"Real, down home biscuits and gravy was originally poor folks breakfast, but it was so good and became so popular that no self-respecting Southern home today is complete without a good biscuit and gravy recipe. The gravy is still referred to by many as sawmill gravy, because gravy and biscuits was a quick, cheap, and filling breakfast that was served in the logging and sawmill camps throughout the South. Real down home Southern biscuits and gravy became so popular and such a staple in Southern breakfast d..."