Parmesan Cheese - not always Parmesan, not even always cheese (and other gourmet gossip)
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A major frozen food recall for possible Listeria contamination has been announced by the FDA, It involves frozen fruits and vegetables made by CRF Frozen Foods and includes private branded products sold at Trader Joe's and Costco, among others. See the list here: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm498841.htm
Rao's ingredients:
Imported italian tomatoes, imported olive oil, fresh onions, fresh basil, salt, fresh garlic, black pepper and oregano.
Francesco Rinaldi ingredients:
Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste, Citric Acid), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Salt, Dried Onions, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Imported Pecorino Romano Cheese (Sheep'S Milk Rennet, Salt), Spices, Dried Garlic.
When I used to make my own sauce from my Italian grandmother's recipe I never used Citric Acid, Sugar, Soybean Oil, dried onion, dried garlic and spices (a.k.a. MSG). Rao's is pretty close to what I used to make - the $2 jarred stuff isn't. To each his own I guess.
Imported italian tomatoes, imported olive oil, fresh onions, fresh basil, salt, fresh garlic, black pepper and oregano.
Francesco Rinaldi ingredients:
Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste, Citric Acid), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Salt, Dried Onions, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Imported Pecorino Romano Cheese (Sheep'S Milk Rennet, Salt), Spices, Dried Garlic.
When I used to make my own sauce from my Italian grandmother's recipe I never used Citric Acid, Sugar, Soybean Oil, dried onion, dried garlic and spices (a.k.a. MSG). Rao's is pretty close to what I used to make - the $2 jarred stuff isn't. To each his own I guess.
My grandparents were born in Italy from around the Naples area, lived in the Bronx during early to mid 1900's and used the term sauce to describe the tomato based stuff we ladled onto spaghetti, ziti or ravioli and topped off with freshly grated cheese. A special treat was when the sauce was cooking to dump in squid stuffed with an egg stuffing or crabs or if those were out of season, meatballs and sausage.
This week on UG is the 1st time in my life I ever heard of tomato sauce referred to as gravy.
The expression for "gravy" in Italian is sugo d'arrosto, which is literally "juice of a roast"
This is consistent with the American dictionary meanings I just looked up. It is also consistent with the gravy made from the drippings of the turkey at Thanksgiving.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravy
Merriam‑Webster
1 : a sauce made from the thickened and seasoned juices of cooked meat.
www.dictionary.com/browse/gravy
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
This week on UG is the 1st time in my life I ever heard of tomato sauce referred to as gravy.
The expression for "gravy" in Italian is sugo d'arrosto, which is literally "juice of a roast"
This is consistent with the American dictionary meanings I just looked up. It is also consistent with the gravy made from the drippings of the turkey at Thanksgiving.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravy
Merriam‑Webster
1 : a sauce made from the thickened and seasoned juices of cooked meat.
www.dictionary.com/browse/gravy
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.