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[Schaumburger]

Sounds delicious. What time is dinner and can I have directions to your house? If I leave Chicago now and drive non-stop I should be at your house in about 17 or 18 hours.

[mac9]

It's a good recipe, but why brown the meatballs first? I drop them into the boiling gravy and let them cook in it. Keeps them from getting the hard crust that forms when frying. I also add red pepper flakes to the gravy when cooking.

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[jblum315]

Thanks for posting that wonderful recipe. I used to own the Sopranos Cookbook but someone "borrowed" it from my house

[rubicon]

That's pretty much the way we make our meat sauce and meatballs. My mother would let the sauce sit on the stove until the fat surfaced and then would remove most of it but not all to retain the flavors. I like chunks of beef in my sauce. I also like my salad, which like most Europeans I eat last, on my plate and add a little more sauce rather than salad dressing. I know it is not for the faint hearted. My wife's expression every time I indulge tells me that

Bon appetit'

[DianeM]

Sounds wonderful but it's "sauce". Gravy is the brown stuff on pot roast.

[mac9]

Originally Posted by DianeM

Sounds wonderful but it's "sauce". Gravy is the brown stuff on pot roast.

And the debate begins...

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by DianeM

Sounds wonderful but it's "sauce". Gravy is the brown stuff on pot roast.

Not if you grew up Italian in Jersey!

If you're bored some day, do a search on here for gravy vs sauce.

[DianeM]

I grew up in Queens and lived on Long Island. All of my Italian friends called the red stuff "sauce " especially those who were first generation with parents "off the boat ". (Hate that expression but it's just for a reference.)

[DianeM]

Originally Posted by mac9

And the debate begins...

LOL. It's a debate that will never end.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by DianeM

I grew up in Queens and lived on Long Island. All of my Italian friends called the red stuff "sauce " especially those who were first generation with parents "off the boat ". (Hate that expression but it's just for a reference.)

Italian sauce or GRAVY???

Interesting reading.

[DianeM]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Italian sauce or GRAVY???

Interesting reading.

Great reading. Seems split 50/50. I'll stick with all my Italian New York friends and call it sauce.

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