Sunday Gravy

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SUNDAY GRAVY--3,410 Google hits, 158 Google Groups hits

Will "Sunday gravy" be in the next DARE?

I was browsing through ARTHUR SCHWARTZ'S NEW YORK CITY FOOD (2004) at the
local bookstore. It's $45. Didn't buy it. There's not anything new in the entire
book. The food entries on my web site (which is, of course, free) are better
than his entire book of re-hashed stories. I read on Amazon.com that he's "the
official Big Apple foodie." Official?

Nevertheless, Schwartz does, briefly, mention "Sunday gravy." It's an Italian
term, but is it also regional to the Northeast?


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
23 June 1942, WASHINGTON POST, pg. 8:
And the fact that artists of this caliber, who came with Gene Ford's
excellent company from the Capitol Theater, were willing to give up their Sunday gravy
and chicken and jump out to Walter Reed during their well-earned lunchtime,
is proof that the theater is going its bit in the wide open camps,...

26 December 1946, WASHINGTON POST, pg. 6:
I don't know why, but invariably I'm not wearing a white shirt when I foul
off a forkful of mashed potatoes, which reminds me that I might ask the maid to
try to make the Sunday gravy match my pearl-buttoned brown shirt.

3 November 1999, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. F6:
Mr.Ruggerio grew up in Brooklyn, where pork neck bones are considered
essential to the sauce, or the Sunday gravy, as it is known. "In an Italian-American
household, most people don't know a ragu," he said. "They call it a gravy or a
sauce."


(GOOGLE)
Sicilian Culture: Food: Sunday Gravy
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About The Sunday
Gravy: This, believe it or not, is actually an authentic SiciIian dish. ...
www.sicilianculture.com/food/gravy.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
The Food: Sunday Gravy
INGREDIENTS
1 small 6-ounce of Tomato Paste
1 28-ounce can of Tomatoes (save can to fill with cold water)
Oregano
3-5 Fresh Basil Leaves
Salt & Pepper
Served over Spaghetti or other pasta of your choice

> About The Sunday Gravy:  This, believe it or not, is actually an authentic
> SiciIian dish.  And I am almost sure everyone is familiar with the most
> common Sicilian/Italian tradition of Sunday Gravy.  While most call it sauce, to
> us it was always called gravy, and it was red, never the brown stuff you put
> on turkey.


(GOOGLE GROUPS)
Re: Sunday Gravy
I'm looking for a great old-time "Sunday Gravy" recipe - the kind that
grandma used to make back when she lived in Italy. Please post. ...
rec.food.cooking - Jun 27, 2003 by Nexis - View Thread (5 articles)

The Sopranos Sunday Gravy
The Sopranos Sunday Gravy A recipe from The Sopranos Family Cookbook: Makes
about
8 cups For the sauce 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pound meaty pork neck bones or
...
rec.food.recipes - Oct 12, 2003 by A1 WBarfieldsr - View Thread (1 article)

Ruggerio Meatballs and Tomato Gravy
... Brown he meatballs in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and proceed with the
recipe for
the famous Sunday gravy or simply submerge them in your favorite tomato sauce
...
rec.food.recipes - Dec 9, 1999 by Betty E. Kohler - View Thread (1 article)

Re: Sauce or Gravy
... For some it's just "gravy," for others it's "red gravy," and for others,
it's a
special sauce served on sundays, so it's "sunday gravy." One can find dozens
...
ne.food - Sep 18, 2000 by Peter Cohen - View Thread (27 articles)

Meraviglioso!
... If you've tasted better meatballs than these.... you're a shitty cook.
Next lesson:
Homemade Sunday Gravy (or "sauce", for those of you not in the Northeast).
rec.sport.football.fantasy - Jun 5, 2003 by Dave - View Thread (32 articles)

War of the Cuisines (was Waitrons)
... or uniquely American ethnic cuisine that the US offers: New England clam
chowder
Manhattan clam chowder Chili Fajitas She-crab soup Sunday gravy Alder-planked
...
alt.gothic - Jun 2, 2004 by Bob - View Thread (82 articles)

Re: traditional Sunday lunch
... for most of the US New England states: Sunday = Roast Beef ...>> For many
Italian-American
families, the Sunday mid-day meal was "Sunday Gravy," an elaborate ...
rec.food.historic - Feb 20, 2002 by Combat Lit - View Thread (26 articles)