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Old 08-15-2020, 03:34 PM
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Gravy or Sauce ? In my Sicilian home, from Long Island, we said that sauce was put on pasta and gravy was put on mash potatoes, in pot roast, on turkey and used in many other recipes. But I have heard that gravy was referred to sauce on pasta also.

I've heard that too...my Italian in-laws never called red sauce 'gravy'...but ran into a few FBI's that did

guess it all depends upon which part of Italy one's family came from