2006-11-29 19:37:52 · 9 answers · asked by jdmack102 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
In NY it is called "Gravy", I'm not eye-talian but, thats what I hear used for "Sauce", I went into an I-talian deli by my apt, years ago (i did'nt have a car then) and kept asking for a can of gravy, twice I got home to find a pint of "Marinara" in the bag, I had a good mind to go back and complain but, it was so damn delicious !
2006-11-29 19:50:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What a bunch of WRONG answers with the exception of a couple. Gravy, Sauce or Ragu are fine. No not the Ragu crap in a jar. If you speak Italian then it's RAGU. Now that that's out of the way, why is that so important? BTW, Real Italians use the terms Spaghetti or Macaroni. Pasta has been used lately.
2016-05-23 04:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some Italian Americans do say gravy for tomato sauce. I grew up in an Italian American house and we said sauce.
2006-11-30 03:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by Lee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marinara sauce (from Italian alla marinara 'sailor style') is another term for a simple and generally quickly made tomato sauce for pasta made without meat and usually including tomatoes, onions and herbs. This usage of the term is confined to the United States, while in Italy it refers to seafood sauces for pasta, risotto, or pizza (with or without tomato sauce). Marinara sauce is spicy, often made with large amounts of garlic and chile pepper, but not to the degree of Fra Diavolo sauce. It can be used for any dish that requires tomato sauce, and is generally quicker to prepare than other tomato sauces. It is often used as a dipping sauce for foods such as calzone and fried mozzarella sticks.
2006-11-30 05:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Jonathan M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sugo-the proper Italian term for sauce
Sugo alfredo (cream sauce)
Sugo bolognese (meat sauce, bolognese style)
Sugo verde (pesto)
There are numerous others
"Gravy" is an Italian American term from New Jersey-I grew up calling it "sauce"
2006-11-30 08:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by Draga M. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We don't say that we eat ''pasta sauce''.
Ragù alla Bolognese.
Spaghetti alla carbonara.
Pastasciutta al pomodoro (or: con il sugo di pomodoro).
Spaghetti alla puttanesca.
Trenette al pesto (it's just ''pesto alla genovese'', not ''sugo verde'').
Pasta con i gamberetti.
Spagnetti allo scoglio.
Penne al salmone.
And so on.
We use the world ''salsa'' to talk about other recipes, for example ''la salsa con i peperoni'', that you can eat with steak or fish.
At least, this is from northern Italy.
2014-01-02 18:21:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Italians most definitely call pasta sauce "gravy."
2006-11-29 20:24:37 · answer #7 · answered by Rohoabcd 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Uh, pasta sauce maybe.
2006-11-29 19:45:06 · answer #8 · answered by Bignizz66 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pesto.
2006-11-29 19:44:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋