One of the things I love about being married is that I have a whole extra set of family members than before. Now don't get me wrong, my husband and I were together for quite a long time before we got married so I felt like I had already been part of the family for a while. Along with being involved in someone else's family you get to experience the joys of their food traditions. I have found over the years that sitting down to dinner at his home provided me with new foods and new flavors that I enjoyed but just did not grow up eating. Take this recipe for example, it was developed from my mother-in-law's spaghetti sauce. I grew up eating spaghetti sauce, but not in this way, usually with meatballs added, but not in a more meat sauce form. This was something new that I remember eating at my husband's house and just wanting the sauce it was so good it didn't even need the pasta. Developing this recipe was quite a challenge. First of all it feeds many people, so one batch lasts a long time and I did not want to only eat spaghetti sauce for weeks on end. Second my mother-in-law is an intuitive cook, meaning she cooks by feel and taste rather than by measurements. This means each batch she makes ends up slightly different but all great. I remember asking her to make this so I could watch and I stood next to her at the stove eyeballing measurements and writing down ingredients hoping it would be something I could eventually make myself. Then as with all recipe testing there were the usual pitfalls, the testing it using canned tomato sauce, which was too metallic for my taste. I am glad to say I am finally here at a recipe that is close to hers, it is not the same and it never will be. Hers is made with a few changes, but as I have written about before part of what makes food great is the setting and the people. I cannot replicate meals at her table without her, so it will never taste exactly right, but I think this is as close as I will ever come. I hope you try it out and enjoy the flavors and then feel free to make it your own, as with all things our tastes are different and what I enjoy might not be the same for you. Bulk Spaghetti Sauce
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