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Post by craftedbys on Jul 2, 2018 15:36:22 GMT
I was the first to call it gravy on the other thread. I grew up calling it spaghetti sauce, but in our parish we have some very old school Italian families and they call it gravy. One of the priests even did a homily on the hotly contested sauce vs gravy debate.
One of our organizations at church has a monthly spaghetti supper and most of the older people (usually Italian) call it gravy.
I go back and forth between the two.
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Post by christine58 on Jul 2, 2018 15:43:36 GMT
I would bet that if you asked those old school Italians, they are from Sicily. All my Italian relatives from Rome/Ferentino area call it sauce...not gravy.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2018 15:44:22 GMT
My family always calls it gravy! My grandmother was Italian, and it was just what we did. Nobody EVER called it sauce. Sauce was like, barbecue sauce. And my grandma would say, "I'm making the gravy, are you coming on Sunday?" Most Sundays were spent at dinner at my grandparents.  Now, some non-Italians I know get super SALTY about us calling it gravy (and I have some militant Italian friends who will correct everyone who ever calls it sauce... I'm not that bad). I feel like this poll should have more options: "Gravy and I'm Italian" "Gravy and I'm Not Italian" "Sauce and I'm Italian" "Sauce and I'm Not Italian." Haha! |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2018 15:45:01 GMT
I would bet that if you asked those old school Italians, they are from Sicily. All my Italian relatives from Rome/Ferentino area call it sauce...not gravy. My grandmother's people were from both Sicily and southern Italy... So, not sure? |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2018 15:48:04 GMT
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Post by cade387 on Jul 2, 2018 15:50:21 GMT
OMG! My DH uses “medigan” all the time. LOL And PS - it is Nonna’s gravy, but he does call it sauce now. That has taken about ten years to change though. |
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Post by disneypal on Jul 2, 2018 15:57:46 GMT
I'm from the southern US. We put sauce on our pasta and gravy on our rice (or potatoes)
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 2, 2018 16:00:58 GMT
We call it sauce, non Italian.
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Post by snyder on Jul 2, 2018 16:29:05 GMT
My son had a meeting to go to and said they were holding it at the Red Gravy. What? It is an Italian restaurant here in Colorado Springs. I had never heard "it" called anything but sauce until I learned of this fairly new restaurant.
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Post by wezee on Jul 2, 2018 16:31:36 GMT
I'm Sicilian my family always called it Gravy!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 16:36:25 GMT
I'm Calabrese and we've always called it sauce.
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Post by littlemama on Jul 2, 2018 16:40:32 GMT
Dh' s step dad's family is Italian and they all call it sauce.
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Post by mom26 on Jul 2, 2018 16:48:49 GMT
Non-Italian southerner and we call it sauce. Gravy is something you make with a flour roux to put on things like mashed potatoes or some meats.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2018 16:49:37 GMT
This is making me want to make the gravy.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2018 16:50:05 GMT
Non-Italian southerner and we call it sauce. Gravy is something you make with a flour roux to put on things like mashed potatoes or some meats. Yes, also gravy. LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 17:03:55 GMT
Red SAWsa with meat when I was growing up
Then red gravy.
Marinara now.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jul 2, 2018 17:08:19 GMT
I'm from the southern US. We put sauce on our pasta and gravy on our rice (or potatoes)  And in Texas, that gravy goes on the chicken fried steak as well! |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2018 17:14:02 GMT
I'm from the southern US. We put sauce on our pasta and gravy on our rice (or potatoes) And in Texas, that gravy goes on the chicken fried steak as well! I want that. |
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Post by jackietex on Jul 3, 2018 2:18:42 GMT
My mother was from northern Italy (Trieste), and we called it sauce. The first time I heard it referred to as gravy was after my sil moved to New Jersey.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2018 2:46:50 GMT
All red ........... sauce and gravy.... Gravy has meat in it, sauce doesn't.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 3, 2018 2:57:05 GMT
This is making me want to make the gravy. This is making me want to eat the gravy. Disappointingly, I am not from an Italian family.  There's something that just seems so much more deeply flavorful about calling it gravy than sauce. I like it all, though, the good, the bad and the ugly, and so I stay with the sauce because gravy is like the Holy Grail that I only rarely am able to get near. |
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 3, 2018 2:58:21 GMT
I'm from the southern US. We put sauce on our pasta and gravy on our rice (or potatoes)  And in Texas, that gravy goes on the chicken fried steak as well! As well as biscuits. Don't forget the biscuits! |
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 3, 2018 3:01:59 GMT
To be fair to gravy, it deserves its own homemade pasta.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 3, 2018 3:02:02 GMT
Definitely sauce.
Gravy only goes on meat and potatoes.
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Post by newlywoods03 on Jul 3, 2018 3:05:13 GMT
Sauce! Gravy is for mashed potatoes.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 3, 2018 3:17:25 GMT
To be fair to gravy, it deserves its own homemade pasta. My grandma used to make her own ravioli by hand. Damn, those were good. |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 3, 2018 3:18:02 GMT
This is making me want to make the gravy. This is making me want to eat the gravy. Disappointingly, I am not from an Italian family. There's something that just seems so much more deeply flavorful about calling it gravy than sauce. I like it all, though, the good, the bad and the ugly, and so I stay with the sauce because gravy is like the Holy Grail that I only rarely am able to get near. You gotta cook it for like 6 hours, and make it with the ribs. So good. |
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 3, 2018 3:28:22 GMT
This is making me want to eat the gravy. Disappointingly, I am not from an Italian family. There's something that just seems so much more deeply flavorful about calling it gravy than sauce. I like it all, though, the good, the bad and the ugly, and so I stay with the sauce because gravy is like the Holy Grail that I only rarely am able to get near. You gotta cook it for like 6 hours, and make it with the ribs. So good. One of my most favorite restaurants on the planet is a family-owned Italian place that makes its own pasta and has the best sauce. It used to be PACKED, but the last few times I was there, there were more empty tables than customers. A crime against humanity, I tell you. People avoiding pasta like it's the plague. Makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry. |
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Post by stittsygirl on Jul 3, 2018 3:44:25 GMT
This is making me want to make the gravy. Agreed. Now I’m hungry and want biscuits and gravy  . I grew up with sauce on pasta and gravy on things like potatoes, rice, and biscuits. I’ve never heard spaghetti sauce referred to as gravy. |
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 3, 2018 3:47:36 GMT
This is making me want to make the gravy. Agreed. Now I’m hungry and want biscuits and gravy  . I grew up with sauce on pasta and gravy on things like potatoes, rice, and biscuits. I’ve never heard spaghetti sauce referred to as gravy. Only the best tomato sauce gets to be called gravy.  |
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And in Texas, that gravy goes on the chicken fried steak as well!
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