Comments on: The Gravy-Sauce Confusion http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Hassie Beaugard http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272&cpage=1#comment-337028 Hassie Beaugard Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:29:54 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272#comment-337028 65. Great – I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your site. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs as well as related information ended up being truly simple to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it at all. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, website theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Nice task.. 65. Great – I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your site. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs as well as related information ended up being truly simple to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it at all. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, website theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Nice task..

]]> By: Nelson Fincher http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272&cpage=1#comment-127994 Nelson Fincher Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:16:44 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272#comment-127994 Not completely as simple as "over" and "under" the meat: In Eggs Benedict, the Hollandaise Sauce (not Hollandaise Gravy)is served _over_ the eggs, Canadian Bacon and muffin. Not completely as simple as “over” and “under” the meat: In Eggs Benedict, the Hollandaise Sauce (not Hollandaise Gravy)is served _over_ the eggs, Canadian Bacon and muffin.

]]> By: Stargzer http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272&cpage=1#comment-127802 Stargzer Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:35:57 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=272#comment-127802 "If the liquid is poured over the meat (or the potatoes), it is gravy; If it is under the meat, it is sauce." Well, the AHD says of sauce: "A flavorful seasoning or relish served as an accompaniment to food, especially a liquid dressing or topping for food." and of gravy: "The juices that drip from cooking meat. b. A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices." I would think by its very nature that a "topping" would not be "under" a food, and the definition of "sauce" says nothing of meat juices. I believe sauces came to England with the Norman Invasion, so a working definition of gravy vs. sauce would be that gravy is what an Englishman puts on meat, and sauce is what a Frenchman uses to hide the taste of bad meat. “If the liquid is poured over the meat (or the potatoes), it is gravy;
If it is under the meat, it is sauce.”

Well, the AHD says of sauce:

“A flavorful seasoning or relish served as an accompaniment to food, especially a liquid dressing or topping for food.”

and of gravy:

“The juices that drip from cooking meat. b. A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices.”

I would think by its very nature that a “topping” would not be “under” a food, and the definition of “sauce” says nothing of meat juices.

I believe sauces came to England with the Norman Invasion, so a working definition of gravy vs. sauce would be that gravy is what an Englishman puts on meat, and sauce is what a Frenchman uses to hide the taste of bad meat.

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