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Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Was just wondering. My mom used to make spaghetti sauce (and by make I mean open the jar) and put ground beef in it. I don't do that, I just use some chopped up veggies, typically onions, garlic, bell peppers, and even finely chopped carrots. Was wondering what you guys do.
PS. I do like spaghetti with meatballs, though. I probably eat it that way like 3 or 4 times a year, if i remember to get the stuff to make meatballs with. (I don't do bagged meatballs. Ugh. Good for kids, but they taste "fake" to me.) I still put at least 2 or 3 cups of some kind of vegetable in the sauce with the meatballs.
Yes, if I don't make meatballs. I must confess I use the jarred stuff too. I've never had the courage to attempt to make it from scratch. I guess I really should sometime. Anyway, if I', putting meat in it, I usually use 1lb of beef to 2 jars of sauce, which I will then add more ingredients to, like onion, peppers and cheese. I also make sure the meat is broken into really fine pieces. My mom did it too, but she would leave these big pieces of ground beef in it. She never broke it up small enough for me.
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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I've never made it from scratch before. My wife makes spaghetti and pizza sauce from scratch tho, and it beats the pants off of jarred. Seriously beats it. Then again, she's got time to make it. I got usually just enough time to grab a jar and chop some veggies. MAybe I'll try to make some from scr...who am I kidding. Not gonna happen, LOL
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I do because that is the way my mother always made it. Not all the time, though...mostly I use the store brand frozen meatballs. I prefer the ground beef, but my menfolk like the meatballs.
Sometimes, if the kids and I want some comfort food, I make my gravy with a meat mix (beef, veal and pork) and some italian sausage. I put it in the crock pot and cook it for hours. But, if we just want something without all that work, I use ground turkey and add to the gravy.
Sometimes, if the kids and I want some comfort food, I make my gravy with a meat mix (beef, veal and pork) and some italian sausage. I put it in the crock pot and cook it for hours. But, if we just want something without all that work, I use ground turkey and add to the gravy.
Gravy? You put gravy on spaghetti? That's different.
It's ok debz. How's the weather in Edmond today? I lived in Tulsa (8 years) just back in NJ!
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