Do You Know What Tomato Gravy Is?

Contributor: PussyGalore PussyGalore
I have never met anyone else who knows what I'm talking about and I always have to explain it. When I am finished, I get a weird look and then I insist on making the dish sometime in the future. Either you love it or you hate it.
Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):
I know what it is and I love it!
ID42 , BluePixi , Joie de Cherresse , Kitt Katt
4
I know what it is and it's just 'ok' to me.
I know what it is and I hate it.
I don't know what it is but I would like to try it.
Jul!a , Waterfall , fghjkl , married with children , DeliciousSurprise , Valentinka , Gallowraven , pinkcupcakes , potstickers , namelesschaos , Kindred , Coralbell , HC , MeliPixie , Ajax , teeny <3 , ColorSplash , WHITEMIKE , Lio , lezergirl , Pleasure Piratess , dv8 , padmeamidala , Red Vinyl Kitty , liilii080
25
I don't know what it is but I hate tomatoes.
Dusk , Miss Jenn , slynch , REDRUM
4
Let me tell you about a recipe I like that no one has ever heard of before.
Total votes: 33 (33 voters)
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Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
I've never heard of it before, but it sounds pretty self explanatory really. It also sounds like something I think I'd like to try.

And trying to explain tortilla soup, just as futile, lol.
02/21/2011
Contributor: fghjkl fghjkl
Well... What is it?
02/21/2011
Contributor: married with children married with children
I have never heard of it.
02/21/2011
Contributor: HoneyHoney HoneyHoney
No idea what it is.
02/22/2011
Contributor: PussyGalore PussyGalore
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Originally posted by Jul!a
I've never heard of it before, but it sounds pretty self explanatory really. It also sounds like something I think I'd like to try.

And trying to explain tortilla soup, just as futile, lol.
It is pretty simple, it's just the concept they have a hard time swallowing. It transforms country fried steak into something even more mouth watering, if that's even possible.

I looove tortilla soup! I also love a good chicken corn chowder and white chili. Comfort food at it's finest!
02/22/2011
Contributor: PussyGalore PussyGalore
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Originally posted by fghjkl
Well... What is it?
It's traditional brown gravy made with a can of petite diced tomatoes. The tomato juices are the liquid portion of the recipe, adding water only as needed.
02/22/2011
Contributor: ID42 ID42
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Originally posted by PussyGalore
I have never met anyone else who knows what I'm talking about and I always have to explain it. When I am finished, I get a weird look and then I insist on making the dish sometime in the future. Either you love it or you hate it.
I have lived in the DEEP South my whole life. Whenever my Mother or any of her friends made cube steak for dinner, it was either covered an extremely rich brown gravy full of onion or it was covered in the MOST AMAZING TOMATO GRAVY EVER MADE. My mom didn't put onion in that one, but green bell pepper. I have tried and tired, but I have yet to be able to recreate it. My husband doesn't like it at all, so I don't have a lot of time to actually try it out anymore though.
02/22/2011
Contributor: Mr. E Mr. E
Quote:
Originally posted by PussyGalore
It's traditional brown gravy made with a can of petite diced tomatoes. The tomato juices are the liquid portion of the recipe, adding water only as needed.
We use Rotel tomatoes with green chilies. It gives it a little extra kick.

02/22/2011
Contributor: Gallowraven Gallowraven
I have never heard of it, but I would try it once. Twice if I liked it the first time.
02/22/2011
Contributor: potstickers potstickers
The phrase 'tomato gravy' just makes me think of spaghetti sauce.
02/22/2011
Contributor: Naughty Student Naughty Student
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Originally posted by potstickers
The phrase 'tomato gravy' just makes me think of spaghetti sauce.
Me too, it sounds good to me.
02/23/2011
Contributor: namelesschaos namelesschaos
I never heard of it but I'd like to try it....o great now I'm hungry
02/23/2011
Contributor: MeliPixie MeliPixie
I must be a pretty crappy chef never to have heard of tomato gravy. But would anyone like to try my tomato jelly?! XDDD
02/23/2011
Contributor: ColorSplash ColorSplash
I have not a clue.. is it pasta sauce?
02/28/2011
Contributor: firekitten firekitten
So when I see the red stuff slathered over meat loaf at a restaurant it's not actually ketchup?

Living in Oklahoma, I've never ever heard of this. But I wouldn't call Oklahoma deep south either, so maybe I live too far north. I have to say I would never consider putting anything other than regular gravy on my Chicken Fried Steak.
03/01/2011
Contributor: WHITEMIKE WHITEMIKE
I would have to have the rotel tomatoes with green chiles, for the spicy zing.
03/01/2011
Contributor: lezergirl lezergirl
I have never heard of it but from descriptions, I would hate it - more because I dislike gravy than anything else.
03/01/2011
Contributor: Pleasure Piratess Pleasure Piratess
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Originally posted by MeliPixie
I must be a pretty crappy chef never to have heard of tomato gravy. But would anyone like to try my tomato jelly?! XDDD
I actually have heard of that before at a canning class I took. Haven't tried it though...
03/01/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by firekitten
So when I see the red stuff slathered over meat loaf at a restaurant it's not actually ketchup?

Living in Oklahoma, I've never ever heard of this. But I wouldn't call Oklahoma deep south either, so maybe I live too far north. I ... more
No, it's ketchup.

Chicken fried steak and country fried steak are not the same thing. Chicken fried steak is served with a white (milk/cream) gravy and country fried steak is served with a brown gravy.
04/01/2011
Contributor: Joie de Cherresse Joie de Cherresse
Tomato gravy is something we make all the time down here in Louisiana. It's not something unusual here for sure, lol.
04/01/2011
Contributor: padmeamidala padmeamidala
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Originally posted by PussyGalore
I have never met anyone else who knows what I'm talking about and I always have to explain it. When I am finished, I get a weird look and then I insist on making the dish sometime in the future. Either you love it or you hate it.
I'm curious about what this is
04/01/2011
Contributor: Joie de Cherresse Joie de Cherresse
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Originally posted by padmeamidala
I'm curious about what this is
It's just a gravy that you make with tomato sauce. I make it with meatloaf. Sometimes I make a sausage and pork steak tomato gravy... things like that.
04/01/2011
Contributor: Red Vinyl Kitty Red Vinyl Kitty
I've never heard of that! I'm probably going to have to try it now. lol.
04/01/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by Joie de Cherresse
It's just a gravy that you make with tomato sauce. I make it with meatloaf. Sometimes I make a sausage and pork steak tomato gravy... things like that.
Sauce? We always use canned chunked tomatoes, no sauce. My grandmother taught us how to make it a long long time ago.
04/01/2011
Contributor: Joie de Cherresse Joie de Cherresse
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Originally posted by Ansley
Sauce? We always use canned chunked tomatoes, no sauce. My grandmother taught us how to make it a long long time ago.
I don't use tomatoes for mine, I just use sauce. It's quicker and easier, lol. I've been making this for years too.
04/01/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by Joie de Cherresse
I don't use tomatoes for mine, I just use sauce. It's quicker and easier, lol. I've been making this for years too.
Hmm, interesting. I don't really like tomato 'sauce' for some reason. I'll ask my mom if she ever had it that way.

We also really like swiss steak.
04/01/2011
Contributor: liilii080 liilii080
I'd never heard of it but I'm not really a gravy person. I'd probably just eat the tomatoes.
04/01/2011
Contributor: slynch slynch
doesn't sound good, as i don't care for gravy
04/01/2011
Contributor: REDRUM REDRUM
I don't like tomatoes or gravy. Haha, so I don't think I'll like it.
04/01/2011