The northern version, as you guessed, varies considerably. I've had "biscuits and gravy" which was plain white flour gravy poured over baking powder biscuits, which tastes exactly like pouring uncooked baking powder biscuits over baked baking powder biscuits.
I've also had white flour gravy with chunks of ham cut up in it, so, as above, except the ham gave it some texture. And some salt.
I've had brown gravy with chunks of meat-that-was-probably-not-sausage mixed in over baking powder biscuits.
On one memorable occasion, I was served breakfast sausage links in white gravy with a baking powder biscuit on the side.
Today's sort was a single baking powder biscuit approximately the size of downtown Fairfield, cut in half, served in a shallow bowl filled with salty yellow cream soup, with rough-chopped sausage sorta sprinkled on top the biscuits and into the soup.
I will say that, in my experience, everybody gets the baking powder biscuit part right.
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I've also had white flour gravy with chunks of ham cut up in it, so, as above, except the ham gave it some texture. And some salt.
I've had brown gravy with chunks of meat-that-was-probably-not-sausage mixed in over baking powder biscuits.
On one memorable occasion, I was served breakfast sausage links in white gravy with a baking powder biscuit on the side.
Today's sort was a single baking powder biscuit approximately the size of downtown Fairfield, cut in half, served in a shallow bowl filled with salty yellow cream soup, with rough-chopped sausage sorta sprinkled on top the biscuits and into the soup.
I will say that, in my experience, everybody gets the baking powder biscuit part right.