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In reply to the discussion: Why are two of our very best progressive posters, William Pitt and Kentuck, leaving? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)including my inlaws, are in Jersey. Mostly Jersey Shawrrr. Bricktown, Tom's River, Long Branch, even a couple in (as my mom called it) Big Deal.
My MIL's head almost exploded when I called her Sunday gravy "sauce." She was born in Jersey City to Neopoliltans and married a Sicilian from her neighborhood. They had moved to Ridgefield before I met them.
Pork in gravy is fantastic. Never had leftover meat of any kind in gravy, though. One of the best Italian cooks I ever met--a lady in my Boston neighborhood who was 86 when I met her, used the traditional veal, pork and beef in her meatballs, and used pork fat (which the butcher gave her free) to fry them in, before transferring them to the gravy.
Maron! Could she cook. (Gone now.) My FIL's sisters and my MIL--all fantastic cooks, too. But, for all of them, it's gravy if made with meat.