The tip for making homemade gravy is--- use a wire whisk. If you don't use a wire whisk when you are making your rue you will have lumpy gravy. Also, the key good tasting gravy is lots and lots of pepper. Ms. Kim has been a stay-at-home mother and homemaker for 26 years, wife of Wayne, school bus driver, chef at Kim's Kitchen (at her home), grandmother, chocolate candy maker, neighborhood party-planner, photographer, mentor and seamstress of Halloween costumes. Want to talk to her? Email her at [email protected]. She's hip and checks her email... most days.