OK... What do you call Tomato Sauce... "Sauce" or "Gravy" ???

[toploader55]

In Parts of New Jersey it's called Sauce.

 

In Worcester, (Wustah) Mass. My friend calls it Gravy.

 

Which brings to mind also...

 

Macaroni or Pasta ? Or Noodles ?

 

What do you call it from Your Neck of the Woods ???

 

[toploader55]

In Barnstable...

pronounced on the Cape : " Bahnstible "... We call it Pasta and Sauce.

 

[petek]

Pasta and sauce around here...   paasta,, not pawsta   LOL

 

 

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[washingpowder]

Technically

Gravy refers to a sauce thickened with starch; often based on meat drippings or deglazed pan contents. Tomato sauce is definitely 'sauce'.
Macaroni is a shape of pasta, known to be commonly used for mac'n cheese. Wildly guessing, probably originated from Italian 'maccheroni'.
Generally noodles are made out of dough (mostly wheat; Asians however use rice and soy flours too). Easiest way of making them would be rolling out the dough thinly, rolling it up and cutting into narrow strips, which is why the term is widely used now for products shaped like linguine or similar.
'Pasta' refers to noodles made with durum wheat or semolina, the latter almost always used in commercial dry pasta production, very often without eggs.
It's all just "technically" today, unfortunately. Heard and read those terms being used interchangeably.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Washingpowder...

Don't let our Rhode Island contingent hear that! For most of them, the tomato-based topping served on pasta/macaroni/noodles, especially on Sunday, is gravy! LOL

We generally call long strands and shapes by their name (spaghetti, linguini, angel hair, farfalle, etc). Macaroni was usually elbows. Noodles were usually of the egg variety like for stroganoff. The term pasta for us is usually generic- "Wanna have pasta for dinner?" not referring to anything in particular. Could even be ravioli!

And the tomato-based topping is sauce.

Chuck

 

[chachp]

I'm from upsate New York originally...

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">And a good old Italian Boy.  I echo what Chuck (perc-o-prince) said:</span>

 

We generally call long strands and shapes by their name (spaghetti, linguini, angel hair, farfalle, etc). Macaroni was usually elbows. Noodles were usually of the egg variety like for stroganoff. The term pasta for us is usually generic- "Wanna have pasta for dinner?" not referring to anything in particular. Could even be ravioli!

And the tomato-based topping is sauce.

 

 

[tomturbomatic]

Spaghetti and sauce, except for when my brother was learning to talk and it was skabetti and my cousin Lester called it Pisketti.

 

[revvinkevin]

I too want to generally echo perc-o-prince & chachp

 

 

I generally refer to most all as “pasta”, i.e. a possible option for dinner.   But when I’m cooking for example, I use its specific name (spaghetti, penne, fusilli, etc).   I tend to think of any "noodle" with roots going back to Italy as "pasta".

 

I do not refer to Asian rice based noodles as pasta, for the above reason.

 

Tomato based (whatever) over/with pasta is a "red sauce" or "pasta sauce".

 

Gravy to me is served with meat, has meat juices in it, is thickened with flour and is void of tomatoes.

 

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Tom, funny that you brought up skabetti and pasketti!  I remember pronouncing it skabetti and some neighbor kids or friends pronouncing it pasketti.

 

Kevin

 

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[turquoisedude]

La sauce et les pâtes in this neck of the woods!!  

 

En anglais, tomato sauce is called just that - sauce.  Pasta is often identified by the type of pasta (spaghetti, rotini, penne, etc). 

 

[frigilux]

Sauce. Always.

 

[joeypete]

I'm Italian and my family is from NJ. My Gram always called tomato sauce "gravy", though my dad never did. We called pasta "macaroni" for the most part. From watching the "Frugal Gourmet", he discussed this as well. He said gravy is a tomato sauce that is slow cooked for hours. That's what my Gram did!

 

[stan]

Around here

Old Italians (there's a lot ) call it gravy. I learned to make it from them, and it's slow cooked at least 4 hours. According to them it's not fit to eat unless it is.

 

[toploader55]

I myself refer to gravy as in Turkey, Chicken, Beef Gravy etc.

 

I just started this thread to see what different areas of the Country (World as well) called their Tomato Based ... Sauce. I always called it Sauce. From the Culinary Institute of America it is called Tomato Sauce.

 

Yes, and Chucks description of Pasta, Noodles, Macaroni et al is my same line of thinking.  I just find it amusing when some parts of the country, state, neighborhoods called Tomato Sauce "Gravy".

 

Or when they call any shape Pasta "Macaroni".

 

Now one step further... What kind of Cheese to you like ?

 

Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, Pecarino, Green Kraft Shaker, Store Brand ???

 

And do you grate your own or do you buy pre grated/shredded ?

 

 

[luxflairguy]

In the NW it's sauce...It's what printed on the label, right?
Cheese--parma all the way and I grate my own in the Cuisinart. Have for years. Costco has good parma and I go through quite a bit.

 

[abcomatic]

In the middle of Illinois it is called tomato sauce. Pasta is the over all term and then specific terms such as macaroni etc. Noodles are called noodles. Pasta salad is the term used for that particular dish as opposed to lettuce salad, gelatin salad etc.

 

[mixguy]

Pasta with Sauce and Rice with gravy

In South Louisiana: Pasta has Sauce and Rice or Potatoes are usually served with gravy. Cajun make gravies (pan juices that are thickened and tomato is added in certain dishes for flavorand/or color. Smoked sausage with tomato gravy is popular and often served in schools for lunch. A variation of Shrimp Creole that is popular here is Shrimp Sauce Piquante (it literally means spicy but is really flavorful, and not due to being overly peppered). Sauce Piquante is made featuring any seafood.

 

[frigilux]

Parmigiano Reggiano. The real deal.

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Sauce. Gravy is a rue made of meat drippings and flour. Pasta for everything, sometimes call it what it is, Penne, Spaghetti etc. Noodles can be many things here. Udon, Rice, Soba, Hokkien, Egg etc.

 

[a440]

Tomato Sauce Sweety.