When I was in the US Army in the 1980s, I was lucky enough to be stationed at Fort Campbell, KY and assigned to a field artillery battalion and a specific company whose mess hall was literally the best mess hall in the world. They won the annual contest among all US Army mess halls multiple times, and they also won against the other US armed forces including the US Navy, which has some incredibly good mess halls (or whatever they call it).

Point is, those dudes made some of the best food I've ever eaten. If they were a restaurant, they probably would have earned a Michelin star. They took that shit seriously. In the week leading up to the contest one year, we ate incredibly well. One of the things they served was a version of biscuits and gravy with fried eggs that looked a bit like this. Oh my god, it was good. I've tried to duplicate it myself or find a restaurant that was as good, and no luck so far.

Incidentally, they also made the best scrambled eggs I've ever had. I asked them for their recipe and they wouldn't give it out. And they wouldn't generally let people watch them prepare food. They were like the secret special forces of Army cooks.