The Recipe Corner - Dad's Special

1 pound ground beef
1/4 pound bacon
1 medium onion chopped finely
salt and pepper to taste
flour
milk or water

Cook the bacon until it will crumble but isn't burned. Remove the bacon from pan, drain, cool  and crumble.

Drain off a good portion of the bacon fat and then brown the ground beef in the remaining fat along with the onions. Season with salt (lightly) and pepper. (Use your own health as a guide on the fat and salt..)

With the heat on medium low, add back the bacon crumbles and then add milk (or water) to fill skillet about 3/4 full. (I use a standard 10 inch cast iron skillet for this.) Add SMALL amounts of flour at a time and stir, stir, stir until gravy starts to thicken. If it gets too thick, add more liquid. You must keep sitrring because it will burn fairly easily or get lumpy.

It's done when the gravy no longer tastes like raw flour.

Serve over toasted bread; other suggestions are rice or egg noodles.
Serves 4.


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