10 April 2026

But Marinara Is Simple

I guess if your grand parents never taught you to cook, then you have to resort to cans...


Even resorting to cans, I'm not using any of the above choices.  Cooking tomatoes down to sauce is a pain, so using a can of tomato sauce is acceptable.

But marinara is essentially just tomato sauce with some spices tossed in, for fuck's sake.

Not that I make marinara very often.  I make a variation of Bolognese sauce with Italian sausage; just like great-grandma taught us!

We never used it to make Ragu Bolognese though, it was just spaghetti sauce to us.

Posted by Angus McThag at 18:49
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 April, 2026 22:35

    Using sausage instead of ground beef has been a revelation to me. Now my baked ziti is incredible. Doesn't hurt to use the whole package of ricotta either.

    Daosus

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  2. Technomad11 April, 2026 01:18

    My pure-Norwegian dad was always in charge of cooking pasta. He taught me how to do it al dente.

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