Is this like how Italian families sometimes a forever pot of tomato sauce continuously on a low heat on their stoves?
The family keeping watch over a 52-year-old pot of soup
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#13Perpetual stew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew
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#14The grime around the pot convinced me they’re telling the truth about 52 years :)
> The grime
Oh, you mean the flavoring!
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#15I've seen this done for a few years (2-3?) but only in a crockpot sized container, honestly still tasted alright. Not sure I'd have a full bowl of stew 52 but seems [great] for fermenty-salty dipping sauce like saltwater.
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#16Is this like how Italian families sometimes a forever pot of tomato sauce continuously on a low heat on their stoves?
I've never heard of anyone doing this among any Italian Americans I know. Is this something you've seen first hand?
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#17Is this like how Italian families sometimes a forever pot of tomato sauce continuously on a low heat on their stoves?
I've never heard of anyone doing this among any Italian Americans I know. Is this something you've seen first hand?
Why Italian Americans instead of just normal Italian? Aren’t Italian Americans just regular Italians? Or are you asking about the customs of Americanized Italian families or people who were born and raised in America but with Italian ancestry?
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never heard of anyone doing this among any Italian Americans I know. Is this something you've seen first hand?
Why Italian Americans instead of just normal Italian? Aren’t Italian Americans just regular Italians? Or are you asking about the customs of Americanized Italian families or people who were born and raised in America but with Italian ancestry?
Probably because they don't know any Italians (in Italy), just Italian Americans.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never heard of anyone doing this among any Italian Americans I know. Is this something you've seen first hand?
Why Italian Americans instead of just normal Italian? Aren’t Italian Americans just regular Italians? Or are you asking about the customs of Americanized Italian families or people who were born and raised in America but with Italian ancestry?
Because those are the Italians I have experience with, and the Italian Sugo al pomodoro isn't to my knowledge ever cooked for hours. The slow cooked variety in Italy is the ragù which is cooked up to 4 hours. If you cook any tomato sauce much beyond 4 hours you lose the actual tomato flavor[1]. So I sincerely doubt forever tomato sauce is a real thing.
[1] https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-slow-cooked-italian-ame...
> Aren’t Italian Americans just regular Italians
No. The term generally refers to a groups of people descended from Italian immigrants who formed their own culture in America that blended regional Italian languages and cuisines with local American ingredients, language and customs. The big pot of red sauce in question doesn't exist in Italy, it's an invention of early 20th century Italian immigrants to the US.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why Italian Americans instead of just normal Italian? Aren’t Italian Americans just regular Italians? Or are you asking about the customs of Americanized Italian families or people who were born and raised in America but with Italian ancestry?
Probably because they don't know any Italians (in Italy), just Italian Americans.
I do or have, but they aren't tomato sauce Italians if that makes sense.