General Cooking Questions

I was wondering if anyone had a recipe for Country Gravy. Being from the South, Biscuits and Gravy are a staple around out house, and everyone seems to enjoy the Pioneer Country Gravy mix that you can buy from the store. My wife and I however are trying to get away from pre-packaged foods as much as possible. The problem I am having is most gravy recipe's require the use of some sort of drippings as a base for the roux, but when only making Biscuits and Gravy there are no drippings from sausage or bacon. Even when we do use a sausage or bacon based roux, the taste is just not the same.