The Food Thread

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

hedonist said:

Paulie Walnuts calls it gravy 

“Gravy’s good tonight” —Uncle Junior

How’d using gravy in Italy work out for Paulie 

Cliffy6745

Listen, I am fine with gravy, but to act like it is anything more than a Philly/Jersey saying is ridiculous 

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

Listen, I am fine with gravy, but to act like it is anything more than a Philly/Jersey saying is ridiculous 

There is clearly some gray areas with this. But to come out and tell me that what I made is not gravy, when my Italian family has been calling it gravy for decades and decades and decades and decades is what seems most ridiculous. Sorry!

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Listen, I am fine with gravy, but to act like it is anything more than a Philly/Jersey saying is ridiculous 

There is clearly some gray areas with this. But to come out and tell me that what I made is not gravy, when my Italian family has been calling it gravy for decades and decades and decades and decades is what seems most ridiculous. Sorry!

Lol relax. I make something very similar looking to yours. I don’t call it gravy because my dad didn’t call it gravy, plus we’re “medegons” but have been told it’s bolognese not gravy. Everyone loves it and that’s all that matters. I am sure it came from the fact that all the south philly restaurants have bolognese and gravy as two different menu items. I got no dog in the fight. 

either way, the zucchini noodles are way more offensive!! I kid...sort of.

All that matters to me is how good it is and the company on sundays when we make either families recipe 

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Listen, I am fine with gravy, but to act like it is anything more than a Philly/Jersey saying is ridiculous 

There is clearly some gray areas with this. But to come out and tell me that what I made is not gravy, when my Italian family has been calling it gravy for decades and decades and decades and decades is what seems most ridiculous. Sorry!

Lol relax. I make something very similar looking to yours. I don’t call it gravy because my dad didn’t call it gravy, plus we’re “medegons” but have been told it’s bolognese not gravy. Everyone loves it and that’s all that matters. I am sure it came from the fact that all the south philly restaurants have bolognese and gravy as two different menu items. I got no dog in the fight. 

either way, the zucchini noodles are way more offensive!! I kid...sort of.

All that matters to me is how good it is and the company on sundays when we make either families recipe 

Thanks Cliff. 

But....that’s still fucking gravy in that picture. Hahaha

F Me In The Brain

Had this debate with my brother one time when I first moved to the area and called it gravy.  (He lived in NYC around our first generation Italian family members for years)
He was appalled.  I laughed like crazy and now and 100% certain to call anything that goes on pasta Gravy no matter the context, just to bug the fuck out of him.
His initial quote was something like "I lived with/among out Italian Immigrant family for years and I never heard one of them call it gravy - that is stupid!"
Right.
Because one city / area is the only one with any claim on authentic Italian heritage.

rgambs

Damnit people, words have meaning! Without standardized definitions we are naught but apes flinging our feces about wantonly.
Might as well drive in the curb strip like unwarshed yinzers.

F Me In The Brain

HesCalledDyer

Gotta side with gambs & Cliffy on this one.  I've never once in my life heard anyone - Italian or not - call it gravy until the three people on this forum. I'll call it delicious, but it's bolognese sauce.

F Me In The Brain

Dyer, stop off the turnpike for a delicious meal, will take you to my local deli where they make the good stuff.  (And, where they call the stuff that goes on the pasta, gravy.)

dankind

Baby gravy?

F Me In The Brain

dankind said:

Baby gravy?

Man chowda?

dankind

F Me In The Brain said:

dankind said:

Baby gravy?

Man chowda?

Take a dump, baby, squirt some gravy
Pour some sugar on me, honey, make it brown and runny

Cliffy6745

Lunch wasn’t bad 

dankind

Cliffy6745 said:

Lunch wasn’t bad 

Someone nutted all over (and under) that fish

HesCalledDyer

F Me In The Brain said:

Dyer, stop off the turnpike for a delicious meal, will take you to my local deli where they make the good stuff.  (And, where they call the stuff that goes on the pasta, gravy.)

One of these days, I'm gonna finally take you (and Scruffy) up on your food tour offers!

Cliffy6745

dankind said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Lunch wasn’t bad 

Someone nutted all over (and under) that fish

Jeeeesus.  Lunch takes on a different vibe now.

dankind

Cliffy6745 said:

dankind said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Lunch wasn’t bad 

Someone nutted all over (and under) that fish

Jeeeesus.  Lunch takes on a different vibe now.

The different vibe might explain all the nut.

F Me In The Brain

HesCalledDyer said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Dyer, stop off the turnpike for a delicious meal, will take you to my local deli where they make the good stuff.  (And, where they call the stuff that goes on the pasta, gravy.)

One of these days, I'm gonna finally take you (and Scruffy) up on your food tour offers!

Do so!

F Me In The Brain

Cliffy6745 said:

dankind said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Lunch wasn’t bad 

Someone nutted all over (and under) that fish

Jeeeesus.  Lunch takes on a different vibe now.

Hahahaha.  Nice.

(That does look excellent)