[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

OK, then answer this. What do the labels on the jars in the supermarket say?

They say nothing. Every time I try striking up a casual conversation with a jar label, they clam up!

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[EdV]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

They say nothing. Every time I try striking up a casual conversation with a jar label, they clam up!

They don't speak English, I would think you'd know that.

[mac9]

Yo, EdVin, if it comes in a jar from the supermarket, it's not worth the discussion!

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

They don't speak English, I would think you'd know that.

Certo che lo so che non parlano inglese, non parlano nessuna lingua, le etichette non parlano periodo! Come ho affermato che solo la bocca chiusa!

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

I say gravy would be the way the Italian immigrants said it.

Not all immigrants and a minority of them would probably not say gravy. Gravy may have been the way your immigrant relatives said it, but mine said it was sauce and they came from south Italy, specfically Morolo, IT and that's more than an hour south-east of Rome! As I indicated previously... Gravy 22,700 - Sauce 4,550,000 and that seals it for me. Don't agree with that, take it up with Google. That's were the figures came from!

[EdV]

Originally Posted by mac9

Yo, EdVin, if it comes in a jar from the supermarket, it's not worth the discussion!

Sorry but it all comes from jars and cans of ingredients purchased at the supermarket no matter how you spice it up.

[Midge538]

"Ehhhhhhh, whatsa da matter wit you no nuthins! Ifin it comes in da jar from da store its ah sauce, ifin my Noona is makin it in her big pot .. wit da meatballs and salsccia its da 'gravy!"

[mac9]

Sorry EdVin, but you are wrong. My GRAVY comes from fresh Roma tomatoes, fresh onions, fresh garlic, freshly grated Romano Peccorino, and a variety of fresh spices. Nothing in my GRAVY comes from a can, although the splash of chianti does come from a bottle!

[prendymom]

[QUOTE=Rokinronda;183411]My 100% Italian grandmother always made the Sunday gravy (tomato) with pork, beef, veal, braccioli, meatballs, and sausauge, etc...........
do you say gravy OR
do call it sauce??


GRAVY here!!

Mother in law from South Philly always had a pot of GRAVY/meatballs, sausage & pork chunks & a loaf of GOOD Italian Bread from 9th aka Italian Market!
Joyce

[rubicon]

My maternal and paternal grandparent emigrated from the Campania (Napoli) area. In my American-Italian family you were required to debate politics and religion. However any disucssion of food,( recipes) could get you in real trouble and the eleven pages enclosed herein are testimony to that caveat.

You will find that people reared in New York City, New Jersey and Boston area are more apt to call sauce gravy red gravy and brown gravy.
I never heard sauce called gravy until I was well in my 30's
I must be right because that restaraunt in Lake Sumter landing is not called Red Gravy, its called Red Sauce....that's my story and I am sticking to it.