In this episode we make and then discuss our version of Breakfast Gumbo, a local favorite, found at one of the great pleasures of living in the south, a gas station. Some of the best food around is found in rural gas stations, very similar to the delicious street vendors in large cities the consistency of these places is legendary as they regularly sell out!

Sean Brock style Grits
2 cups of good quality grits (white polenta for you non southerners)
8 cups of good water (our tap water tastes great so I used local)
4 fresh bay leaves
1 cup heavy cream
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt a pepper to taste
Good quality Kerry Gold butter (unsalted) , I used 4 oz
Soak grits in water overnight with bay leaves
Add to large heavy bottomed pot with remaining water, 8 cups total
Bring to boil, turn off and remove from heat immediately
Let rest for 20 mins
Then cook for 45 mins to 1 hour at med to med high until water is absorbed
Remove from heat, add lemon juice
Stir vigorously
Add 1 cup of heavy cream
Salt & Pepper and Butter to taste

Best Dang Biscuits Ever
1 cup of 100% Hydration sourdough Starter
15 oz of Flour
• 7 oz AP Flour
• 8 oz 00 Flour
2 Tbsp white sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
1 1/4 cups whole fat buttermilk
8 oz Kerry Gold butter (unsalted)
Finishing Salt
Sift flour into bowl
Add dry team to flour
• Sugar
• Salt
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
Blend together with fork or whisk
Add buttermilk and starter together, mix with fork
Shred butter with food processor or grater
Add butter to Dry Team
Mix thoroughly, make sure all the butter is coated with flour
Add wet Team
Mix together until it just comes together
Turn out on board, work together folding into layers, 7 turns
Refrigerate overnight

Rollout to 1/2” thickness
Brush with melted butter
Sprinkle with finishing salt
Cut into 6 equal biscuits
Use bench knife to lift
Place 1” apart on baking sheet lined with parchment paper
20-25 minutes at 400 degrees
Rotate pan once

Crazy Egg
Sous Vide bath temp: 167 degrees F
Cook Time: 12 mins
Remove immediately into Ice Bath
Leave overnight in fridge
Preheat pan to med High
Add bacon grease or oil
Gently crack egg into pan
Season with salt and pepper
Sprinkle on panko bread crumbs or crushed pork rinds
Gently flip and repeat on the other side
Use 2 spatulas
Total time in pan: 1 min - 1:15 secs
Place on top of bowl crack open the yoke as you dig in

Breakfast Sausage
Pork Picnic Roast
Cut into 1” cubes
Season with:
2 Tbso Garlic
1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp Pepper
2 Tbsp Onion powder
1 Tbsp Sage, ground powdered
Chill in fridge for 15 mins
Grind to med coarse, #2
Form into patties
Cook in frying pan with oil or bacon grease

Plating:
Biscuit in bottom of bowl
top with scrambled eggs
add Monroe bacon and sausage to taste
add breakfast sausage
top with a Crazy Egg or two 
check salt & pepper 
add hot sauce as needed