Italian Sauce or Gravy
On 9/8/2011 6:14 PM, sf wrote:
> 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.
>
I thought that's how it's supposed to be pronounced.
Janet, who grew up with "The Sopranos"
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Janet Wilder
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