"Little Malice" > wrote in message
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> This was an ObFood in another thread, but I figured no one's reading
> that one anymore. Anyway, here's the thing:
>
> DH & DS want *shudder* jarred spaghetti sauce tonight. I really hate
> that stuff, but whatever makes them happy. Personally, I prefer tomato
> sauce with ground beef, onions, Worchestershire, garlic, and chili
> powder, like my mom used to make. DH apparently grew up on the jarred
> stuff and says he likes it better because it's sweeter, although he
> will eat mine.
>
> So I'm wondering, what do others like, sweet sauce or not so much...

Hate the artificial sweet. I do buy jarred sauce on occasion but it's
organic and has no sweeteners in it. Normally I make my own sauce from
scratch. Might add meat. Might not. Usually add some mushrooms, peppers,
onions, etc. Had a guy who owned a hot dog restaurant that oddly also
served spaghetti, that the key to a good sauce was to grate a bit of carrot
into it. The carrot adds natural sweetness. So I often do that and also
add a pinch of cinnamon and a squirt of lemon to cut the acidity.

For my daughter, I buy cans of Orgran gluten free pasta in sauce. It's very
sweet and reminds me of Spaghettios. Those were never something I had a lot
of but they were a good "emergency" food to keep onhand. Cheap and could be
eaten straight from the can if need be. I don't mind eating that stuff
during a power failure or when we're in a super hurry, need a meal and there
is no other food in the house I can get to quickly. She doesn't even get it
all the time because it is expensive. It's emergency food for her too.