On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:52:14 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

> Steve Pope wrote:
> >
> > As a datapoint, I did not hear of the "gravy" terminology
> > until the modern (Internet) era.
>
> For me it was two decades later than that. Not until well after the
> turn of the century. Either on a FoodTV show or here on RFC. Someone
> decided to call red sauce gravy? Okay. It's regional? Okay. It's
> fascinating how regional terms end up spreading? Definitely.

From what I hear, pronouncing pasta e fagioli "pasta fazool" is a
regional thing too.

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