Now you have to tell us about that bread I see on your plate. That alone would justify making a gravy just to pour over it.

JP, the bread was my dutch oven bread. I love it but there is one bread I really want to master. A nice Italian split loaf, who know if I can do that I may attempt a braid :o

I love salisbury steaks too Rick and make them often. Just a meatloaf/meatball mix, with egg and bread crumbs, shaped into patties, brown the patties and the simmer in the gravy. I am a big fan of Lipton Beefy onion soup mix and also liquid smoke for the char grilled taste, lol.

Yes, I do appreciate liquid smoke at times.

Darn Rick and his pictures. That looked so good I had to make it tonight. Used the gravy over brown rice. Didn't know you needed to simmer brown rice so long but it was worth it.

Yeah JP brown rice takes forever to get done (well sometime it seems like it) and I like it, but my favorite rices are Basmati and Jasmine, have you ever tried them? The Basmati I can fine on occassion at Big Lots for a real reasonable price, otherwise it is kind of exspensive. They are just nice tasting rices, the first time I ever tasted Basmati I was blown away, and wanted no othe rice ever:) I finally did break away from it exclusively and am glad I did. I guess my favorite brown rice is the type that is mixed with wild rice.