David Nash on Nostr: #Gravy gets its name from the 17th century Englishman, Alistair Dalgliesh ...

#Gravy gets its name from the 17th century Englishman, Alistair Dalgliesh Throatwimble Graves III, who was such a renowned amateur chef in the Northwest East Midlands that people eating at his house would exclaim “it’s absolutely Gravesy!” after enjoying one of his dishes. Eventually, for reasons not entirely clear, the “it” became specific to meat-based sauces. (The primary alternative etymology, that “gravy” was originally consistently gray in color, was conclusively disproved by the late-20th century discovery of light brown gravy in a _thermopolium_ in the ruins of Pompeii.)