Sunday Cook... The Boss Has Spoken.

hapster · January 2014

Looks like egging is gonna have to wait at least another day. Watch an episode of the Sopranos last night; wife turns to me and tells me that I have to try and make an Italian Sunday Dinner... Who am I to refuse?

So here's my first attempt at Sunday gravy... Pork ribs, beef short ribs, and hot pork sausage. Should be ready in about 5 hours or so. Give me enough time to finish my stupid eval and watch some football.

Enjoy your Sundays everyone!

Chris_Wang · January 2014

She Who Must Be Obeyed.

hapster · January 2014

Chris_Wang said:

She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Yep... She's that too

Chris_Wang · January 2014

Before Breaking Bad, The Sopranos was my favorite TV Drama of all time.

hapster · January 2014

Chris_Wang said:

Before Breaking Bad, The Sopranos was my favorite TV Drama of all time.

Agreed about the Sopranos... Missed the boat on BB. I love Boardwalk, jumped into SOA two seasons ago, and trying to hook on to Thrones. We loved Magic City, hope another network decided to pick it up and give it a go... Started at the end of last season with Shameless, luckwarm on that one. Checked out True Detective and we liked it...

Thank God for DVRs...

hapster · January 2014

My wife and daughter just walked in and my wife paid me the highest of compliments... They left when I was starting the gravy, went to the movies and a little shopping figuring to let me finish my work in peace while dinner cooked on the stove...
The gravy has been cooking for about 3 hours now, my wife walked in and then yelled for me to come down to the kitchen. There she stood by the stove and gravy with a piece of fresh Italian bread in her hand and a huge smile...

She told me that this was better than her mother's gravy / sauce... her Italian mother

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I guess it's not too bad for a first attempt

henapple · January 2014

Nice... that's the highest of compliments

brianwdmn · January 2014

Wow, that is a high compliment! Sunday gravey is one of the dishes I use our crock pot for. Indoor low and slow.

Cymbaline65 · January 2014

Cooks Illustrated has an abbreviated Sunday Gravy recipe that I've been wanting to try. Post your recipe, Hap.

hapster · January 2014

Cymbaline65 said:

Cooks Illustrated has an abbreviated Sunday Gravy recipe that I've been wanting to try. Post your recipe, Hap.

Here it is... I basically halfed it; and added beef short ribs, and 6 more links of hot sausage

http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=699417

jls9595 · January 2014

Thanks hapster. Bookmarked

henapple · January 2014

Bookmark +1

Mauch5 · January 2014

We had sauce every Sunday in my house growing up. Nothing better.

Cookinbob · January 2014

hapster said:

Here it is... I basically halfed it; and added beef short ribs, and 6 more links of hot sausage

http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=699417

We have made the Wegman's Sunday Sauce recipe a number of times, it is excellent. We halve it too as it makes a bucket load. Try their Beef Minestrone some time. Slow cooker recipe, but no reason it could not be done on the egg if you were so inclined. I think I would like the smoke on the meat!. http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=675670

insaneh · January 2014

Nice. Always enjoy the compliments.

Cookinbob · January 2014

insaneh said:

Nice. Always enjoy the compliments.

You must work for Wegmans. They are the best!

henapple · January 2014

Ok I'm a southern boy and our gravy goes on biscuits. What do you use this on? Noodles?

hapster · January 2014

Cookinbob said:

insaneh said:

Nice. Always enjoy the compliments.

You must work for Wegmans. They are the best!

Christ, they should be paying me... God knows I'm there enough with an open wallet.

hapster · January 2014

henapple said:
Ok I'm a southern boy and our gravy goes on biscuits. What do you use this on? Noodles?

LOL... Pasta. Not noodles.

hapster · January 2014

Here's the finished dish...

At least the one I had... And then my wife made me breakfast with some of the leftover meatballs and hot sausage.

henapple · January 2014

hapster said:

henapple said:
Ok I'm a southern boy and our gravy goes on biscuits. What do you use this on? Noodles?
LOL... Pasta. Not noodles.

We say noodles down here...pasta is the guy that preaches on Sunday.

Little Steven · January 2014

Nice Hap! I had never heard about it til a few years back. I make loads of it now and distribute it to the family. I make my meatballs the size of baseballs(pork and veal only). Always have it in the freezer. Usually add a smoked pork hock along with the braciole.

cortguitarman · January 2014

You can tell the guy lives close to Philly. I dated a girl in West Chester and while at dinner with her grandparents her grandmother asked me to pass the gravy. As politely as I could (I thought she was going senile) I said, ma'am, there is no gravy. You could've heard a pin drop in the room. We call it sauce an hour west of you, Hap.

Looks good though. By the way, that "gravy" was the best I've ever tasted.

Cookinbob · January 2014

hapster said:

Christ, they should be paying me... God knows I'm there enough with an open wallet.

Likewise. I drank the kool aid many years ago. But no regrets.

Some of the real Italians up here call it "gravy", at my house it is just "sauce".

Eggcelsior · January 2014

cortguitarman said:
You can tell the guy lives close to Philly. I dated a girl in West Chester and while at dinner with her grandparents her grandmother asked me to pass the gravy. As politely as I could (I thought she was going senile) I said, ma'am, there is no gravy. You could've heard a pin drop in the room. We call it sauce an hour west of you, Hap.

Looks good though. By the way, that "gravy" was the best I've ever tasted.

You must not be Italian.

First time I heard it was sophomore year of college when my wife's(then girlfriend) RA talked about it. She was from Pittsburgh. Another roommate was from NYC and laughed at us when we were all "WTF?". It was called gravy if it used meat chunks and sausages and sauce if it used ground meat. They would alternate making it to compare. I didn't argue whose was better, I just ate well.

Apparently, it's a per family thing and is stronger in the NE towards gravy.

SkinnyV · January 2014

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