Italian sauce with lots of unusual add ons

Hi so one of my friends back in high school used to invite me sometimes on weekends to hang out. On Sunday evenings they made these bigs pots of sauce but unlike what I've tasted elsewhere there were big meatballs and sausages but also pork ribs cooking in the sauce and some kind of meat rolls with stuffings inside.. It cooked all day long and the sauce had an incredible taste.. My question is I know they were Italians but was this traditional or did they just had fun adding ribs to their sauce? How come I've never came across this in an Italian restaurant afterwards and do you guys know where to find a good recipe for something like this

Thanks

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