On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:16:23 +0200, "Giusi" >
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>"sf" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>>I'm not sure how old the term "gravy" is as applied to red sauce for
>>>pasta. >>I first ran across that usage in a story written in 1967.
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>> They're still arguing over which Italian is the correct Italian to> speak
>> over there - and we're confused about the term "gravy"?
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>???? We are?
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>Gravy is American Italian usage.

Yep. And Chicago Italian beef doesn't exist in Italy. Pretty funny
but true. Most Chicago Italians are pretty good people. You'll have
to look hard to find more closely knit families.

Lou