I would LOVE to be able to make the sort of biscuits they serve at KFC or Popeye's. I don't even know exactly what to call them....are those 'drop' biscuits? (I want the flavor and texture both.)

For Brits... biscuits (get that image of 'cookies' out of your heads)& gravy can be for breakfast, as well as part of other meals...just as biscuits themselves can, but there are several types of biscuits that might be made/served when NOT adding gravy.

Biscuits & gravy is one of the things that has a huge range of styles...sadly. It is often tossed together and fobbed off to unwary travelers in a pasty, flavorless gravy over mediocre biscuits....and if people are new to the dish, they wonder why anyone bothers. Really, really good versions are amazingly good. I drove into Memphis, Tennessee one morning and kind of explored a couple of side streets until THAT restaurant looked good. It was family owned, with grandma in the kitchen and grand-daughter waiting tables....and the biscuits & gravy were grade 'A'. I always wondered if anywhere in Memphis would be similar.