Pronounciation of Italian Dishes

[W1GUH]

[re-run]

Once overheard a tourist from Italy describe how to spell Mississippi--

Emma comes first, then I come. Then Essa comes twice then I come again. Then Essa comes twice again, then I come again. The PP, then I come last.

[kc7jty]

[re-run]

Once overheard a tourist from Italy describe how to spell Mississippi--

sounds like an orgy

[ab1ga]

Could it be that calling sauce "gravy" also comes from Jersey?

The same usage occurs here in New England, and I've been told there is a culinary difference between "sauce" and "gravy", one having meat in it, the other not. This distinction only seems to be made on the East Coast, however.

[kc7jty]

Anyone ever hear what sounded to me as Jill n Don? An older Italian I worked with said it once and remarked hey!! it sounds like Jill and Don.

[n2ize]

Could it be that calling sauce "gravy" also comes from Jersey?

Well it must be because it sure as heck wasn't called gravy in the Bronx or Brooklyn. Nor was it called gravy by anyone in my family.

[n2ize]

The same usage occurs here in New England, and I've been told there is a culinary difference between "sauce" and "gravy", one having meat in it, the other not. This distinction only seems to be made on the East Coast, however.

I dunno. my grandma used to put all sorts of stuff, meatballs, chicken, lamb... but still called it sauce.

[ab1ga]

I dunno. my grandma used to put all sorts of stuff, meatballs, chicken, lamb... but still called it sauce.

Oddly enough, it's the gravy that isn't supposed to have meat in it! Some colleagues I eat lunch with look at my spaghetti with meat sauce (it's got hamburger in it) with a jaundiced eye, calling it barbaric.They insist on marinara made only from tomatoes, which they call "gravy."

I just call it delicious and tuck in.

[kc7jty]

loose hamburger in tomato sauce is a no no where I was raised in suburban Philadelphia, but the norm here in N Idaho.

[KG4CGC]

loose hamburger in tomato sauce is a no no where I was raised in suburban Philadelphia, but the norm here in N Idaho.

Put it between two slices of bread and call it a Loose Meat Sammich. Be sure to throw in a lot of innuendo and double entendre.

[n2ize]

Oddly enough, it's the gravy that isn't supposed to have meat in it! Some colleagues I eat lunch with look at my spaghetti with meat sauce (it's got hamburger in it) with a jaundiced eye, calling it barbaric.They insist on marinara made only from tomatoes, which they call "gravy."

I just call it delicious and tuck in.

The term "gravy" must be regional. I grew up around Italians and never heard the term and many of them tell me the same. Only thing I can figure is some call it "gravy" and others don't. Interesting.