Originally Posted by
Showbizguru
We're having Sunday lunch tonight.
It was abandoned during preparation yesterday when Mrs Showbizguru announced " Bollocks to this,let's go out and get pissed " which we duly did.As it was Mother's Day I couldn't really object.
Roast pork,spuds gratin and Yorkshire Puddings with PROPER gravy and none of that metrosexual
jus nonsense.

I understand that.
Some people like to have their gravy sitting on top of their Yorkshire Puddings as though it were icing, others of a more cultured disposition like to be able to mop up gravy. That implies potential for absorbency.