Sh*t on A Shingle and Biscuits

Food is fascinating. It changes with geography, religion, nationality, and more. You can find food in every culture. Even families have food culture within their relatively small circles. For me, there is something emotionally satisfying about ”country cooking”. Southern food is cozy and I find myself craving dishes more because of how I am feeling and not being legitimately hungry. Perhaps it is the memories tied to food. I always loved when my granny or mom would cook biscuits and sausage gravy. They are delicious and homey. An essential comfort food.

If there wasn't the time to cook biscuits from scratch or money to purchase the ingredients to make them, then we had SOS, Shit on a Shingle; sausage gravy poured over a slice of white bread. The only store-bought bread growing up came from the Mrs. Baird's clearance store. My mom and granny would go to the store and spend maybe $10 and fill a portion of the freezer with old bread, fried pies, and other treats we would be allowed to have sparingly. Sometimes the sausage gravy was made with powdered milk instead of carton milk. Money was not a big necessity for eating well. Everything my mom and Granny made was delicious. They made do and they were pros at it.

Growing up, I thought EVERYONE in the world would say sausage gravy and biscuits was their favorite breakfast. As a kid, I did not realize what a cultural bubble I lived in for decades. I came across this video of teenagers in Britain experiencing the dish for the first time with sweet iced tea. Their reactions are priceless. Let it be a lesson to try new foods from other cultures. You never know what you may be missing out on.