In article >, The Reid
> wrote:

> Following up to Tim May > wrote:
>
> >Here's a summary:
> >
> >"Marinara sauce is a basic meatless tomato sauce, probably considered
> >the precursor of all ragu¹ and tomato sauces of Italy. In spite of the
> >name (the word ³marinara² refers to seafood), the sauce has no fish in
> >it."
>
> so theres no oxymoron?

Obviously not.

Marinara sauce is frequently served with meat, regardless of where and
how it orginally came to be named.

It's like "hunter's stew"--anyone can make it, anyone can eat it,
without oxymoronic implications.


--Tim May