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Why is gravy called so?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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14y ago

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Its the little dish used to serve gravy. It looks like a boat so its called that. If you go to Google Images and search gravy boat and you will get a whole bunch of pictures!! hope this helped!

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Because of its shape. Its shaped long and with one pointed end, like a boat. The name stuck.

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Well...my guess is that since it is gray...also....it is very..avy????

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