. So yummy

That's sum good cookin' . BTW I love the wholesome content. So much now days is crazy so thx u for the content that makes me smile

That breakfast looks awesome!! I have those same plates!