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Janet Wilder[_1_] Janet Wilder[_1_] is offline
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Default NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!

On 3/13/2011 12:16 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Nancy > wrote in message
>> om...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> > wrote in message
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>>>>> Help!
>>>>> My Mom passed away 3 years ago and I haven't had a good gravy
>>>>> since.My sister trys,but her gravy is like glue and is bitter to the
>>>>> point I can't even eat it.
>>>>> I told her to give up!
>>>>> Wish we had a good old cook book from Naples to help her.
>>>>> She can read! LOL!
>>>>> Thanks-
>>>>> Tony
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>>>> What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make
>>>> and I've never had bitter gravy.
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>>> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce.
>>>
>>> nancy

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>> Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy".

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> And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant.
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I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian food.

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