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NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
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 |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
> wrote in message ... > 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 > Gravy --- Naples. OK, the tomato based stuff, not the beef kind. My wife makes one with tomato paste, crushed tomatoes and a can of water for each can of paste. Add in garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, basil. I have no idea how much, just to taste. Add some meat (whatever you happen to have) and cook for a long time. I bet the people here can give more details on how they do it. Or do a recipe search. If you have any idea what mom put in, it would help find a close recipe. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
> wrote in message ... > 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 What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make and I've never had bitter gravy. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message > ... >> 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 > > What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make > and I've never had bitter gravy. Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. nancy |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
"Nancy Young" > wrote in message om... > Julie Bove wrote: >> > wrote in message >> ... >>> 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 >> >> What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make >> and I've never had bitter gravy. > > Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. > > nancy Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". Jill |
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I can't think of any gravy that is a major trick to make. Give us a synopsis of what mom's gravy tasted like. This could be fun. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
jmcquown wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message > om... >> Julie Bove wrote: >>> > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> 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 >>> >>> What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make >>> and I've never had bitter gravy. >> >> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. > Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". I grew up with many Italians, I know that. Some people called it spaghetti sauce. I only said tomato sauce so people would know we weren't talking roast beef gravy or anything. I don't have the energy to post any recipe for the OP. For the bitterness I've known Italians who'd add a carrot and take it out when it was done. Pork chops/necks/ribs will give a good flavor to the sauce. I don't know what the sister is doing so who knows. I say it's time for Tony to make the sauce since he doesn't like what he's getting. nancy |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message > om... >> Julie Bove wrote: >>> > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> 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 >>> >>> What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make >>> and I've never had bitter gravy. >> >> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. >> >> nancy > > > Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
"Nancy Young" > wrote in message om... > jmcquown wrote: >> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message >> om... >>> Julie Bove wrote: >>>> > wrote in message >>>> ... >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make >>>> and I've never had bitter gravy. >>> >>> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. > >> Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". > > I grew up with many Italians, I know that. Some people called it > spaghetti sauce. I only said tomato sauce so people would know > we weren't talking roast beef gravy or anything. > > I don't have the energy to post any recipe for the OP. For the > bitterness I've known Italians who'd add a carrot and take it out > when it was done. Pork chops/necks/ribs will give a good flavor > to the sauce. I don't know what the sister is doing so who knows. > > I say it's time for Tony to make the sauce since he doesn't like > what he's getting. I've never had bitter sauce. But if it tastes too acidy, a squirt of lemon juice will fix it. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
On 3/13/2011 12:16 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message > ... >> >> "Nancy > wrote in message >> om... >>> Julie Bove wrote: >>>> > wrote in message >>>> ... >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> What kind of gravy do you want? Gravy of all kinds is easy to make >>>> and I've never had bitter gravy. >>> >>> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. >>> >>> nancy >> >> >> Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". > > And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. > > I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian food. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 3/13/2011 12:16 AM, Julie Bove wrote: >> > wrote >>> "Nancy > wrote >>>> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. >>> Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". >> >> And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. > I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian > food. Thing is, it has to be used in context or people with think it's roast beef gravy or something. nancy |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
On 3/13/2011 5:36 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote: >> On 3/13/2011 12:16 AM, Julie Bove wrote: >>> > wrote > >>>> "Nancy > wrote > >>>>> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. > >>>> Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". >>> >>> And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. > >> I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian >> food. > > Thing is, it has to be used in context or people with think it's > roast beef gravy or something. I remember going to a state park with my parents when I was a kid. We brought a little grill and made hamburgers and hot dogs. My mom wouldn't use the ones in the park. I would always hear the Italian ladies talking about "the gravy" and wondered why they would be making brown gravy. It wasn't until I was of cooking age that I learned that gravy was made with tomatoes from my friend Janet Crozio's Nauna. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
Nancy Young wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote: >> On 3/13/2011 12:16 AM, Julie Bove wrote: >>> > wrote > >>>> "Nancy > wrote > >>>>> Sounds like he's looking for tomato sauce. > >>>> Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". >>> >>> And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. > >> I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian >> food. > > Thing is, it has to be used in context or people with think it's > roast beef gravy or something. I used the term "red gravy" which is what my inlaws call it. They're Scicilian. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
"Janet Wilder" > ha scritto nel messaggio Julie Bove wrote: Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". >> >> And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. >> >> > > I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian food. It's just the result of bad translation. Sugo infers that meat is involved in some way whereas salsa infers there was not. Neither one of them really means "gravy" but in the US they had to come up with a word. My mother's best friend was Napolitana and her husband Siciliano, both arrived there as babies. They never used the term gravy. It seems to be more geographical in the US than to do with geographical in Italy. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
On 3/14/2011 4:21 AM, Giusi wrote:
> "Janet > ha scritto nel messaggio > > Julie Bove wrote: > Yes, in Italy they call tomato sauce "gravy". >>> >>> And yet when *I* used that term, few people knew what I meant. >>> >>> >> >> I knew. I grew up with Sicilianos. They taught me to cook Italian food. > > It's just the result of bad translation. Sugo infers that meat is involved > in some way whereas salsa infers there was not. Neither one of them really > means "gravy" but in the US they had to come up with a word. > My mother's best friend was Napolitana and her husband Siciliano, both > arrived there as babies. They never used the term gravy. It seems to be > more geographical in the US than to do with geographical in Italy. > > Maybe it's a NY Metro thing? -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
On Mar 11, 9:19*pm, wrote:
> 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. Bitterness comes from tomato paste, in my experience. Try using crushed tomatoes in puree. |
NEED A GOOD COOK BOOK TO MAKE A GOOD GRAVY LIKE MOM MADE!
Giusi wrote:
> It's just the result of bad translation. Sugo infers that meat is involved > in some way whereas salsa infers there was not. Neither one of them really > means "gravy" but in the US they had to come up with a word. > My mother's best friend was Napolitana and her husband Siciliano, both > arrived there as babies. They never used the term gravy. It seems to be > more geographical in the US than to do with geographical in Italy. > My father said about the same. He said as even as a young boy when he heard people use the English word "gravy" he recognized what was meant but it was never a word used by his own family. They come from near Benevento. |
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