I was minding my own dang business last week, scrolling through my social media pages, when I noticed a post, on one of my Italian-America groups, that made me shake my head. Even if you’re not Italian, you probably have a visceral reaction every time you hear those Three Little Words — which, like bad pennies, nasty colds and certain situation comedies, keep coming back, over and over again.

And they are… “Sauce or gravy?” (Alternatively: “Gravy or sauce?”). This “debate” (if you want to call it that) starts up again every few years, and the moment it’s brought up, it’s as if someone is telling you a joke that you’ve heard 500 times already.