cybercat wrote on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:52:38 -0800 (PST):

>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
> >> "cybercat" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> Do you prefer to serve gravy by pouring it out of a gravy
> >>> boat or serving it out of a gravy dish with a ladle?
>>
> >> It really depends on the china service, table setting, and
> >> number of people. The grave dish with ladle holds much more
> >> than the gravy boat.
>>
> >> IMHO people on T day tend to use more gravy than a usual
> >> dinner.
>>
> >> Dimitri
>>
>> I'm glad a few of you liked the question! Stalker boy Greg
>> Morrow posted in under my name, but it is not a bad question
>> come to think of it.

>Actually I remember when I was a kid my half - Cherokee Tar
>Heel..........

I never heard the insulting usage but I was brought up to call the
elongated jug "a sauce boat". My family had improved a little from
Voltaire's observation that "the English have 63 religions and one
sauce."


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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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