"Jed" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 17:05:11 +0200, "Pandora" >
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>>"MG" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>> No Pandora, ragu is sauce with meat in it (at least that's what my
>>> mother
>>> says)...gravy is often made using the juices left in the bottom of the
>>> roasting pan when you have cooked a roast meat, you drain off some of
>>> the
>>> fat, add flour to make a roux and scrape up all the yummy bits in the
>>> pan,
>>> then add liquid (water, stock, whatever) to make the gravy
>>> Regards
>>> Maria
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>>Ohhhhh! I understand, now, Maria! Thank you.
>>You have an Italian name, is your mother italian?
>>Pandora
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> To add another level of copmplexity to this discussion, many
> Italian-Americans call Marinara sauce "gravy". I don't know how long
> ago this started, but it has been the case for a long time.

Unbelievable!!!!! Marinara is something of the sea, I don't understand what
has that got to do with meat!
Pandora
P.S. Italian - Americans have little inventive )))
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