Philly Eats Magazine_First Edition 2017

Matt S. — Mt Laurel NJ:
“ Are you serious? Only if
there is meatballs or sausage
in it…...sauce of course..”
Walt C. — Springfield PA:
“My grandmother was Italian
(her family came from central
Italy) and we always called it
sauce.”
Melissa V —
Cinnaminson NJ:
“It’s sauce! Gravy is
made from meat.”
Lori A. — Cinnaminson NJ:
“ Well....I was brought up “sauce”.
Gravy was a meat sauce (red) which
was always made on Sunday with
meatballs, ribs, sausage and braciole.
Technically “Sunday sauce”.
New York.... who knows??
I call it yummy “
Tracy B. — Manolia NJ
“ Gravy...i sear meat and add
the drippings to the tomato
base. If there is meat in it....
its a gravy”
Kris O. — Philadelphia:
“It’s sauce, not gravy. Pork roll,
not Taylor Ham for the North
Jersey weirdos.”
Joey R. —
South Philadelphia:
“ Are you really asking that
question? Gravy!!!!”
Pete M. —
South Philadelphia:
“ Gravy end of story.”
Catherine L. — Upper Darby:
“ God rest my grandmother’s
soul but I could never understand
why she would call
something without meat gravy
it is sauce.”
Maria Z. — King of Prussia:
“That is a funny one, if it has
puree we call it gravy if it has
chunk tomatoes we call it
sauce.”
Howard K. — Newtown:
“ Ha, I call it sauce,
do you call it a vodka gravy?
Or a pesto gravy?”
Amy S. — West Chester:
“Since I am vegan I guess
I can’t call anything gravy.”
Melinda T. — Warrington:
“ I love this debate but this has to be
the ender, the reason it is gravy is
because the tomato pulp was called
the blood of the Earth in yester year.
So this was a blood gravy.”
No matter what side of this heated
debate you are on, we did find one
absolute conclusion ... it is a heated
and passionate debate! We highlighed
a few interesting answers that
we thought you would enjoy
This data was collected on facebook,
and in person at various locations
over a 4 week period. 560 men answered
and 683 women answered.
The results were as follows:
GRAVY: 521
SAUCE: 722
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June 2017 Philly Eats Magazine 21