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Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:32 pm
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Joe C wrote:I grew up in NJ and don't remember an Arrabiata sauce. We had Diavolo sauce - also spicy and probably very similar. I like food that kicks back.
Robin Garr wrote:Joe C wrote:I grew up in NJ and don't remember an Arrabiata sauce. We had Diavolo sauce - also spicy and probably very similar. I like food that kicks back.
My understanding, Joe, is that arrabiata is Roman, although I suspect it historically came down to the city from Abruzzo.
Since most Italian-American cuisine is from the South - Sicilian and Calabrese - chances are the New York/New Jersey style uses the regional moniker rather than the Roman one.
I know diavolo mostly as "Fra Diavolo" ("Brother Devil"), a deliciously spicy sauce normally used with shrimp and other seafood. Does that ring a bell with you?
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