If you want brown gravy for meatloaf, the canadian specialty poutine, or hot roast beef sandwiches using roast beef from the deli, you have to make some up fresh without the benefit of pan drippings from roast beef. Many cooks use a store-bought mix to do this quickly, but making your own brown gravy from this recipe for judy's cookhouse brown gravy takes about the same amount of work and time as using a mix. But you'll be wowed by the taste of this version; it knocks it right out of the park.