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It’s sauce, not gravy...


4 posted on 03/16/2021 5:38:29 PM PDT by EEGator
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True eyeties say neither (“salsa” is the word used for most sauces in standard Italian, local dialects have a ton of other terms, including “ragu”). Never took time to find out why Italian Americans use the English word “gravy.”


56 posted on 03/17/2021 8:44:13 AM PDT by Clemenza
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