Spaghetti Sauce Question

Becca said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

I don't, but purely because DH is no celery fan 🙁
However, I do like it myself and have seen it listed as an ingredient in
a lot of spaghetti sauce recipes...
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Chatty Cathy

Becca said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

Nope. Nothing but onions and tomatoes. Unless you
count garlic as a vegetable. (In the quantities my husband
uses garlic, it is definitely a vegetable.)

Cindy Hamilton

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Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the vegetables
in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my apologies to
those who call it gravy.

Becca

When I am making a large batch of sauce I use a finely minced mirepoix in the
initial stages. I also use pork meat and pork bones, if all else fails I will
use spare ribs. And yes like many others I do call it Italian gravy. I find
using a mirpoix ( which BTW you will never be able to isolate/find when eating)
give a depth of flavor which adds greatly to the overall sauce.

Dimitri

Dimitri said:

"Becca" wrote in message

Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the vegetables
in your sauce?

Quoted message said:

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my apologies to
those who call it gravy.

Quoted message said:

Becca

When I am making a large batch of sauce I use a finely minced mirepoix inthe
initial stages.  I also use pork meat  and pork bones, if all else fails I will
use spare ribs. And yes like many others  I do call it Italian gravy.  I find
using a mirpoix ( which BTW you will never be able to isolate/find when eating)
give a depth of flavor which adds greatly to the overall sauce.

I do the same, pork chops and/or saw-seege, but just as often
meatless. I sometimes add celery, sometimes fresh fennel... I also
may add carrot, bell pepper (red and/or green) mushrooms, parsley,
basil, and it goes without saying, onion, oregano, hot pepper, and
garlic. I don't think there are any rules for making tomato sauce for
pasta... use whatever you like and/or have on hand... sometimes a
primavera with eggplant, zuke, and often celery... also rich with
anchovy, capers, and olive puttanesca is yummy... there's no rule
about adding celery or not.

Sheldon

Becca said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

Becca

Tomato, onion, garlic, green or red pepper. Usually meatballs
and/or Italian sausage. Basil, oregano, fennel, marjoram. Fresh
Italian parsley if I have it. Simmer all afternoon, at least two hours
or it tastes raw like most restaurant pasta sauces. Even better the
next day.

I've tried celery and carrot and don't think it adds much.

gloria p

kilikini said:

I had a great recipe for a meatless spaghetti sauce that included celery,
carrots and spinach. Well, in addition to the tomatoes, garlic, onion,
mushrooms, olives, basil, oregano, wine, pinch of sugar, olive oil, bay
leaf, etc. It was garden chunky! A friend borrowed my cookbook and never
gave it back. I loved that cookbook. I wish I could remember the name of
it.

kili

All ya gotta do is remember the name of the friend. Call or write and
ask for the book back. Keeping a book is inexcusable. Keeping a
cookbook is a hanging offense.

gloria p

Becca said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

Nope.

Serene

Becca said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

I often use some ground celery seed. It goes well with
tomato-based sauces. If I were use celery, it would be very
finely chopped after being deveined.

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:58:22 -0500, Becca wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

Quoted message said:

I often use some ground celery seed. It goes well with
tomato-based sauces. If I were use celery, it would be very
finely chopped after being deveined.

Celery can go into either spaghetti sauce or chili, but to
my mind either runs into the "unauthentic", and the practices
probably originated by food service companies motivated by cheapness
(school cafeterias etc.)

Still, if the celery is the only veg on hand, I'll throw it
in. After destringing/chopping.

Steve

Becca said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

Becca

I had a great recipe for a meatless spaghetti sauce that included celery,
carrots and spinach. Well, in addition to the tomatoes, garlic, onion,
mushrooms, olives, basil, oregano, wine, pinch of sugar, olive oil, bay
leaf, etc. It was garden chunky! A friend borrowed my cookbook and never
gave it back. I loved that cookbook. I wish I could remember the name of
it.

kili

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Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

Becca

I use onion, bell pepper, fresh basil, fresh parsley, dry oregano, plum
tomatoes, tomato paste, red pepper flake, salt, pepper and sugar (small
amount).

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Joe Cilinceon

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Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

Becca

I use onion, bell pepper, fresh basil, fresh parsley, dry oregano, plum
tomatoes, tomato paste, red pepper flake, salt, pepper and sugar (small
amount).

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Joe Cilinceon

Forgot the garlic.

Joe Cilinceon

Joe Cilinceon said:

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Joe Cilinceon

Forgot the garlic.

Sheesh. Thank goodness, I almost had a heart attack there 😉

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Chatty Cathy

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<Snip>
I do the same, pork chops and/or saw-seege, but just as often
meatless. I sometimes add celery, sometimes fresh fennel... I also
may add carrot, bell pepper (red and/or green) mushrooms, parsley,
basil, and it goes without saying, onion, oregano, hot pepper, and
garlic. I don't think there are any rules for making tomato sauce for
pasta... use whatever you like and/or have on hand... sometimes a
primavera with eggplant, zuke, and often celery... also rich with
anchovy, capers, and olive puttanesca is yummy... there's no rule
about adding celery or not.

Sheldon

You Da Man.... once again right on the money.

Dimitri

Joe Cilinceon said:

Joe Cilinceon said:

I use onion, bell pepper, fresh basil, fresh parsley, dry oregano, plum
tomatoes, tomato paste, red pepper flake, salt, pepper and sugar (small
amount).

Forgot the garlic.

And the olive oil.

-sw

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Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

The only sauce I put celery into is when I make a Bolognese. I don't think
celery is at all something that belongs in a tomato sauce.

Your friend that calls it gravy - let me guess, is he from Rhode Island?

Davlo

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Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

Becca

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I never use celery in spaghetti sauce. I use onions and garlic. I only
like celery in a Creole type sauce that you would use over stuffed peppers.

Davlo said:

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Quoted message said:

When you make spaghetti sauce, do you include celery as one of the
vegetables in your sauce?

BTW, one of my Italian friends calls it "gravy", not sauce, so my
apologies to those who call it gravy.

The only sauce I put celery into is when I make a Bolognese. I don't think
celery is at all something that belongs in a tomato sauce.

Your friend that calls it gravy - let me guess, is he from Rhode Island?

Davlo

My grandmother used to call it gravy. Born and raised in New Orleans.

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Joe Cilinceon said:

Joe Cilinceon said:

I use onion, bell pepper, fresh basil, fresh parsley, dry oregano, plum
tomatoes, tomato paste, red pepper flake, salt, pepper and sugar (small
amount).

Forgot the garlic.

And the olive oil.

-sw

Yes of course there are other ingredients also but too minor to bother with
unless they need the whole recipe.

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Joe Cilinceon