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ggt08
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ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

It is SAUCE or is it GRAVY???

now I know most people think GRAVY is brown, but some Italians call it gravy, like my family..
just curious..

what is it in your family???

Posted 7/18/05 5:45 PM
 
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QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

SAUCE

i HATE when people call it GRAVY

gravy is what you put on turkey

Posted 7/18/05 5:46 PM
 

Stefanie

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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

SAUCE!!!

Posted 7/18/05 5:48 PM
 

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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

SAUCE

i HATE when people call it GRAVY

gravy is what you put on turkey



not in certain Italian families...i call it GRAVY because that what my Italian grandmother called it and we lived with her..

GRAVY GRAVY GRAVY !!!



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Posted 7/18/05 5:48 PM
 

QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Posted by kdelace

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

SAUCE

i HATE when people call it GRAVY

gravy is what you put on turkey



not in certain Italian families...i call it GRAVY because that what my Italian grandmother called it and we lived with her..

GRAVY GRAVY GRAVY !!!



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well there you go

my MIL says gravy and everytime she says it, I ask her where the roast beef and turkey is

Posted 7/18/05 5:50 PM
 

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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

Posted by kdelace

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

SAUCE

i HATE when people call it GRAVY

gravy is what you put on turkey



not in certain Italian families...i call it GRAVY because that what my Italian grandmother called it and we lived with her..

GRAVY GRAVY GRAVY !!!



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well there you go

my MIL says gravy and everytime she says it, I ask her where the roast beef and turkey is





I know what you mean.. The guy I am dating is Irish and can't understand why I call it gravy...Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 7/18/05 5:52 PM
 

QuoteTheRaven424
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Posted by kdelace

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

Posted by kdelace

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

SAUCE

i HATE when people call it GRAVY

gravy is what you put on turkey



not in certain Italian families...i call it GRAVY because that what my Italian grandmother called it and we lived with her..

GRAVY GRAVY GRAVY !!!



Chat Icon




well there you go

my MIL says gravy and everytime she says it, I ask her where the roast beef and turkey is





I know what you mean.. The guy I am dating is Irish and can't understand why I call it gravy...Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon



you gotta go with what you know

Posted 7/18/05 5:53 PM
 

JodiBabe
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Sauce - that is what I know!

Posted 7/18/05 5:56 PM
 

BabyAvocado
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

DH's family calls it gravy. The first time I came over for Sunday Spaghetti and Meatballs and they offered me "gravy" for my spaghetti, I was like "EW! Why would you put gravy on your spaghetti?!" Chat Icon

Posted 7/18/05 5:56 PM
 

beautyq115
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

My Grandma is from the North and calls it sauce but my aunts mother was from Sicily and called it gravy

Posted 7/18/05 5:57 PM
 

Moosey911
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

According to Grandma- Gravy
According to me and my mom- Sauce

Posted 7/18/05 5:58 PM
 

mrsmck
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Posted by Stefanie

SAUCE!!!



ditto!!!

Posted 7/18/05 5:59 PM
 

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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Sauce~ My granparents are right off the boat...they always called it sauce

Posted 7/18/05 6:07 PM
 

NewYawkah
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Our generation and my parents' generation--SAUCE!

My grandmother and great aunts and uncles--GRAVY!

Gravy is brown, just the thought of it is YUCK!!

Posted 7/18/05 6:17 PM
 

dm24angel
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

SAUCEEE!!!!!!!!

Posted 7/18/05 6:54 PM
 

Juliet
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

My parents have used them both interchangeably. I think it was gravy more when I was younger and my grandparents were alive.

Posted 7/18/05 6:59 PM
 

leighla
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Sauce! I never heard it called gravy until I moved to Long Island.

Posted 7/18/05 7:04 PM
 

june262004
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Sauce. My Inlaws call it gravy Chat Icon

Posted 7/18/05 7:07 PM
 

Anniegrl
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Growing up we (my immediate family) called it sauce, but my Grandma called it gravy. It used to drive me crazy! But she made some damn fine "gravy" Chat Icon

Posted 7/18/05 7:10 PM
 

Marcie
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

I call it Sauce
Grams used to call it GRAVY! (It drove me nuts!)

Posted 7/18/05 7:13 PM
 

frosty
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

We always called it sauce. But I had friend from South Jersey who always called it gravy.

Posted 7/18/05 7:45 PM
 

FeliciaDP

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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

Posted by kdelace

Posted by CaptainCharisma424

SAUCE

i HATE when people call it GRAVY

gravy is what you put on turkey



not in certain Italian families...i call it GRAVY because that what my Italian grandmother called it and we lived with her..

GRAVY GRAVY GRAVY !!!



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Same here, Kristi.. my grandmothers both called it 'gravy' and that's what my parents call it, so that is what I call it..

Guess that's another reason for you to hate me , huh Don Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 7/18/05 8:13 PM
 

Elbee
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

My family calls is sauce
DH's family calls it gravy

I only know what I'm eating when I'm with the family that's serving it Chat Icon

Posted 7/18/05 9:07 PM
 

rose825
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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

I now call it sauce, but only cause growing up no one knew what I was talking about when I said gravy.

Posted 7/18/05 9:14 PM
 

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Re: ok..Italians out there- the red "stuff" you put on pasta,

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Posted 7/18/05 9:16 PM
 
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