When you make spaghetti do you make your own sauce or use jarred?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169921)
United States
January 12, 2018 4:39pm CST
I have always used jarred sauce unless I am making something like goulash. Goulash is something that I will sometimes make a sauce from scratch. That might be why I like it so much. It is one of the things that I like that is delicious and makes the best meal. What kind of sauce do you use, your own, or one from the store?
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
I will sometimes add abit of garlic or oregano to jarred sauce.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
Jarred is OK, but it doesn't really hold a candle to the real thing.
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@Madshadi (8849)
• Brussels, Belgium
12 Jan 18
@snowy22315 I too prefer the Goulash
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
12 Jan 18
I use Jarred sauce
I don’t make my spaghetti from scratch just the ones you boil
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
I am talking about sauce..there are few people who actually make spaghetti from scratch, and I don't think it is worth it do so.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
12 Jan 18
@snowy22315 yes I know
But I think if someone made scratch spaghetti they’d make sauce by scratch also
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
My mom used hunts tomato sauce for the first 23 years of my life. Because it's what my grandmother and grandfather always used. But then just over a year ago we started using ragu meat sauce instead.. Which shes always used to make lasagna, and now I do.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
13 Jan 18
I like both. When I am home canning I will make up a mess, but if I am out I like the jarred sauces too.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
Some people make enough sauce to last all Winter. I knew somebody who said he hadn't bought any canned or jarred spaghetti sauce in years.
@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
Yes, it is good for a quick meal no doubt about it.
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@gaianoor (1117)
• Tirana, Albania
12 Jan 18
@snowy22315 when i have time i like to go to the market, buy everything and make it with love.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
@gaianoor Yes, homemade most things are generally better.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
13 Jan 18
i make my own.one in awhile i'll use store if time's a factor cooking something..but i prefer not to.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
13 Jan 18
@snowy22315 most likely..you can get cans of paste for 35 cents..
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
I wonder if it is cheaper to make home made?
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jan 18
I only use Prego sauce, that's our favorite and what we have always used.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
Yeah...it is good to make home made if you have the time I guess, but that isn't always possible. I always have spaghetti. I think the next time I make it, I am looking the options that I like.
@Marilynda1225 (79699)
• United States
13 Jan 18
I always make my own and when I make it I make a big batch so I can freeze some for another day
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
I have sone jarred now that i have to use up but then i will go to the home made i think.
@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
It doesn't take long, that's what's nice about it!
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
13 Jan 18
@snowy22315 I use jar sauce, but I long for the wonderful spaghetti my mother made from scratch.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
No reason you can't make it! i am sure it was great!
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
@misunderstood_zombie That is no problem. It is probably therapeutic for you to write about your mom.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
13 Jan 18
@snowy22315 Right now, her mind is so gone, she can't remember cooking at all, and she never had a written recipe, but at least she gave me a lot of good memories with her cooking and she was one of those people who would never sit down, but loved to make sure everyone had what they needed. Her cooking was pure love, sorry I didn't mean to write so much about it.
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@MikesAngel317 (355)
• United States
12 Jan 18
I use a jar of Ragu pasta sauce whenever I make spaghetti, or other pasta dish. I have actually never tried making my own sauce before, I am sure it would be good though! I might try it one day, do you have an easy recipe that you like to use?
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
12 Jan 18
Not really..I don't usually make my own..but we aren't supposed to post recipes on here.
@MikesAngel317 (355)
• United States
12 Jan 18
@snowy22315 Not necessarily, see this discussion for clarification
Are we allowed to share recipes on mylot? I think it would be fun to share recipes and holiday ideas. What do you think?
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jan 18
If my mother makes spaghetti, she makes the sauce. Me, I use Ragu.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
Well, I guess you have the best of both worlds.
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@taciaelisepeace (1809)
• United States
13 Jan 18
I like to mix the jarred with a homemade blender of tomatoes, garlic, onions, and other spices.
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@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
I will add somethings like that into jarred sauce sometimes.
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I always used a jar of ragu or dolmio.@snowy22315 (169921)
• United States
13 Jan 18
It's easy enough especially now with all kinds of recipes online.
