On 29/05/2013 3:01 PM, Helpful person wrote:
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>> Dice some carrots and saute those along with the chopped onion and
>> garlic, carrots usually sweeten your sauce enough that you do not have
>> to use sugar. Sometimes a pinch of sugar helps disguise the canned
>> tomato flavor from tinned sauces.
>>
>> Becca
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> Why on earth would you want to make the sauce sweet? I will never
> understand why in the US everything needs to be sweet, even at the
> expense of flavor. This is especially true for fruit.
>
>

It is about balance of flavours. Some of the other ingredients are
acidic and/or bitter.