On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:30:11 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> From what I can gather, in this country in past times, the sauce wasn't as
> widely available.

That is SO NOT true.

> When I was a kid, recipes for things like Sloppy Joes and
> spaghetti sauce called for paste but it was IIRC a ratio of 1 small can of
> paste and 3 cans of water to thin it down.

Because that's what your mother *wanted* to use.


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