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Like Good Gravy? Make Your Own

Rick Bonino Food Editor

While making gravy from scratch isn’t really that difficult, it seems to cause an unusual amount of consternation among inexperienced cooks.

The truly desperate might be tempted to run out and buy something in a jar, like the new “slow roast” turkey gravy from Franco-American.

Don’t. The product drew dismal reviews from The Spokesman-Review’s reader food panel, with one panelist comparing it to “tan rubber cement.”

Good gravy? Better learn to make it yourself.

Franco-American Slow Roast Turkey Gravy

Price: $1.69 for 12 ounces.

Nutrition: 30 calories (33 percent fat calories); 330 milligrams sodium in 1/4 cup.

Taste: **

Value: *

Comments: “Translucent, tan slime totally lacking in flavor - did a turkey even wade through?” - Karen Buck

“Not touched by human hands! Forms stalactite when dripped! Tastes old!” - Jim McGinty

, DataTimes MEMO: Products sampled by The Spokesman-Review’s reader food panel are prepared according to package directions. Panelists are not aware of a product’s brand name or price until after they have tasted it. Products are rated from one to five stars for taste and for value, based on quality compared to price.

Products sampled by The Spokesman-Review’s reader food panel are prepared according to package directions. Panelists are not aware of a product’s brand name or price until after they have tasted it. Products are rated from one to five stars for taste and for value, based on quality compared to price.