recipes exist, using water instead of coffee, or adding coffee with grease still present in the pan. When the coffee is added to the grease in this manner, a heterogeneous mixture may result that lacks the "red eye" appearance. Florida Crackers referred to tomato gravy as red-eye gravy, and prepare it in much the same way by adding flour and tomatoes to bacon grease. This is served with fried catfish or other fish. See also Coffee sauce List of coffee dishes List of gravies Red gravy Sawmill gravy, which is sometimes confused with red-eye gravy. References External links Track That Word! listing for 'red-eye gravy' on the Do You Speak American? website Coffee dishes Cuisine of the Southern United States Sauces