Wife and I have never fried much food at all, honestly about only thing we fry is deer cube steak . Everything else is pretty much grilled

Wife makes pretty good gravy but lately I have been making it.

When I fry cube steak I leave a little oil and dripping in pan, pour flour mixed with COLD water (friend told me to use cold instead of hot and he was spot on ) and use a whisk and mix it. Add little milk and water as needed

Tonight due to off/on rain I cook hamburger steak in skillet (always use cast Iron skillet my that was my grandmothers and she died 20 yrs ago) . I had also put some mushrooms and onions is with hamburger steaks . Took all that out for most part and did same deal with flour and cold water . Whisked till smooth adding a little extra water

Both turn out ok to me but seem like they are missing something, maybe not enough salt and/or pepper (try not to use a lot of salt naturally ).