North End Sunday Gravy

Ingredients

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 pork neck bones
• 1 country-style pork rib
• 1 (8 ounce) beef chuck in 1 piece
• 1 beef rib or more to taste
• 1 lamb shank
• 1 pinch dried basil or to taste
• 1 pinch dried mint or to taste
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes or to taste
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 7 cups water or as needed
• 2 pinches dried basil
• 2 pinches dried mint
• 2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
• ½ tablespoon white sugar or to taste
• 1 pound ground beef
• ¼ pound ground pork
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
• ½ cup chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil