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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

also please make pasta sauce from scratch.

As someone who frequently makes sauce from scratch, a hunk of ground beef or Italian sausage and a jar of Rao's will absolutely get the job done on a busy weeknight when I can't be bothered with chopping up a bunch of veggies. Plain passata and your own stuff is not "a million times better".

[–] pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's literally only better if you have skill and, imo, time. You can't make a good tomato sauce in like 10min from scratch, fight me

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Right, it takes most home cooks ten minutes just to mince the garlic and dice an onion, carrot, and celery for mirepoix

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what pasta sauce are you making? that's overkill man.

all you need is

  • passata
  • olive oil
  • garlic
  • onions
  • oregeno

buy pre cut frozen onions and pre minced garlic. this is how we italian-Canadians make pasta sauce from home overseas

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good quality jarred sauce is basically just the passata, onions, and garlic already prepared. Starting from those individual ingredients isn't going to somehow be a million times better than just starting with the jar.

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I find premade sauce like that with the onions and garlic in there do not taste as good as minced garlic and chopped onions.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

The jarred stuff tastes marginally worse, sure. Not enough to justify the extra time of chopping an onion and garlic on a busy week night though. Pre-chopped frozen onions aren't an option for me, and I don't particularly care for pre-minced garlic.