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> metspitzer wrote:
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>> I don't keep spices on hand because I do very little cooking.
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>> I would like to try lasagna. I have never seen a spice pack in the
>> grocery store for lasagna like I have seen for chili and pot roast.
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>> Does one exist?
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> I hope not, anyway the only spices and herbs which go into lasagne are
> nutmeg in the bechamel, freshly ground white and/or black pepper and
> garlic in the ragu'. Some people put bay leaves in theyr ragu' but it is
> not a rule, just a cook's choice, just as the addition of parsley to the
> almost-done ragu'.
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> Vilco

In Umbria we rarely use ragù, but a light tomato sauce, which may or may not
contain herbs or spices other than salt and pepper. The goal in Tuscany and
Umbria is the lightest, thinnest lasagna and it resembles the one dish meal
lasagne not at all.