Wow, poutine actually sounds pretty good! I saw it on a menu at CFB Gagetown years ago when I was up there for joint forces training. I didn’t try it, but should have!
“This Canadian couldn’t stop laughing the first time I heard of white gravy.”
Ah, but try it with plenty of black pepper over a big chicken-fried steak! Yummy!!!!
“Ah, but try it [cream gravy] with plenty of black pepper over a big chicken-fried steak! Yummy!!!!”
Oh man, another one of my favorites!
Here are some recipes for white gravy.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=white+gravy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
Some are flour and bacon grease, some seem to be butter and corn starch.
I tried some in Dallas as part of a breakfast which included biscuits with white gravy. Sorry, but I thought it tasted like paper machet glue.