[Donna]

OK.Another Italian....Brooklyn too..

My grandparents were from Palermo, and Messina..They called it sauce..I never heard gravy till we had roast beef, that was with gravy..

Meatballs in the sauce, roast beef in the gravy!
All my friends from Brooklyn were also Italian, they too called it sauce!


Some peeps in my family like cousins, aunts, etc called it gravy! Who knows..All I know is I am getting hungry!

No pasta only macaroni!!

[retiredguy]

Me and my entire family generations on both sides are Italian (Naples/Capri). It's SAUCE.

P.S. Being in Italian atmosphere does not count. Capisce?

[TallerTrees]

Originally Posted by KathieI

Sorry guys, 100% Bronx-born Italian and ITS CALLED:

'GRAVY'

And,...... Its not Pasta, its

MACARONI

Not in my house and those of my ancestors. Sauce with grave is called Bolognese (meat sauce).

SAUCE S A U C E SAUCE S A U C E

[TallerTrees]

Originally Posted by TallerTrees

Not in my house and those of my ancestors. Sauce with grave is called Bolognese (meat sauce).

SAUCE S A U C E SAUCE S A U C E

And, YES pasta is MACARONI.

[F16 1UB]

Call it what you want. Now y'all made me hungry. LETS EAT!!!!

[Boomer]

Cincinnati, all my life. Around here, gravy is for meat. Sauce is for spaghetti. And then there's biscuits and gravy. That's white gravy.

Boomer

[Pookirgirl]

I always called it sauce until I met my husband's family. They are of Italian descent. My Mother in law called it gravy. So.. we now call it GRAVY!!!! I only refer to it as sauce if I am speaking to someone I am not familiar with. Then I will say spaghetti sauce or pasta and gravy.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Cincinnati, all my life. Around here, gravy is for meat. Sauce is for spaghetti. And then there's biscuits and gravy. That's white gravy.

Boomer

Whoops! Was I allowed to vote? I am not Italian.

But I always wanted to be.

The best food and the best art and the best music in the whole world.

A long time ago, when I went away to school, I did have an Italian boyfriend from Cleveland. Does that count?

I don't think we ever talked about gravy or sauce. I don't remember if we ever even talked. I just remember that before he took me to the movies, we had to go uptown where he would find some dumb freshman to play pool with, and then we would have the money to go out. That's really all I remember about him.

Heck, he probably lives in The Villages........

DO NOT PLAY POOL WITH HIM!

I digress.

Boomer

[Just Susan]

Originally Posted by Shirleevee

http://www.recipezaar.com/Sunday-Gra...eatballs-73937

http://almostitalian.com/sunday-gravy/

Very interesting..........my family docked in Little Italy in NYC........read above.

Shirleevee, thank you for the info, the recipes and for making me sooooo hungry, I can hardly make it to the kitchen to cook. Sure wish I had an Italian Mama out there cooking for me right now.

[Rokinronda]

LOL, We had salad and burgers tonight

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by Just Susan

Sure wish I had an Italian Mama out there cooking for me right now.

Susan, how about an older Italian sister, would that do?? I'm here for you!!! Get your butt down here and I'll cook you some lasagna, with meatballs and gravy!!!

[Shirleevee]

Kathie,

Its Sunday gravy with meatballs, cotina (not anymore), and everything else I can't seem to spell right now. It's Marinara SAUCE, crab SAUCE, and Scungelli SAUCE..........and of course a few others, i.e., Putanesca SAUCE........oh, this is such FUN!!!

[Shirleevee]

http://www.randyrants.com/

Yes girls, it is Macaroni, not pasta. I cringe when my granddaughter (the chefs daughter), wants pasta.............

[Shirleevee]

http://www.randyrants.com/2005/02/its_gravy_dammi.html


Sorry I sent the incorrect link in my prior post

[chelsea24]

Yummmm! I already voted for gravy, but I'm with F16 on this. It's making me hungry! I think the meat in it does make it gravy Shirl. But can also be an Urban thing, or I wonder if it's from different parts of Italy. At any rate, it's alllllllllllllll good!

Susan, don't listen to Kathie! I've been waiting for months for that famous lasagna. Although, you might have more luck than I have had in getting some!