Cow Camp Red Eye Gravy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Old Style
25 slices thick slab bacon (1 slab)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 gallon coffee
3 -4 dried chilies
New Style
4 4 ham slices or 1 tablespoon sysco ham soup base, with 4 cups cold water
4 -6 cups strong black coffee
1/2 cup white flour
2 teaspoons black pepper

Preparation

Old Style:
Chop all the bacon and throw into large cast iron dutch oven.
Throw in the flour. Mix with the grease and bacon.
Add the coffee, stir and cook. Add more coffee if you have.
Crush the peppers and add to the gravy.
Serve with flat biscuits or griddle cakes.
New Style:
Cook pork chops or ham slices remove from pan. (Alternate)Add ham base and cold water and stir without the pork.
Add coffee to either the meat dripping and grease or the ham base with water.
Wisk in the flour and add black pepper. Serve over mashed potatoes, grits, rice,.
cornbread or biscuits. A simple no nonsense.
recipe for down home folks.
Servings given for New Style.